Mangaluru, Mar, 17: The countdown has begun for the season four of Mangalore Premier League (MPL-2018). The grand opening ceremony of coastal Karnataka’s biggest cricket even will be held on Tuesday, March 20 at Dr B R Ambedkar Stadium in Panambur on the outskirts of the city.
Former Indian cricket star Venkatesh Prasad will formally open the tourney being organized jointly by the Brand Vision Events, Mangalore Occasionals and Sea Bird Cricket Academy with the approval and guidance of Karnataka State Cricket Association.
MPL convener Imthiaz on Saturday told media persons that the colourful opening ceremony will commence at 5.30 p.m. on March 20. Former Indian Cricketers Raghuram Bhat and Javagal Srinath will also join their hands with Venkatesh Prasad to open the mega event.
Roshan D’Silva and Milinda Siriwardana, international cricket players from Sri Lanka will be taking part in the ceremony as intercontinental guests. Cultural programs will give boom to the function. Dav Whatmore, former cricketer from Australia will join the MPL cricket fest, a few days later.
The first match of the MPL will be held at 9.00 a.m. on March 20 between costaldigest.com and Bedra Bulls, the MPL champions of previous two seasons.
Second match will be held at 2.00 p.m between the teams Classic Bantwala and United Ullala. After the opening ceremony Karkala Gladiators and Team Elegant will be playing the third match under the floodlights.
Imthiyaz said that the tournament will be held on league cum knock out basis and the final match will be held on April 1. MPL chief coordinator Balakrishna Parkala and coordinators Deepak Bhandary Kalladka and Nagaraj Jogi were also present at the press meet.
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Enchina maarre. ground nu vanthe sari malpule. Grass paad dh. ee ground du daaye maarre intl players ne lethond barpini. Kudlada maryadi depparena. wa marl maarre. undu enchina cricket match aa athth kutti danne match aa?
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