15th All India JP Atray Cricket begins on September 17

Cricketers like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh might be seen in action during the 15th All India JP Atray tournament, to be played here and Mohali from September 17.

The tournament, being organised under the aegis of Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), would be played on league-cum-knock out basis and the teams have been divided into 4 pools. Top side from each pool will enter into the semi-final stage.

"All the matches of the tournament, which would last till September 30, will be of 50 overs each innings and will be played under the ICC Rules of One-day cricket," Sushil Kapoor, Organising Secretary of the tournament, said.

The participating teams are Punjab Cricket Club, BPCL, Mumbai, St Bank of Hyderabad, HPCA Academy, ONGC Delhi, Assam CA, St Bank of Mysore-Bangalore, Indian Oil Corp-Mumbai, MRF-Chennai, Moody ICL, MPCA XI, CM XI-Haryana, LIC Cricket Club, PCA Colts, RCA XI and India Cements Ltd-Chennai.

The matches will be played at PCA Cricket Stadium at Mohali, Sector-16 Stadium in Chandigarh, DAV School (Chandigarh) and St John's School Cricket Stadium at Barwala.

Players like left-arm Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Md Kaif, Wasim Jafar, Gautam Gambhir and Munaf Patel are expected to figure in their respective squads.

"All efforts are being made for smooth conduct of 32 matches during the prestigious tournament at different venues," Chander Shekhar, ADGP of Punjab Police, who is also chairman of the organising committee, said.

The tourney is offering Rs 1.50 lakhs to winners and Rs 60,000 to the runners-up, while the third and fourth position holder would receive Rs 30,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.

"The tournament committee has decided to give a financial aid of Rs 15,000 to the family of Late D C Worel, an veteran Ranji Trophy player who died recently," Vivek Atray, convener of the tournament, said.

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