After more than two months of Indian Premier League (IPL) action, a host of State T20 leagues will be held across the country, providing a platform for emerging talent, who will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in Indian cricket.
India T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s title-winning captain Rajat Patidar are among the key stars who will participate in these leagues.
Here are the schedules, venues and key players to watch out for:
T20 MUMBAI LEAGUE (SEASON 3)
- Dates: June 4 to 12
- Venues: Wankhede Stadium, DY Patil Stadium
- Key Players: Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Sarfaraz Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Musheer Khan, Tanush Kotian, Ayush Mhatre.
MAHARASHTRA PREMIER LEAGUE (SEASON 6)
- Dates: June 4 to 22
- Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
- Key Players: Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangergekar, Mukesh Choudhary, Arshin Kulkarni.
TAMIL NADU PREMIER LEAGUE (SEASON 9)
- Dates: June 5 to July 6
- Venues: Coimbatore, Salem, Tirunelveli, Dindigul
- Key Players: R. Ashwin, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vijay Shankar, Baba Aparajith, Baba Indrajith, Sandeep Warrier, T. Natarajan, R. Sai Kishore, Murugan Ashwin, Pradosh Ranjan Paul.
VIDARBHA PRO T20 LEAGUE (SEASON 1)
- Dates: June 5 to 15
- Venue: VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
- Key Players: Jitesh Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Akshay Wadkar, Atharva Taide, Darshan Nalkande.
SAURASHTRA PRO T20 LEAGUE (SEASON 4)
- Dates: June 7 to 20
- Venue: Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
- Key Players: Jaydev Unadkat, Harvik Desai, Sheldon Jackson, Chirag Jani, Chetan Sakariya, Prerak Mankad, Arpit Vasavada, Dharmendrasingh Jadeja.
BENGAL PRO T20 LEAGUE (SEASON 2)
- Dates: June 11 to 28
- Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Key Players: Anustup Majumdar, Manoj Tiwary, Abishek Porel, Karan Lal, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Ishan Porel, Sudip Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.
MADHYA PRADESH LEAGUE T20 (SEASON 2)
- Dates: June 12 to 24
- Venue: Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium, Gwalior
- Key Players: Avesh Khan, Saransh Jain, Kuldeep Sen, Venkatesh Iyer, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Rajat Patidar.
