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
Tournament format Round-robin & playoffs
Number of teams6
Current championKCA Royals
Website KCA

KCA President's Cup T20 was 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]

Contents

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]

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.

Point 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: [10]

Source: [11]

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.

Point 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: [12]

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