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The Saurashtra Premier League (SPL) will return for its third season this month. The 20-over cricket tournament will kick off on June 15 and conclude with the summit clash on June 24. SkyFair is the presenting partner of SPL 2023. Five different teams from the Saurashtra region will participate in this edition - Kutch Warriors, Gohilwad Gladiators, Halar Heroes, Sorath Lions, and Zalawad Royals.
Indian Premier League (IPL) stars like Sheldon Jackson (Kolkata Knight Riders), Chetan Zakaria (Delhi Capitals), and Prerak Mankad (Lucknow Super Giants) will also participate in the tournament. Sorath Lions were champions in the inaugural season (2019) and Halar Heroes won in the second season.
A total of 10 matches will be played in the league stage. This is the first time SPL will be held in two consecutive years. After the debut edition, the tournament was suspended for the next two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, before returning to action in 2022.
All you need to know about SPL 2023:
Venue: All matches will be played at Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot.
Format: The tournament is played in a round-robin format where the top two teams make the final of the league after the group stage.
Presenting Partner: SkyFair is the presenting partner of the SPL 2023.
Opening game: The tournament will begin with a clash between defending champions Halar Heroes and Gohilwad Gladiators.
Live stream: The SPL 2023 will be streamed live on Jio Cinema (app and website).
Schedule: Check out the Instagram post below for the full schedule
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Squads:
𝐙𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐬 - Sheldon Jackson (C), Aezaz Kothariya, Chetan Sakariya, Mohit Gorania, Parth Bhut, Pavan Parmar, Jay Gohil, Jyortir Purohit, Adityasinh H Jadeja, Chirag Pathak, Navneet Vora, Sachin Parmar, Kishan Parmar, Harmesh Somaiya, Arjun Rathod, Devendra Poriya, Amit Ranjan, Chirag Sisodia
𝐊𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 - Dharmendra Jadeja (C), Yash Gadadhariya, Samarth Vyas, Hiten Kanbi, Harvik Desai, Jyot Chhaya, Kushang Patel, Satyam Khamrai, Parshwaraj Rana, Yuvraj Shinol, Aranyadevsinh Ala, Kunal Karamchandani, Luckyraj Vaghela, Pranav Savjani, Kevin Jivrajani, Pranay Thapa, Dharmaditya Gohil, Ramesh Padiyachi
𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 - Arpit Vasavada (C), Hetvik Kotak, Ruchit Ahir, Parth Chauhan, Tirthraj Jadeja, Snell Patel, Arth Yadav, Pranav Karia, Prabhu Sindhav, Samar Gajjar, Smitraj Zala, Neel Pandya, Adityarajsinh Rathore, Divyaraj Chauhan, Hiren Makwana, Jainik Solanki, Sonu Batham, Smit Patel
𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - Chirag Jani (C), Manav Chothani, Prasham Rajdev, Devang Karamta, Tarang Gohel, Bhagyaraj Chudasama, Yuvraj Singh Dodiya, Suresh Padiyachi, Viharsinh Jadeja, Pruthvi Chauhan, Ansh Gosai, Meet Ambaliya, Karan Patel, Ramdev Acharya, Jay Chauhan, Shrut Kalavadiya, Hitendra Jadeja, Prashant Gohel
𝐆𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 - Prerak Mankad (C), Maurya Ghoghari, Saurya Sanandiya, Abhishek Nimavat, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Krishnakant Pathak, Yuvraj Chudasama, Kabir Patel, Raxit Mehta, Niket Joshi, Ankur Panwar, Yash Parekh, Siddhant Rana, Mihir Joshi, Nihar Vaghela, J. Naveen, Vandit Jivrajani, Jayrajsinh Jadeja