KCA President's Cup T20

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KCA President's Cup T20
Countries Flag of India.svg India
Administrator Kerala Cricket Association
Format Twenty20
First edition 2020–21
Latest edition2025
Tournament format Round-robin & playoffs
Number of teams6
Current championKCA Royals
Website KCA

KCA President's Cup T20 is an Indian Twenty20 cricket league organized by Kerala Cricket Association in the state of Kerala. [1] The league is designed on the lines of successful Indian Premier League. [2]

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Organisation

Tournament format and squad composition

KCA President's Cup T20 features six teams namely KCA Lions, KCA Tigers, KCA Royals, KCA Panthers, KCA Eagles, and KCA Tuskers. Domestic players in Kerala participates in the league. Each team consist of 14 players and 2 support staffs. There are also 4 players for each team, if replacements are required. The tournament have a round-robin format with each team playing against each other twice followed by playoffs - semi finals and final. All of these are day-games with white ball and coloured clothing as per BCCI playing conditions. Two matches were played in a day. There were 33 matches in the first season. [3] [4]

Sponsorship and broadcasting

The promoters of the KCA President's Cup T20 is Dream 11. Twenty First Century Media pvt lmt. are the official branding partners, marketers and broadcasting partners of the league for three years. There are no franchises or owners. TCM Sports Management Pvt Ltd, a sports marketing company, associated with KCA as a commercial partner. [3] The matches were streamed live exclusively in India on FanCode app. [5]

Venue

The venue for the first season of KCA President's Cup T20 was Sanatana Dharma College Ground, Alappuzha. Audience are not allowed in the stadiums due to strict restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala. [1]

Teams

TeamCaptainCoach
KCA Royals Sijomon Joseph Padmanabhan Prasanth
KCA Eagles Mohammed Azharuddeen Sunil Oasis
KCA Tuskers Vathsal Govind Biju Mon
KCA Tigers Sachin Baby Sebastin Antony
KCA Lions Ponnam Rahul Mazar Moidu
KCA Panthers Akshay Chandran Rajagopal

Season 1 (2020-21)

2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20 was the first edition of KCA President's Cup T20. It was planned to be held from 17 December 2020 to 3 January. But the tournament got postponed as the Kerala Cricket Association didn't get a clearance from the Kerala state government to organize the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [7] The tournament finally started from 6 March. [8] The Kerala senior team players who were in Delhi for the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout matches joined their respective squads later after undergoing RT-PCR tests on return. [4] KCA Royals won the title. [9] ayoff]]s |participants = 6 |champions = KCA Royals [10] |most successful = |most runs = Krishnaprasad |most wickets = Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan |TV = |website = KCA |current = }}

2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20 was the inaugural season of KCA President's Cup T20 conducted by Kerala Cricket Association for promoting cricketers from Kerala. The tournament was held from March 6 to March 17. [11] [4]

It was planned to be held from 17 December 2020 to 3 January 2021. [12] [13] Later it was postponed as the Kerala government didn't give clearance to start the competition due to COVID-19 pandemic. [14] [15]

The competition started with a round robin group stage, in which each of the 6 teams played a match against every other team. This was followed by the playoffs. Each team had 14 players. All the matches were day-games with white ball and coloured clothing as per BCCI playing conditions. Two matches were played in a day. There were a total of 33 matches. [3]

The Kerala senior team players who were in Delhi for the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout matches joined their respective squads later after undergoing RT-PCR tests on return. Though Sanju Samson didn't play the tournament. [4]

Venue for KCA President's Cup T20 was Sanatana Dharma College Ground, Alappuzha. The sponsors of the KCA President's Cup T20 was Dream 11. [3]

Season 2 (2022)

The 2022 KCA President's Cup T20 was the second season of the KCA President's Cup T20. It took place from September 21, 2022, to October 6, 2022.

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1KCA Lions (C)10730140.867
2KCA Eagles (R)10640120.432
3KCA Panthers954010−0.957
4KCA Tigers12552120.524
5KCA Royals93606−1.002
6KCA Tuskers103706−0.085
Source: [16]

Source: [17]

Season 3 (2023)

The 2023 KCA President's Cup T20 was the third season of the KCA President's Cup T20. It took place from September 4, 2023, to September 14, 2023.

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1KCA Panthers (C)8305110.833
2KCA Lions (R)832391.545
3KCA Eagles833280.544
4KCA Tigers83328−0.457
5KCA Royals81524−1.975
Source:

Source: [18]

Season 4 (2025)

The 2025 KCA President's Cup T20 was the fourth season of the KCA President's Cup T20. It took place from 5 March to 15 March 2025. [19]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1KCA Lions (R)8530100.826
2KCA Royals (C)8530100.256
3KCA Eagles84408−0.392
4KCA Tigers83506−0.147
5KCA Panthers83506−0.577
Source:

Source: [20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Menon, Prasanth (25 October 2020). "Kerala Cricket Association plans President's Cup T20 tourney in December". The Times of India . Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Bhattacharyya, Wriddhayaan (21 November 2020). "Sreesanth to play Presidents Cup T20 in Kerala". Sportstar . The Hindu . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "KCA Presidents Cup T20". Kerala Cricket Association . 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 S, Narayanan (3 March 2021). "KCA President's cup from Saturday". The Times of India . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "KCA Presidents T20 Cup 2021 schedule: Full list of fixtures and live streaming details". Wisden. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sreesanth's comeback gets delayed as KCA President's Cup is postponed". Inside Sport. 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Menon, Prasanth (10 December 2020). "Sreesanth's wait gets longer, KCA President's Cup deferred". The Times of India . Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Joseph, Martin (3 March 2021). "Kerala set to witness IPL esque T20 tournament from March 6". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Narayanan, S (24 March 2021). "KCA Royals win President's Cup". The Times of India . Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  10. ↑ Narayanan, S (24 March 2021). "KCA Royals win President's Cup". The Times of India . Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Joseph, Martin (3 March 2021). "Kerala set to witness IPL esque T20 tournament from March 6". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Menon, Prasanth (25 October 2020). "Kerala Cricket Association plans President's Cup T20 tourney in December". The Times of India . Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  13. ↑ Bhattacharyya, Wriddhayaan (21 November 2020). "Sreesanth to play Presidents Cup T20 in Kerala". Sportstar . The Hindu . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Sreesanth's comeback gets delayed as KCA President's Cup is postponed". Inside Sport . 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  15. ↑ Menon, Prasanth (10 December 2020). "Sreesanth's wait gets longer, KCA President's Cup deferred". The Times of India . Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "KCA Cup T20 2022 Fixtures & Match Reports" . Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "KCA President's Cup T20 2022 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for KCA President's Cup T20".
  18. ↑ "KCA President's Cup T20 2023 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for KCA President's Cup T20".
  19. ↑ "KCA TCM Presidents Cup T20". Cricketworld. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  20. ↑ "KCA TCM Presidents Cup T20, 2025 - Schedule & Results".
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