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Mangalore Premier League Cricket - Will be held in December-2016 with added attractions

Published On : 09 Aug 2016   |  Reported By : media release


Mangaluru: By adorning the grand success of last year, Karnataka Regional Cricket Academy is stepping towards organise the MPL-2016 with further added attractions in the months of December 2016. The third version of Mangalore Premier League will be held from 17th to 31st December 2016 at B.R.Ambedkar Cricket Stadium, NMPT, Mangalore. This Mega event will be held in association with Mangalore Ocassionals and with the approval and guidance of Karnataka State Cricket Association.

 

The MPL has become a proper plat form for the up coming cricket telents of Mangalore Zone (Consisting of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu Districts) to step into further heights in the cricket field. The names of about 24 players who played in the last MPL is placed in the players auction list of coming Karnataka Premier Leaugue.

The matches will be played during day and under the floodlit also. This year 8 lighting towers with the height of 60 feets will be provided so as to the players can feel that they are playing in the day light. There is a proposal to provide the Astro Turf Wicket and turf for 30 yard circle. There will be live telecast of the match through local TV Channel and the matches from quarter final onwards will be telecasted through DD Sports Channel. Also live scoring facility will be provided, which can be assessed world wide. The live will be recorded through high dimension cameras to enhance the quality of live coverage.

Fun park is the added attraction this year in which the children coming with their parents can enjoy the cricket along with fun games. Air conditioned live coverage/commentry arena and cabin for press will be arranged.

As of last year, the tournament will be held on league cum knock out basis. The twelve teams of different places of Mangalore Zone will be devided into two pools. Each team has to play 5 matches in the particular pool. Qualifiers will play in the knock out stage. This year a few new teams from Karkala, Kundapura and Baikampady are taking part in the event.

The IPL players Mr. K.C. Cariappa, Kings Panjab, Shivil Kaushik, Gujarth Lions and Mr. Kishore Kamath of Mumbai Indian are playing the MPL this year which is given boost to the Tournament.

Players’ pool/Auction:
To make the MPL further attractive this year , a provision is given to the 24 icon playes who have represented in IPL/KPL and National Level Tournaments, to play in the tournament. Each team will select 2 players each through the auction. There is a provision given to the owner to choose a player of his own apart from the auction process. An opportunity is given to the 24 NRI players of Mangalore Zone to show their talent in motherland. The Players from Mangalore Zone will be distributed into three phools i.e. 48 players to A pool, 24 players to B pool and remaining to the C pool. The players auction process will be held in the month of September.

The interested players to take part in the MPL have to registered their name by submitting the registration forms which is available in the website www.krcaindia.com and www.facebook.com/mplofficial. Also players can register their name in the office of KRCA, Hampankatta, Mangalore.

 

 







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