BCCI Corporate Trophy

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The BCCI Corporate Trophy was an Indian

corporate teams. All the top Indian cricketers were expected to play along with academy cricket players and those who play regular domestic cricket in India.[1]

History

The corporate trophy acts as a high-profile starter to the Indian domestic cricket season. The BCCI's prime objective is to promote employment opportunities for domestic cricketers in India's corporate houses.[

cricketers
.

The winners collect 10 million (US$204,272) while the runners-up receive 5 million (US$102,109) however, unlike the Indian Premier League (IPL) no foreign players would take part.

The tournament initially involved players formerly from the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). Some of the ICL players said that after the announcement of the Corporate Trophy, they had received calls from their employers asking them to cut ties with the rebel league.[2]

The

Air India Blue
by 93 runs in the final.

2014 teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

2009 tournament

The 1st round takes place from 1–3 September with the 12 teams split into 4 groups of 3. The group winners will play in semi-finals on 5 and 7 September and the final being played on 8 September. The winners will receive Rs 10 million with the runners-up receiving Rs 5 million.[1]

Air India Blue
by 93 runs in the final.

Group stages

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L NR
NRR
Air India Blue
7 2 1 0 1 +3.405
India Revenue 3 2 1 1 0 -1.489
ITC 2 2 0 1 1 -0.120
1 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Blue

v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Punjab CA Stadium, Mohali
, India
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Sanjay Hazare (both IND)
  • Groundstaff announced that due to heavy overnight rain in Mohali, the pitch was not playable because of a wet outfield.[3]

2 September 2009
Scorecard
India Revenue
255/8 (50 overs)
v
ITC
249/9 (50 overs)
Avik Chowdhury 110 (158)
Mohammed Abid Khan 2/52 (10 overs)
Mohit Sharma 61 (76)
Ajinkya Joshi 4/54 (10 overs)

3 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Blue

362/1 (42 overs)
v
India Revenue
222/8 (42 overs)
Manvinder Bisla 152 (113)
Rakesh Bhadrapur 1/60 (9 overs)
Ameya Srikhande 121 (119)
R. P. Singh 2/24 (5 overs)
  • Match reduced to 42 overs a side

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L NR
NRR
Oil & Natural Gas 7 2 1 0 1 +1.420
MRF 3 2 1 1 0 -0.752
Bharat Petroleum 2 2 0 1 1 -0.421
1 September 2009
Scorecard
Bharat Petroleum
120/6 (28.3 overs)
v
MRF
191/all out (48.4 overs)
Anup Revandkar 35 (55)
Pandian Dharma 3/22 (7 overs)
Gnaneswara Rao 53 (74)
Aavishkar Salvi 3/37 (9 overs)
  • Bharat Petroleum Corporation were set 133 from 28.3 overs

2 September 2009
Scorecard
MRF
258/9 (50 overs)
v
Oil & Natural Gas
329/9 (50 overs)
Sridharan Sriram 108 (104)
Munaf Patel 3/48 (10 overs)
Gagan Khoda 105 (103)
Pandian Dharma 5/75 (8 overs)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W L NR
NRR
Tata Sports Club 7 2 1 0 1 +1.972
Indian Oil 4 2 0 0 2 0
AIPSSPB 1 2 0 1 1 -1.972
1 September 2009
Scorecard
AIPSSPB
168/all out (35.4 overs)
v
Tata Sports Club
241/8 (36 overs)
Pankaj Thakur 50 (52)
Ajit Agarkar 2/6 (5 overs)
Rohan Gavaskar 93 (87)
Rajinder Bisht 2/37 (5 overs)
Dharamsala
, India
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan and Amiesh Saheba (both IND)
  • Match Reduced to 36 overs a side

2 September 2009
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Dharamsala
, India
Umpires: Rajesh Deshpandey and Amiesh Saheba (both IND)

3 September 2009
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Dharamsala
, India
Umpires: Rajesh Deshpandey and Krishna Hariharan (both IND)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W L NR
NRR
Air India Red
6 2 1 0 1 +0.504
India Cements 4 1 1 15 0 +0u.032
Bharat Sanchar Nigam 2 2 0 1 1 -0.532
1 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Red

16/1 (2.5 overs)
v
Bharat Sanchar Nigam
258/7 (50 overs)
Suresh Raina 10 (9)
Joginder Singh 1/7 (1.5 overs)
Arindam Das 82 (107)
Saurabh Netravalkar 2/22 (7 overs)
No Result
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: S Ravi and Shavir Tarapore (both IND)
  • Rain in Bangalore caused the match to be abandoned 2.5 overs into the Air India Red innings[5]

2 September 2009
Scorecard
Bharat Sanchar Nigam
228/9 (47 overs)
v
India Cements
253/5 (47 overs)
Anshul Kapoor 51 (72)
Hemang Badani 2/26 (7 overs)
Subramaniam Badrinath 90 (108)
Niranjan Behera 2/37 (6 overs)
India Cements won by 25 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Shavir Tarapore (both IND)
  • Match reduced to 47 overs a side[6][7]

3 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Red

244/3 (43 overs)
v
India Cements
243/9 (47 overs)
Suresh Raina 92 (107)
Sudeep Tyagi 2/46 (9 overs)
Subramaniam Badrinath 91 (110)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/48 (9 overs)
  • Match reduce to 47 overs aside[8]

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

5 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Red

215/5 (40 overs)
v
Oil & Natural Gas
213/all out (48 overs)
Sushant Marathe 80* (106)
Sarandeep Singh 2/36 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 63 (75)
Dhawal Kulkarni 3/40 (10 overs)

6 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Blue

247/5 (43.2 overs)
v
Tata Sports Club
267/all out (49.4 overs)
Chandan Madan 114 (129)
Ramesh Powar 2/56 (9 overs)
Nishit Shetty 63 (82)
Pankaj Singh 4/41 (10 overs)
  • Floodlight failure 27.5 overs (154/1) into the
    Air India Blue innings caused delay. Air India Blue's target was then revised to 246 from 45 overs[10]

Final

8 September 2009
Scorecard[11]
Air India Red

284/8 (50 overs)
v
Air India Blue

191/all out (41.5 overs)
Robin Uthappa 157 (148)
Harbhajan Singh 4/55 (10 overs)
Chandan Madan 85 (126)
Yuvraj Singh 3/30 (10 overs)

References

  1. ^ a b "Top Indian players likely for corporate tournament. Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Star-studded welcome for Corporate Trophy. Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. ^ 1st Day Round-up Cricinfo. Retrieved on 1 September 2009
  4. ^ 3rd Day Round-up Cricinfo. Retrieved on 3 September 2009
  5. ^ Das Shines in WashoutCricinfo. Retrieved on 1 September 2009
  6. ^ 2nd Day Round-up Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 September 2009
  7. ^ India Cements winCricinfo. Retrieved on 2 September 2009
  8. ^ Raina Power Air India Red Cricinfo. Retrieved on 3 September 2009
  9. ^ Marathe leads Air India to final Cricinfo. Retrieved on 5 September 2009
  10. ^ Madan ton sets up all Air India final Cricinfo. Retrieved on 6 September 2009
  11. ^ Sizzling Uthappa lifts Air India Red to title Cricinfo. Retrieved on 8 September 2009