Cuttack, June 29: The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) would host the Odisha T20 Cricket League 2024 at the Barabati Stadium, here from Sunday.
A total of six teams would be participating in the tournament. The teams that would participate in the tournament are: Odisha Lions, Odisha Tigers, Odisha Jaguars, Odisha Pumas, Odisha Panthers and Odisha Cheetahs.
The names of captains for the teams have been announced too. The six skippers with their respective teams are: Shantanu Mishra (Odisha Jaguars), Sandeep Patnaik (Odisha Panthers), Suryakant Pradhan (Odisha Lions), Biplab Samantray (Odisha Cheetahs), Kartik Biswal (Odisha Pumas) and Rakesh Pattanaik (Odisha Tigers), informed OCA sources.
The tournament would be played in a double-leg league format, with each team playing 10 matches in the league stages, followed by the Semifinals and Final. A total of 33 matches will be played, OCA sources added.
All matches would be hosted at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. Three matches will be played every day. The matches would start at 9.30 am, 2 pm and 6.30 pm.
As per the OCA announcement, MGM Minerals Ltd, is the sole sponsor of the tournament.
According to OCA sources, the Player of the Match after every game would be given a prize money of Rs 5,000 and the Player of the Series would receive a cash reward of Rs 30,000.
Similarly, the Best Batsman and Best Bowler of the tournament would receive a prize money of Rs 20,000 each.
In OCL 2024, Red and Green Caps would be given to the leading run getters and wicket takers respectively. The impact player rule will also applied. The Decision Review System (DRS) will be followed during the tournament, OCA officials added.
