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Indian Express
4 days ago
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- Indian Express
Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Full schedule, groups, key squads, match dates and venues
The All India Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 is scheduled to be held ahead of the senior men's domestic cricket season, starting August 18 in Tamil Nadu. Hosted annually in the lead-up to the domestic cricket season, the Buchi Babu Trophy returned after a six-year hiatus in 2023. Considered to be one of the oldest-running cricket tournaments in India, the tournament is named after Mothavarapu Venkata Mahipathi Naidu, popularly known as Buchi Babu Naidu, a pioneer of cricket in Tamil Nadu. MUST READ | Why a cricket tournament dating back to 1909 is still the preferred event for state teams to prepare for Ranji Trophy The tournament will also have several India stars in the competition this time. 16 teams will participate in the competition along with two teams picked by the TNCA – President's XI and TNCA XI. The tournament will be held at multiple venues across Chennai. The winner will take receive Rs. 3 lakh while the runner-up will get Rs. 2 lakh. In the league stage, each game lasts for three days. Each team's first innings will consist of 90 overs, followed by a second innings of 45 overs. Knockout matches are four-day games, with each team batting for 90 overs in both the first and second innings. Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 Groups Group A: TNCA President's XI, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra Group B: Railways, Jammu & Kashmir, Baroda, Odisha Group C: TNCA XI, Mumbai, Haryana, Bengal Group D: Hyderabad, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand. Round 1 (August 18 to 20) TNCA President's XI vs HPCA at Gojan College A Ground TNCA XI vs Mumbai at Gojan College B Ground Chhattisgarh vs Maharashtra at Gurunanak College Jammu & Kashmir vs Indian Railways at MRF-Pachiyappa's Odisha vs Baroda at CPT IP Haryana vs Bengal at AM Jain College MPCA vs Jharkhand at SRM College Hyderabad vs Punjab at Murugappa Ground Round 2 (August 22 to 24) TNCA XI vs Haryana at Gojan College A Ground TNCA President's XI vs Maharashtra at Gojan College B Ground Hyderabad vs Jharkhand at Gurunanak College Punjab vs MPCA at MRF-Pachiyappa's Chhattisgarh vs HPCA at SSN College Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda at Murugappa Ground Mumbai vs Bengal at IIT Madras Indian Railways vs Odisha at SRM College Round 3 (August 26 to 28) TNCA President's XI vs Chhattisgarh at Gojan College A Ground TNCA XI vs Bengal at Gojan College B Ground Mumbai vs Haryana at MRF-Pachiyappa's Indian Railways vs Baroda at Gurunanak College Hyderabad vs MPCA at AM Jain College Punjab vs Jharkhand at CPT IP Jammu & Kashmir vs Odisha at SSN College Maharashtra vs HPCA at Murugappa Ground Semifinals (August 31 to September 3) Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group B, Venue: TBD Winner of Group C vs Winner of Group D, Venue: TBD Final (September 6 to 9) Venue: TBD When and where to watch Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 matches? The Buchi Babu Trophy 2024 matches will be streamed on the TNCA app and the TNCA YouTube channel. Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 Squads Maharashtra: Ankeet Bawane (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Siddhesh Veer, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Harshal Kate, Siddharth Mhatre, Saurabh Nawale (WK), Mandar Bhandari (WK), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Vicky Ostwal, Hitesh Walunj, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar. Mumbai: Ayush Mhatre (c), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vc), P Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand,, Hardik Tamore, Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Roystan Dias, Sylvester Dsouza, Irfan Umair. TNCA President's XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (C), C. Andre Siddarth C (Vice-capt.), B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, R. Vimal Khumar, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Lokeshwar, G. Ajitesh, J. Hemchudeshan, R.S. Ambrish, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, P. Saravana Kumar, P. Vidyuth, K. Abhinav. TNCA XI: M. Shahrukh Khan (C), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Vice-capt.), B. Sachin, M. Siddharth, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, S. Mohamed Ali, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, S. Lakshay Jain, D.T. Chandrasekar, P. Vignesh, R. Sonu Yadav, D. Deepesh, J. Prem Kumar, A. Esakkimuthu, T.D. Lokesh Raj. Jammu and Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Vivrant Sharma, Paras Dogra, Yawer Hassan, Abdul Samad, Musaif Ajaz, Kawalpreet Singh, Shivansh Sharma, Abid Mushtaq, Dikshant Kundal, Umran Malik, Umar Nazir, Rohit Sharma, Vanshaj Sharma, Sunil Kumar & Sahil Lotra.
The Hindu
7 days ago
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- The Hindu
Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Full schedule, teams, groups, format, live streaming info
The All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket Tournament 2025 will be hosted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) from August 18 to September 9. Named after Mothavarapu Venkata Mahipathi Naidu, considered the father of cricket in Tamil Nadu, the Buchi Babu tournament was first held in 1909/10. Last season, it returned after a hiatus of 12 years. This season, fourteen teams will take part in the competition along with two teams picked by the TNCA - President's XI and TNCA XI. The tournament will be held at multiple venues across Chennai. The winner will take home Rs. 3 lakh while the runner-up will get Rs. 2 lakh. Format The 16 teams will be divided into four group of four each. Each team will play the other three in its group once. The league stage games will be played over three days. The first innings of each team will comprise 90 overs, while the second innings will comprise 45 overs each. The knockout matches will be four-day contests. With both innings lasting 90 overs. The winner of each group will advance to the semifinal. Groups Group A: TNCA President's XI, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra Group B: Railways, Jammu & Kashmir, Baroda, Odisha Group C: TNCA XI, Mumbai, Haryana, Bengal Group D: Hyderabad, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand. Schedule Round 1 (August 18-20) TNCA President's XI vs HPCA at Gojan College A Ground TNCA XI vs Mumbai at Gojan College B Ground Chhattisgarh vs Maharashtra at Gurunanak College Jammu & Kashmir vs Indian Railways at MRF-Pachiyappa's Odisha vs Baroda at CPT IP Haryana vs Bengal at AM Jain College MPCA vs Jharkhand at SRM College Hyderabad vs Punjab at Murugappa Ground Round 2 (August 22 to 24) TNCA XI vs Haryana at Gojan College A Ground TNCA President's XI vs Maharashtra at Gojan College B Ground Hyderabad vs Jharkhand at Gurunanak College Punjab vs MPCA at MRF-Pachiyappa's Chhattisgarh vs HPCA at SSN College Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda at Murugappa Ground Mumbai vs Bengal at IIT Madras Indian Railways vs Odisha at SRM College Round 3 (August 26 to 28) TNCA President's XI vs Chhattisgarh at Gojan College A Ground TNCA XI vs Bengal at Gojan College B Ground Mumbai vs Haryana at MRF-Pachiyappa's Indian Railways vs Baroda at Gurunanak College Hyderabad vs MPCA at AM Jain College Punjab vs Jharkhand at CPT IP Jammu & Kashmir vs Odisha at SSN College Maharashtra vs HPCA at Murugappa Ground Semifinals (August 31 to September 3) Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group B Winner of Group C vs Winner of Group D Final (September 6 to 9) (venues for the knockouts are yet to be confirmed) Live Streaming Info All matches of the All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket Tournament 2025 will be streamed live on the TNCA YouTube channel. (With inputs from S. Dipak Ragav) Related Topics Buchi Babu Tournament
