Draft:Big Cricket League

A private cricket league that brings together amateur cricketers & former international stars, Big Cricket League was founded in 2023 by ARVUS Sports Private Limited, an Indian company based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League |url=https://www.bigcricketleague.com/contact |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.bigcricketleague.com |language=en}}

The inaugural Season of Big Cricket League featured six teams including [https://www.bigcricketleague.com/teams Mumbai Marines, Rajasthan Regals, MP Tigers, UP Brij Stars, Northern Challengers and Southern Spartans]{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League, 2024 {{!}} Teams & Squads - Cricket.com |url=https://www.cricket.com/series/7176/big-cricket-league-2024/squads |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.cricket.com |language=en}}. Season 1 featured 18 matches that were played across 10 matchdays.{{Cite web |last=OneCricket |title=When And Where To Watch Big Cricket League 2024? |url=https://cricket.one/cricket-news/where-to-watch-big-cricket-league-2024-live-streaming-channel-squads-schedule-and-time/675a9b396a059b5dd41c5b83 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250213065120/https://cricket.one/cricket-news/where-to-watch-big-cricket-league-2024-live-streaming-channel-squads-schedule-and-time/675a9b396a059b5dd41c5b83 |archive-date=2025-02-13 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=OneCricket |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League 2024 Live Streaming, Live Scores, News, Videos, Updates & Highlights |url=https://www.fancode.com/cricket/tour/big-cricket-league-2024-17972873/matches |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Fancode |language=en}}

Big Cricket League brings together former international players & amateur cricketers between the age of 20 to 49 years.{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League |url=https://www.bigcricketleague.com/terms#:~:text=To%20be%20eligible%20for%20participation,or%20district%20association%20of%20BCCI. |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.bigcricketleague.com |language=en}} The amateur cricketers have to meet BCL’s eligibility criteria & then go through a three-phase selection process including Trials, Selection Camp & Super Camp.{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League |url=https://www.bigcricketleague.com/trials |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.bigcricketleague.com |language=en}} During Season 1, 60 amateur cricketers made it to the tournament out of 15000 cricketers were screened by the league.

The Big Cricket League Season 1 featured 6 teams – [https://www.bigcricketleague.com/teams Mumbai Marines, Southern Spartans, MP Tigers, Northern Challengers, Rajasthan Regals and UP Brij Stars.]

Irfan Pathan (c), Malinda Pushpakumara, Chamara Silva, Manpreet Gony, Jesal Karia, Manan Sharma, Subodh Bhati, Shivam Kumar, Mihir Agarwal, Malay Bharti, Vineet Kumar Singh, Ganesh Rajan, Abhishek Kaul, Hershail Harrison, Mohamed Faheem, Ankit Stephen, Vijendra Kumar Nagarwal.

Suresh Raina (c), Solomon Mire, Herschelle Gibbs, Phil Mustard, Abhimanyu Mithun, Faiz Fazal, Abhishek Sakuja, Shrestha, Milan Yadav, R K Karthik, Santosh Yadav, Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Dinesh C Bhunu, Asmut Fayaz, Abdul Rahman, Aman Khan, Sher Singh

Yusuf Pathan (c), Pawan Negi, Naman Ojha, Stuart Binny, Peter Trego, Dilshan Munaweera, Amit Mishra, Jatin Saxena, Saumil Das, Sandeep Kumar, Faizal A, Md.Azhar Ansari, Saket Sharma, Arnav Kumar Prasad, Daivik Nayak, Abdul Bari, Mohammed Irfan Kaleem

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Samiullah Shinwari, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Upul Tharanga, Siddarth Kaul, Anureet Singh, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Kumar Tiwari, Kundan Kumar, Vishal Prasad, Mahaveer Singh Rathore, Sandeep Chauhan, Bhubaneswar Pratap Singh, Rajat Singh, Babar Ali, Srujan Shetty, Prakash Naskar

T Dilshan (c), Shahbaz Nadeem, Asela Gunarathne, Rahul Shukla, Amit Verma, Mehul Patel, Dairya Singh Dalal, Parikshit Kaplesh Jadav, Mohammad Faizan, Samarth Srinivas, Sathya L, Aadil Ahmad Wani, Prashant Kumar Yadav, Achinto Das, Surya Pratap Singh, Yash Prabhakar

Imran Tahir (c), Hamilton Masakadza, Asghar Afghan, Ishwar Pandey, Chirag Gandhi, Monu Kumar, Sami Ahmed Khan, Jitender Kumar, Garvit Agarwal, Vedprakash Manda, Salil Yadav, Narendra Kumar Meena, Adharsh T, Raahat Agarwal, Sumit Chaudhary, Apoorva Mehrotra, Aryan Praveen

Season 1 Champions: Mumbai Marines{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League |url=https://www.bigcricketleague.com/blogs/mumbai-marines-win-big-cricket-league-final |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.bigcricketleague.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-22 |title=Who won Big Cricket League? Champions of the first edition of BCL listed {{!}} Sporting News India |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/cricket/news/who-won-big-cricket-league-champions-first-edition-bcl-listed/3783a57579e230cf13eb898e |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en-in}}{{Cite web |title=Big Cricket League: Grand Finale - Mumbai Marines Clinch Victory Over Southern Spartans |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/big-cricket-league-grand-finale-mumbai-marines-clinch-victory-over-southern-spartans20241223123033/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=ANI News |language=en}}

The matches were broadcasted on Sony Network and Fancode where it recorded live viewership of 16.1 Million and received an overall reach of 206 million.{{Cite web |last=Khandelwal |first=Aashay |date=2025-02-05 |title=Big Cricket League smashes viewership records in debut season |url=https://sportsmintmedia.com/big-cricket-league-smashes-viewership-records-in-debut-season/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=SportsMint Media |language=en-US}}

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• [https://www.bigcricketleague.com Official website]

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