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- Hindustan Times will take on Amar Ujala in the opening encounter of the SBI Cup Media Premier League
Lucknow. Favourites Hindustan Times will take on Amar Ujala in the opening encounter of the SBI Cup Media Premier League, starting January 23, at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium here in Lucknow under the auspices of the Lucknow Sports Journalist Association.
Chief General Manager of the State Bank of India’s Lucknow circle, Ajay Kumar Khanna would be the chief guest of the opening ceremony at 9.30 a.m., whereas UP’s director sports, Dr RP Singh, secretary of the UP Olympic Association, Dr Anandeshwar Pandey would be the guest of honours alongwith former India cricketer Gyanendra Pandey as the special guest.
LSJA’s secretary, SM Arshad while announcing the fixture on Wednesday said that in all six teams, including Times of India, Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Doodarsharn-AIR XI and hosts LSJA have confirmed their participation in the tournament, which will be played on league-cum-knock-out basis. The matches will be played from 9.00 a.m.
For the first time, the matches would be plated with pink ball. The six teams have been divided into two groups i.e. Group A consist of Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagran and Amar Ujala, whereas the Group B has Times of India, DD-AIR XI and LSJA.
Top two teams from the two groups would be vying in the semi-finals to be played on January 29 and 30, whereas the final is slated on January 31.
THE FIXTURES
- Jan 23: Hindustan Times vs Amar Ujala
- Jan 24: Times of India vs LSJA
- Jan 25: Dainik Jagran vs Amar Ujala
- Jan 26: DD-AIR XI vs LSJA; Jan 27
- Hindustan Times vs Dainik Jagran
- Jan 28: Times of India vs DD-AIR XI
- Jan 29: First semifinal
- Jan 30: Second semi-final
- Jan 31: Final.
