T20 tourney for Bisleri Cup begins Dec 26

Bangalore, Dec 24 (UNI) Three teams from the city and another from Dubai will be playing in the Max Talent Bisleri Twenty20 Cricket Tournament beginning here on December 26.

The teams in the Under-15 category have been allowed to play two players each from the Under-16 group.

The tournament would be played under Round Robin League with the finals scheduled for December 31.

Briefing newspersons, Dubai-based Max Talent Chief Sudhakar Shetty said the three-city based teams were Kanara Blues, Jain International School and Professional Sports Group. The matches would be played at Jain School grounds.

Max Talent scouts for cricket talent in the UAE and organises matches in different places to popularise cricket in the Middle East, he added.

Bisleri Director (Business Development) Anjana Ghosh said the company had sponsored the tournament in a bid to discover and support new cricket talent in the country.

It had also sponsored Major Ashutosh Tripathi, India's only entry for the Windsurfing RSX Category Olympic Qualifiers to be held in New Zealand.

UNI