Saurashtra Cricket Association

{{Short description|Cricket organization in the Kutch and Saurashtra regions of Gujarat state, India}}

{{Infobox sport governing body

|name = Saurashtra Cricket Association

|abbrev = SCA

|logo = SaurashtraCricketAssociationLogo.png

|sport = Cricket

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|image =

|caption =

|jurisdiction = Saurashtra, India

|founded = 1950

|aff = Board of Control for Cricket in India

|affdate = 1960

|region = West

|regionyear =

|headquarters = Rajkot

|president = Jaydev Shah

|secretary = Himanshu Shah

|coach = Karsan Ghavri

|operating income =

|sponsor =

|year closed =

|replaced =

|prevfounded =

|url = saucricket.com

|countryflag = India

|Kit Sponsor=}}

Saurashtra Cricket Association is the governing body of the cricket activities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region of the Gujarat state of India and the Saurashtra cricket team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/sep/21/niranjan-shahs-son-jaydev-to-head-saurashtra-cricket-association-2037123.html |title=Niranjan Shah’s son Jaydev to head Saurashtra Cricket Association |website=The New Indian Express |publisher=The New Indian Express |location=India |access-date=2019-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005214354/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2019/sep/21/niranjan-shahs-son-jaydev-to-head-saurashtra-cricket-association-2037123.html |archive-date=2019-10-05 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/saurashtra-cricket-association-organises-seminar-training-for-scorers/articleshow/47663295.cms |title=Saurashtra Cricket Association organises seminar, training for scorers |date=2015-06-14 |website=The Economic Times |publisher=The Economic Times |location=India |access-date=2019-10-11}}{{Cite web |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/jaydev-shah-elected-saurashtra-cricket-association-president/article29476615.ece |title=Jaydev Shah elected Saurashtra Cricket Association president |last=Acharya |first=Shayan |website=Sportstar |publisher=Sportstar, The Hindu |location=India |access-date=2019-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922071518/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/jaydev-shah-elected-saurashtra-cricket-association-president/article29476615.ece |archive-date=2019-09-22 |url-status=live }} It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

History

It was founded in 1950.File:SCA Stadium.jpg

Saurashtra Premier League

{{Infobox cricket tournament main

| name = Saurashtra Premier League

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption = Official Logo of the SPL

| country = India

| administrator = Saurashtra Cricket Association

| key_people =

| cricket format = T20

| first = 2019

| next = 2025

| last = 2023

| tournament format = Round-robin and final

| participants = 5

|champions = Kutch Warriors (1 title)

| most successful = Sorath Lions, Halar Heroes, Kutch Warriors (1 title)

| qualification =

| TV = Sports 18

| website = [http://www.splt20.com SPLT20]

| current =

}}

The Saurashtra Premier League (SPL) is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in Saurashtra, India.{{cite news| last=Bhaskar | first=Divya | date=2019-05-03 | title= आईपीएल की तरह राजकोट में सौराष्ट्र प्रीमियर लीग खेली जाएगी | trans-title= IPL alike SPL will be played in Rajkot | url=https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/gujarat/news/like-the-ipl-the-saurashtra-premier-league-spl-will-also-be-played-in-rajkot-01536911.html | language= Hindi | work =Divya Bhaskar | location= Rajkot | access-date=2019-05-03}} The league was formed in 2019 by the Saurashtra Cricket Association. It is usually played during summer season between May - August. First begun in 2019, it was planned to be held annually.

=Teams=

Five franchises are competing in the league.{{Cite web|url=https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/2833/saurashtra-premier-league-2019/squads|title=Teams|website=Cricbuzz|language=en-US|access-date=14 May 2019}}

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class="wikitable"
Team ! Region ! Captain ! Coach ! Owner
Gohilwad Gladiators \| Gohilwad \| Prerak Mankad \| Hitesh Goswami \| Deepak Nakrani
Kutch Warriors \| Kutch \| Dharmendrasinh Jadeja \| Virendra Vegda \| Nilkanth Steel
Halar Heroes \| Halar \| Jay Gohil \| Paras Trivedi \| Ajay Jadeja
Sorath Lions \| Sorath \| Chirag Jani \| Rakesh Dhruv \| -
Zalawad Royals \| Zalawad \| Sheldon Jackson \| Niraj Odedra \| GSH Sports Global LLP

class="wikitable"

Team

! Region

! Captain

! Coach

! Owner

Gohilwad Gladiators

| Gohilwad

| Prerak Mankad

| Hitesh Goswami

| Deepak Nakrani

Kutch Warriors

| Kutch

| Dharmendrasinh Jadeja

| Virendra Vegda

| Nilkanth Steel

Halar Heroes

| Halar

| Jay Gohil

| Paras Trivedi

| Ajay Jadeja

Sorath Lions

| Sorath

| Chirag Jani

| Rakesh Dhruv

| -

Zalawad Royals

| Zalawad

| Sheldon Jackson

| Niraj Odedra

| GSH Sports Global LLP

=Venue=

Rajkot
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="3"\|Gujarat
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity: 28,000{{cite web \|title=Cricket Venues and Grounds \|url=https://www.bcci.tv/venues \|publisher=Board of Control for Cricket in India \|access-date=22 December 2023}}
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=Results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+
rowspan=2\|Season !colspan=4\|Final !rowspan=2\|Player of the series
Venue !Winners !Result !Runners-up
2019 \|Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot \|Sorath Lions 158/8(20) \|Sorath Lions won by 5 runs [https://m.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/22628/zr-vs-sol-final-saurashtra-premier-league-2019 Scorecard] \|Zalawad Royals 153/8(20) \| Chetan Sakariya
2022 \|Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot \|Halar Heroes 162/5(20 Overs) \|Halar Heroes won By 40 runs [http://www.spltwenty20.com/Result/FullScoreboard?MatchID=40&type=Result Scorecard] \|Gohilwad Gladiators 122/10 (17.5 overs) \|Prerak Mankad
2023 \|Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot \|Kutch Warriors 156/7(20 Overs) \|Kutch Warriors won by 21 runs [https://m.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/80229/kutw-vs-ggs-final-saurashtra-premier-league-2023 Scorecard] \|Gohilwad Gladiators 135/10 \|Parswaraj Rana

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=4|Final

!rowspan=2|Player of the series

Venue

!Winners

!Result

!Runners-up

2019

|Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot

|Sorath Lions
158/8(20)

|Sorath Lions won by 5 runs

[https://m.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/22628/zr-vs-sol-final-saurashtra-premier-league-2019 Scorecard]

|Zalawad Royals
153/8(20)

|
Chetan Sakariya

2022

|Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot

|Halar Heroes 162/5(20 Overs)

|Halar Heroes won By 40 runs

[http://www.spltwenty20.com/Result/FullScoreboard?MatchID=40&type=Result Scorecard]

|Gohilwad Gladiators 122/10 (17.5 overs)

|Prerak Mankad

2023

|Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium, Rajkot

|Kutch Warriors

156/7(20 Overs)

|Kutch Warriors won by 21 runs

[https://m.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/80229/kutw-vs-ggs-final-saurashtra-premier-league-2023 Scorecard]

|Gohilwad Gladiators

135/10

|Parswaraj Rana

=Team's performance=

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{{diagonal split header\| Franchise\|Season}} !2019 !2022 !2023 !2024
align=left\|Gohilwad Gladiators \|5th \|style="background: silver"\|RU \|style="background: silver"\|RU
align=left\|Kutch Warriors \|3rd \|5th \|style="background: gold"\|C
align=left\|Halar Heroes \|4th \|style="background: gold"\|C \|3rd
align=left\|Sorath Lions \|style="background: gold"\|C \|4th \|5th
align=left\| Zalawad Royals \|style="background: silver"\|RU \|3rd \|4th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!2019

!2022

!2023

!2024

align=left|Gohilwad Gladiators

|5th

|style="background: silver"|RU

align=left|Kutch Warriors

|3rd

|5th

|style="background: gold"|C

align=left|Halar Heroes

|4th

|style="background: gold"|C

|3rd

align=left|Sorath Lions

|style="background: gold"|C

|4th

|5th

align=left| Zalawad Royals

|style="background: silver"|RU

|3rd

|4th

Teams are listed alphabetically by year of entry into the league
{{color box|border=darkgray|gold}} C: champions
{{color box|border=darkgray|silver}} RU: runner-up

References

External links

[http://www.saucricket.com/ Official website]
[http://www.saucricket.com/AboutUs/BriefHistory|Brief History of cricket in Saurashtra]
[https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/2833/saurashtra-premier-league-2019/matches 2019 - Series home at Cricbuzz]
[https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/7058/saurashtra-premier-league-2023/matches 2023 - Series home at Cricbuzz]
[https://ticketsipl.com/saurashtra-premier-league-schedule-team-squads-live/ Saurashtra Premier League 2024]

Category:Cricket governing bodies in India

Category:Cricket in Saurashtra

Category:Sports organizations established in 1950

Category:1950 establishments in Bombay State

Category:Organisations based in Gujarat

Saurashtra Cricket Association

History

Saurashtra Premier League

=Teams=

=Venue=

=Results=

=Team's performance=

See also

References

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