Taipei: The Game of Fame cricket is set to make a return amid COVID-19 pandemics. Chinese Taipei is all set to host Taipei T10 League, which starts from April 25. The tournament will be played only on weekends and as many as eight teams will participate in the event.
The final of the T10 league will be played on May 17.
Hsinchu Titans, Taiwan Daredevils, TCA Indians, Chiayi Swingers, PCCT United, ICCT Smashers, Taiwan Dragons and FCC Foromsans are the eight teams participating in Taiwan’s first-ever T10 League.
It must be noted that all the major cricket league across the globe has been either delayed or cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Here’s all you need to know about the Taipei T10 League:
Taipei T10 League schedule
Saturday, April 25
Hsinchu Titans v Taiwan Daredevils [9 AM IST]
Hsinchu Titans v TCA Indians [11 AM IST]
FCC Formosans v Chiayi Swingers [1 PM IST]
Sunday, April 26
Taiwan Daredevils v TCA Indians [9 AM IST]
PCCT United v ICCT Smashers [11 AM IST]
TCA Indians v Taiwan Dragons [1 PM IST]
Saturday, May 2
Hsinchu Titans v Taiwan Dragons [9 AM IST]
Taiwan Daredevils v Taiwan Dragons [11 AM IST]
PCCT United v FCC Formosans [1 PM IST]
Sunday, May 3
ICCT Smashers v FCC Formosans [9 AM IST]
ICCT Smashers vs Chiayi Swingers [11 AM IST]
PCCT United v Chiayi Swingers [1 PM IST]
Saturday, May 9 [Qualifier Pool 1]
Rank 3 v Rank 7 [11.30 AM IST]
Rank 3 v Rank 8 [3.30 PM IST]
Sunday, May 10 [Qualifier Pool 2]
Rank 4 v Rank 5 [11.30 AM IST]
Rank 4 v Rank 6 [1.30 PM IST]
Rank 5 v Rank 6 [3.30 PM IST]
Saturday, May 16
Rank 1 v Rank 2 [11.30 AM IST]
7th place v 8th place playoff [1.30 PM IST]
5th place v 6th place playoff [3.30 PM IST]
Sunday, May 17
Semifinal 1 [11.30 AM IST]
Semifinal 2 [1.30 PM IST]
Final [3.30 PM IST]
Teams
Group 1: Hsinchu Titans, Taiwan Daredevils, TCA Indians, Taiwan Dragons
Group 2: Chiayi Swingers, PCCT United, ICCT Smashers, FCC Foromsans
Squads
Chiayi Swingers: Abhijeet Utekar, Deepak Mishra, Devesh Barshilia, Jeevan Galdar, Manoj Thorat, Nitish Nair, Prashant Lokhande, Pruthvi More, Rajsingh Chandan, Saurabh Hajari (C), Shriyansh Shankar, Shubham Pawar, Sidhesh Pilankar, Sourabh Patil, Swaraj Shevagan, Vishwajit Tawar, Yogesh Rajput.
FCC Formosans: Ajinkya Sharma, Amirullah Mansoori, Ankit Kumar, Anthony Liu, Arun Parappagoudar (C), Aryadeep Mrinal, Ashishkumar Singh, Craig Mitchell, Mohammed Sadique Anwar, Nitish Gupta, Omesh Bhat, Pintu Kumar, Pranay Dheer Rachakatla, Rahul Aditya, Raj Naik, Ram Shivajirao Bankar, Tom Ashton.
Hsinchu Titans: Ashish Kumar Pandey, Eknath Sarkar, Jami Hema Ganesh, Joyal Francis, Karuna Nidhi, Manikandan, Nitesh Gupta, Pramod Kumar Mandal, Rachit Agarwal, Raguram (C), Thomas Rayen, Venkatesh Goudar, Venky Rebel, Vikay Ganisetty, Vijay Kumar, Vinay MS.
ICCT Smashers: Arya Shah, Dev Shah, Devang Shah, Dirvesh Jain, Manan Shah, Manoj Ladha, Mohit Gaur, Priyesh Shah, Neel Bhimani, Nirav Shah (C), Rajesh Mehta, Sachin Bhimani, Sandeep Patel, Sandeep Roonwal, Sanjay Patel, Sanjay Zaveri, Shrey Doshi, Sonik Shah, Ujjaval Vekariya, Vinit Chattrani.
PCCT United: Amin Uddin, Ansar Ali, Asif Tanoli, Danish Mehmood, Joseph Praveen, Khalid Siddiqui, Khurame, Meer Shuib Farooque, Mohsin Khan, Mr Hatmi, Muhammad Amjad Zafar, Muhammad Mujahid (C), Muhammad Mushtaq, Ninad Malwade, Prakash Malliah, Qazi Mazhar-ul-Haq, Raja Akhtar, Saif Sindhu, Shaban Mujahid, Shahzad Khan Muhammandzai, Shiv Rawat, Usman Javed.
Taiwan Daredevils: Alan Slade, Ben Hall, Charl Toua, Charles Hayward, Christiaan du Toit, Duane Christie, George Klopper (C), Hein Nothnagel, Herman Snyman, Hugh Schalkwyk, Jeff Black, Johan Koekemoer, Louis van Niekirk, Rob Schulenburg, Tertius de Jager, Thomas Nel.
Taiwan Dragons: Adam Hopkins, Arul Arjun, Ashutosh Tiwari, Asif Hameed, Athula Senadeera, Atif Khan, Bivan Singh, Chetan Pundora, Jack Snart, Josula Rishi, Marlan Samarasinghe (C), Mohammad Rajiuddin, Rahul Nautiyal, Rajat Kumar Singh, Romil Kothari, Sachin Padghan, Santosh Yadav, Trideep Kumar.
TCA Indians: Ajay Gupta, Amit Kumar Bedaka, Girish Hiranandani, Jaysiva Ganesamurthi, Kishore Krish, Krish Veera, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Manoj Kriplani (C), Murugan Subramani, Neeraj Singh Patel, Partheeban Chinnamuthu, Praveen Kumar Chittem, Sudip Kumar Sinha, Vivek Hegde, Vivek Kumar Mahato.
