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BCCI Corporate Trophy

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BCCI Corporate Trophy
CountriesIndia
AdministratorBCCI
FormatLimited-overs
First edition2009
Tournament formatRound-robin then knockout
Number of teams12
Most successfulAir India Red (1 title)

The BCCI Corporate Trophy was an Indian cricket competition. It was established in 2009 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as a 12-team inter-corporate tournament beginning at the start of the Indian cricket season before the start of the Ranji Trophy competition. This tournament was a 50-over a side tournament involving 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

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The corporate trophy acted as a high-profile starter to the Indian domestic cricket season. The BCCI's prime objective was to promote employment opportunities for domestic cricketers in India's corporate houses.[2] The board invited 12 corporate teams to take part which involved some of India's top cricketers.

The winners collected 10 million (US$204,272) while the runners-up received 5 million (US$102,109) however, unlike the Indian Premier League (IPL) no foreign players took 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.[3]

The inaugural tournament was won by Air India Red after they beat Air India Blue by 93 runs in the final.

The last edition of the competition was in 2014, the BCCI cited the difficulty of scheduling it in a full cricket calendar as the reason future editions did not take place.[4]

2014 teams

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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2009 tournament

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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 Red won the tournament by beating Air India Blue by 93 runs in the final.

Group stages

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Group A

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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
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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.[5]

2 September 2009
Scorecard
India Revenue
255/8 (50 overs)
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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)
India Revenue won by 6 runs
Punjab CA Stadium, Mohali, India
Umpires: Sanjay Hazre and Sanjeeva Rao (both IND)

3 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Blue
362/1 (42 overs)
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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)
Air India Blue won by 143 runs (VJD Method)
Punjab CA Stadium. Mohali, India
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Sanjeeva Rao (both IND)
  • Match reduced to 42 overs a side

Group B

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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)
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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)
MRF won by 12 runs (VJD Method)
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India
Umpires: Shashank Ranade and Suresh Shastri (both IND)
  • Bharat Petroleum Corporation were set 133 from 28.3 overs

2 September 2009
Scorecard
MRF
258/9 (50 overs)
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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)
Oil & Natural Gas won by 71 runs
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India
Umpires: Suresh Shastri and Madanmohan Singh (both IND)

3 September 2009
Scorecard
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled[6]
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India
Umpires: Shashank Ranade and Madanmohan Singh (both IND)

Group C

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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)
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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)
Tata SC won by 73 runs
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, India
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan and Amiesh Saheba (both IND)
  • Match Reduced to 36 overs a side

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

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

Group D

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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)
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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[7]

2 September 2009
Scorecard
Bharat Sanchar Nigam
228/9 (47 overs)
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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[8][9]

3 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Red
244/3 (43 overs)
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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)
Air India Red won by 7 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and S Ravi (both IND)
  • Match reduce to 47 overs aside[10]

Knockout stages

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Semi-finals

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5 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Red
215/5 (40 overs)
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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)
Air India Red won by 5 wickets[11]
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Subroto Das and Shavir Tarapore (both IND)

6 September 2009
Scorecard
Air India Blue
247/5 (43.2 overs)
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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)
Air India Blue won by 5 wickets
PCA stadium, Mohali, India
Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Sanjay Hazare (both IND)
  • 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[12]

Final

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8 September 2009
Scorecard[13]
Air India Red
284/8 (50 overs)
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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)
Air India Red won by 93 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Amiesh Saheba and Shavir Tarapore (both IND)

References

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  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". ESPNcricinfo. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Star-studded welcome for Corporate Trophy. Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. ^ Pandey, Devendra (23 July 2015). "Corporate Trophy struck off calendar for second consecutive year". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ^ 1st Day Round-up Cricinfo. Retrieved on 1 September 2009
  6. ^ 3rd Day Round-up Cricinfo. Retrieved on 3 September 2009
  7. ^ Das Shines in WashoutCricinfo. Retrieved on 1 September 2009
  8. ^ 2nd Day Round-up Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 September 2009
  9. ^ India Cements winCricinfo. Retrieved on 2 September 2009
  10. ^ Raina Power Air India Red Cricinfo. Retrieved on 3 September 2009
  11. ^ Marathe leads Air India to final Cricinfo. Retrieved on 5 September 2009
  12. ^ Madan ton sets up all Air India final Cricinfo. Retrieved on 6 September 2009
  13. ^ Sizzling Uthappa lifts Air India Red to title Cricinfo. Retrieved on 8 September 2009