Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) Member Administration, Brig Anil Gupta (Retd.) released its domestic calendar for this year which will commence from Mid May to Mid August, here today.
Prior to the conduct of different tournaments, JKCA will send ‘Talent Hunt Teams’ (Men & Women) to different districts of J&K UT as well as Ladakh. The JKCA divided entire J&K UT as well as Ladakh Union Territory into eight zones including Ramban-Doda-Kishtwar zone, Reasi-Udhampur-Kathua zone, Jammu- Samba zone, Rajouri- Poonch zone, North Kashmir, Central Kashmir, South Kashmir and Ladakh zone.
The Talent Hunt Teams will simultaneously visit in these zones except Ladakh from May 6 to May 12 to select the talent for both men and women teams to include Junior Men One Day (19 years and below), Under-23 Men One Day (19 years upto 23 years), Senior Men One Day (Above 23 years), Junior Men 2/3 Days, Senior Men 3/4 Days (Players from Under-23 and Senior), Junior Women One Day (19 years and below), Senior Women One Day ( Plus 19), whereas the talent hunt for Ladakh has already commenced from today.
Brig Gupta informed 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. 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 of three players from the Under-16 category.
Thereafter, five teams each for women for the two provinces will be announced for each tournament. As mentioned above 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. A total of seven tournaments will be played during the current domestic season.
For the Under-19 Women’s One Day will be the inaugural tournament of the season which 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 also be held at Jammu and Srinagar.
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