Twenty-two teams for Moin-Ud-Dowla Gold Cup Cricket Tournament

The MRF Buchi Babu Tournament winners New Zealand 'A' are amongst the twenty two teams that would participate in the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup Cricket tournament here from September 2 to 16. Shivlal Yadav, the Hon. Secretary, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), revealed this to the reporters in Hyderabad on Friday.

The tournament, to be played on a league-cum-knock out basis, has attracted Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) led by Test star Ajit Agarkar, New Zealand 'A', besides newcomers Assam Cricket Association (ACA) and others, reports the Press Trust of India.

The teams would be divided into four groups and two toppers from each group would enter the quarter finals knock-out pace. The semi-finals would be played on September 14, while the finals would be a day and night affair on September 16.

The winner would be richer by Rupees One Lakh besides the coveted Gold Cup, while the runner-up would get Rupees 50,000. The event is being sponsored by Coromandal King, Yadav added.

Teams: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) XI, Karnataka, Chemplast, All India Association of Bankers (AIAB), Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), India Cements, Railways, Canara Bank, District-XI, Goa, Hyderabad, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), Indian Bank, Vidarbha and Indian Airlines (IA) are among the teams to take part in the tournament.