A Hat-trick for Marathwada Mitramandal’s College of Commerce (M.M.C.C) Pune who win the 2018 Red Bull Campus Cricket India Champions Title
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The college team will now represent India in the world finals of this global
T20 college cricket tournament in Sri Lanka~
May 31st, 2018: After 4
days of intense matches, Red Bull Campus Cricket 2018 National Finals comes to
a spectacular end. MMCC Pune beat Rizvi Mumbai to emerge the India Champions of
the prestigious T20 tournament, which commenced with the city qualifiers on March
12. Marathwada Mitramandal’s College of Commerce will be representing
India in the world finals of Red Bull Campus Cricket in Sri Lanka, later this
year. Red Bull Campus Cricket India finals were held from May 28th
to May 31st 2018 with eight college teams from across the four
different zones competing.
North Zone
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Shraddhanand
College (New Delhi)
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SD College
(Chandigarh)
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South Zone
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Guru Nanak
College (Chennai)
|
Jain
College (Bengaluru)
|
East Zone
|
YS College
(Ranchi)
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SOA
University (Bhubaneswar)
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West Zone
|
Rizvi
College (Mumbai)
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MMC
College (Pune)
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Top scorer in the 2013
edition of the Red Bull Campus Cricket and Red Bull athlete KL Rahul
said, “Red Bull Campus Cricket was a game changer for me. It gave me the
platform to express myself and grow as a cricketer. Due to injuries, I was
dropped from the state side and at the time, it was Red Bull Campus Cricket that
played a prominent role in my development. Thereafter I was thrilled to have
had a good tournament and be selected for Karnataka. I have never looked back
since.”
Javagal Srinath, Technical
Director - Red Bull Campus Cricket “I am delighted to be part of
a tournament like Red Bull Campus Cricket which gives exposure and
opportunities for aspiring cricketers to enhance their skills. Many youngsters
tend to drop out of colleges in order to pursue their dreams in the world of
cricket but this tournament helps to improve their game without comprising on
academics. Like in USA, a good player would join a college or university to
play a sport like basketball or tennis. Red Bull Campus Cricket is a step in
the direction of providing cricket at the college a good lift and recognition.
It is great when colleges like MMCC Pune, Rizvi College Mumbai and DAV College
Chandigarh, get the opportunity to play at the national and international level
at such an early stage. All the best to the finalists of RBCC 2018 to get
closer to representing India in the World finals of the only global T20 cricket
tournament for university cricket teams.”
At
the National finals, Former National Medium Fast Bowler, Venkatesh Prasad said, “I
believe that education is as important as the sport for a player. Being a
player with education background also helps on the field. More corporates and
brands Like Red Bull should invest in honing young talent at the college level
and bring them up to play at national and even international level. The likes
of KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra, Himanshu Rana and
Abhimanyu Easwaran are the emerging and established stars in the India Cricket
scene who played Red Bull Campus Cricket in the past. Upcoming cricket stars
like Anukul Roy who played RBCC National Finals last year – Marwari College,
Ranchi reaped the benefit of the tournament by being known as one of India’s
U-19 world cup winning heroes we have today. While the tournament looks for the
best college cricket team in India, Red Bull Speedster is a great initiative to
find the country’s fastest bowler at the college level. Red Bull Speedster was
hosted across eight cities at the RBCC regional finals, with winners progressing
to the national finals. These eight fast bowlers competed in the finals where Akash
G from Gurunanak College Chennai was crowned as India’s fastest college-level
bowler. He will earn the opportunity to train with Varun Aaron and Javagal
Srinath.”
Ms. Amrit Kaur Gill, Additional Principal secretary to Chief
Minister and Director Sports, Government of Punjab, who graced the finals, said, “I am elated to witness such high
level of competition at the university cricket level. Would like to
congratulate Red Bull for investing in cricket at the grassroots level, like
they have been doing through the past editions and continue their amazing
endeavor. Additionally it will be great to witness corporates and brands support
university cricket as well. ”
The league rounds of Red Bull Campus Cricket
National finals took place at Sector 16 Stadium and Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Chandigarh from 28th May to 30th May.
Rizvi College Mumbai reached the finals by beating SD College
Chandigarh whereas MMC College Pune beat Swami Shraddhanand College (New Delhi)
to get through to the finals.
National Finals:
Match Report of Semi-finals:
Rizvi College Mumbai v/s SD College Chandigarh
Venue: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Toss: Mumbai won the toss and chose to field
first
Score: Chandigarh – 146/8 (20 over) and Mumbai
-149/7 (19.3over)
Mumbai won the match by 3 wickets
Man of the Match – Harpreet Brar (Chandigarh)
for scoring 47 runs in 22 balls, 4 runs, 3 sixes and 2 wickets
MMC College Pune v/s Swami Shraddhanand College
New Delhi
Venue: Sector 16, Chandigarh
Toss: Delhi won the toss and chose to field
first
Scores: Pune – 163/8 (20 over) and Delhi –
132/10 (19 over)
Pune won the match by 31 runs
Man of the Match – Divyang (Pune) for picking
up 4 crucial wickets
Match Report of Finals
Venue: PCA Stadium
Pune MMCC vs Mumbai Rizvi College
Toss- Pune Won the toss and chose to Bat first
Innings Score
Pune -139/6(20 over)
Mumbai - 139/6 (20 over)
Match tied resulting in Super Over
Super Over Score:
Mumbai - 12 runs
Pune - 12 runs
Post the Super Over, Umpires declared Pune Team
as the winner by highest boundary system.
Man of
the Match - Rohan (Pune)
Best
Bowler of the tournament - Aishwarya (Mumbai)
Best
Batsman of the tournament - Rituraj (Pune)
Player
of the tournament - Dhurmil (Mumbai)
Speedster
Contest Winner - Akash (Chennai)
MMCC Pune will now battle it out with teams
from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE, South Africa, Australia and England
the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Series Championship 2018 in Sri Lanka in September 2018.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2018
Red Bull Campus Cricket is the only global T20 cricket
tournament for university cricket teams, serving as an international platform
for young and budding cricketers to showcase their talent and hone their
skills. The tournament is now in its seventh year.
Bigger and better this year, 262 teams from 28 Indian
cities are participating in the annual tournament. The tournament started on March
12, with the city qualifiers, with the winning team progressing to the
zonal/regional playoffs. Two teams from each of the four zones will then compete in the National
finals, where the teams will play in the knockout rounds of quarterfinals,
semifinals and finals respectively. The winning team from India will then represent the
country in the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Series Championship 2018.
Past national winners from India who have gone on to
represent the country at the World Championships are Rizvi College, Mumbai; DAV
College, Chandigarh; Swami Shraddhanand College, Delhi, and MMC College, Pune.
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