Bhubaneswar: The inaugural edition of the Corporate Premier League (CPL) organised by Corporate Cricket Club will start, May 9 here, the organisers announced in a press meet at a city hotel, Tuesday.
Six teams will be participating in the tournament with the final coming off, May 13. Approximately 150 players from various IT companies registered for the auction, conducted last month, of which 84 got picked up by the respective franchises. All the matches (10 overs each for the batting side) will be played at the SOA University ground.
The participating teams are Spartans XI, Royal Rangers, Bluetech Smashers, Clouds XI, Royal Kricketing Daredevils and Surgical Strikers.
The teams will play against each other on a round robin basis with the top four qualifying for the semifinals which will be played in the IPL format. The winner of the first semifinal will qualify for the final. However, the winner of the second will take on the loser of the first semifinal in a game which can be titled ‘Eliminator’. The winner of the Eliminator will take on the victor of the first semifinal in the summit clash for the title.
The winners will be awarded prize money of Rs 60, 000 while the runners-up will get Rs 40, 000.
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