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Pepsi Double-wicket Cricket
from today
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 28 : The Pepsi Icy Blue Double
Wicket Cricket tournament begins at the Tribhuvan University cricket ground on Saturday
with Raddison Hotel taking on host Yak & Yeti Team ‘B’ in the curtain
raiser.
A total of 16 teams representing country’s
different business houses will compete at the two-day event being organised by Hotel Yak
& Yeti and sponsored by Varun Beverages -the manufacturer of Pepsi Cola. The Cricket
Association of Nepal (CAN) would provide technical support for the tournament.
Speaking at a press conference, the executive
director of Varun Beverages Rajiv Sant revealed Pepsi Cola’s interest in promoting
sports in the country. "As Pepsi was the official sponsor of the recently concluded
ICC World Cup Cricket tournament, we would also like to continue promoting cricket in
Nepal," said Sant.
Navnit Nagpal, the general manager of Hotel Yak
& Yeti also highlighted his hotel’s keenness in supporting sporting events.
"The pre-tournament response of this double-wicket tournament is overwhelming and we
will try our best to continue this tournament annually," said Nagpal during the
programme.
The tournament will be played under the ICC
Double-wicket format.
Each corporate team should make a squad of
four-member comprising two playing sets players, extra player and a team manager. CAN will
provide eight fielders and wicket keeper for the knock-out competition. Both the sides
have to play full quota four overs regardless how the chasing team records win in less
than their allotted over. If a
batsmen gets out six run will be deducted. For bouncers, beamer and wides ball two runs
will be considered. For the semifinals and finals, 12 overs are allotted, according to the
double-wicket rule.
A total of six trophies will be distributed to
the winning team, runner-up, semifinalists, best player and ‘man-of-the-final’.
Meanwhile, the lucky draw of the ‘Pepsi
Predict and Win Contest’ was also released during the programme. Leema Pradhan bagged
the bumper jackpot winning paid trip for a couple to Mumbai. Other winners of the contest
were Biju Chitrakar, Pravha Pokharel, Umesh S Karki and Prasant Pratap Shah.
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