The 28th edition of the prestigious Bapuna Cup Invitation Cricket Tournament is set to take place from November 25 to December 4. The tournament will be inaugurated on Monday at 8:30 AM at the VCA Civil Lines ground in Nagpur.
Played in the U-23 One Day format, the tournament aims to provide players with crucial match practice ahead of the BCCI U23 Men’s State A Trophy. Matches will be hosted across four venues: VCA Civil Lines, Jamtha, Kalamna, and DY Patil ground.
Tournament Format and Teams
Six teams, including four from other states, will compete in a round-robin league format. Each team will face the others once, with the top two teams qualifying for the final based on points. The participating teams are:
- Bapuna XI
- Dinshaw’s XI
- Maharashtra
- Madhya Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
- Mumbai
Team Squads
Bapuna XI:
Mohd. Faiz (C), Satyam Bhoyar, Neel Athaley (WK), Mohit Nachankar (WK), Rohit Binkar, Varun Bisht, Aryan Meshram, Minar Sahare, Ashit Singh, Tejas Soni, Sanyog Bhagwat, Piyush Savarkar, Ankush Tambiwar, Arjun Ingle, Sahil Shaikh.