Jammu, April 25 (UNI) The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association on Monday announced the domestic cricket calendar stating that the association will be conducting domestic tournaments for the season 2022 from mid May till mid August.
Prior to the conduct of different tournaments, JKCA will send Talent Hunt Teams (Men and Women) to different districts of UT Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Brig. Anil Gupta (Retd), Member Administration, JKCA in an official communique said that the UT of J&K including Ladakh have been divided into eight zones.
In Jammu Province, Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar districts will be in Zone 1, Reasi, Udhampur, Kathua districts in Zone 2, Jammu and Samba districts in Zone 3, Rajouri and Poonch districts in Zone 4 North Kashmir as Zone 5, Central Kashmir as Zone 6, South Kashmir as Zone 7 and Ladakh as Zone 8.
The Administrator said that the Talent Hunt Teams will simultaneously visit eight zones except Ladakh from May 6 to 12 to select the talent for both Men and Women teams to include Junior Men One-day (19 years and below), U-23 Men One-Day (19 years upto 23), Senior Men One-Day (Above 23 years), Junior Men 2-3 days, Senior Men 3-4 days (Players from U-23 and senior), Junior Women One-Day (19 years and below), Senior Women One Day (19 plus).
“The talent hunt for Ladakh has already commenced from April 25,” Brig Gupta said, adding that a player cannot participate in more than two formats.
The players who have represented J&K in any format during the season 2021-22 will not participate in talent hunt trials, he said adding, “however, they will be included by the selectors in the final teams to participate in the domestic tournaments. All junior teams will consist of a minimum three players from the U16 category.”
After the first phase of Talent Hunt, five teams each for women for the two provinces will be announced for each tournament and as mentioned, two tournaments for the women will be played.
Similarly, six teams each for the two provinces for each different tournament (total five) will be announced and a total of seven tournaments will be played during the current domestic season.
Brig Gupta also informed that the U19 Women’s one-day will be the inaugural tournament of the season and will commence from May 15.
The league matches of all tournaments will be played on turf wickets simultaneously at Jammu and Srinagar, while the finals will be held at Jammu and Srinagar.
“The opening ceremony will be held at Jammu on May 14-15 and is likely to be attended by the Office Bearers of BCCI,” disclosed Brig. Gupta.
For further instructions all budding players are advised to regularly visit JKCA website www.jkca.tv to remain updated on information regarding the domestic tournaments.
