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It is hailed as the breeding ground for the country's next generation of international cricketers. Fortunately, watching it is not as difficult as playing in it.
The Hyderabad Cricket Association is organising the Annual Parle Cup Inter-Schools Under-17 Cricket Tournament from 6th October, at various city grounds. In view of the record number of 34 school teams that have confirmed their participation, HCA has divided these schools into groups, with each group having four pools. The teams in Group A are as below:
Pool A - Mahbub College High School, Bhegas High School, Hyderabad Public School Begumpet and Silver Jubilee Junior College
Pool B - Gowtham Model School, St Mary's Centenary Junior College, Sultan-Ul-Uloom Junior College and Secunderabad Public School
Pool C - St John's Junior College, Abhyasa Junior College, Boys Town High School and Nalanda Junior College
Pool D - St George's Grammar School, Hyderabad Public School Ramanthapur, St Mary's Junior College, St Joseph Public School and Guntur Vikas Junior College
The tournament will be played on knockout, league and knockout format. The top teams from each pool will make it to the quarter-finals, where the teams will again be divided into two pools and the matches will be played on a league basis. The top two teams from the two pools will clash in the semifinals, and the semifinal winners will play in the final.
The dates of the semifinals and the zonal finals will be decided once the league matches are over. The schedules for the league matches are as follows:
1st Round - 7th October
HPS Begumpet Vs Silver Jubilee Jr College at HPS Begumpet Grounds
Gowtham Model School Vs St Mary's Centenary JC at Parade Grounds
Sultan-Ul-Uloom Jr College Vs Secunderabad Public School at Parade Grounds
St Joseph PS Guntur Vs Vikas Jr College at Parade Grounds
2nd Round - 10th October
Mahbub College High School Vs Silver Jubilee Jr College at Parade Grounds
Gowtham Model School Vs Secunderabad Public School at Parade Grounds
Sultan-Ul-Uloom Jr College Vs St Mary's Centenary JC at Parade Grounds
Guntur Vikas Jr College Vs HPS Ramanthapur at HPS Ramanthapur Grounds
St Joseph PS Vs St Mary's Jr College at Parade Grounds
3rd Round - 12th October
HPS Begumpet Vs Mahbub College High School at HPS Begumpet Grounds
Bhegas HS Vs Silver Jubilee Jr College at Parade Grounds
Gowtham Model School Vs Sultan-Ul-Uloom Jr College at Parade Grounds
Secunderabad Public School Vs St Mary's Centenary JC at Parade Grounds
St George's Grammar School Vs Guntur Vikas Junior College at Parade Grounds
4th Round - 14th October
Mahbub College High School Vs Bhegas HS at Parade Grounds
St John's Jr College Vs Abhyasa Jr College at Parade Grounds
Boys Town HS Vs Nalanda Jr College at Boys Town HS Grounds, Jahanuma
HPS Ramanthapur Vs St Mary's Jr College at HPS Ramanthapur Grounds
St Joseph PS Vs St George's Grammar School at Parade Grounds
5th Round - 17th October
St John's Jr College Vs Nalanda Jr College at Parade Grounds
Boys Town HS Vs Abhyasa Jr College at Boys Town HS Grounds, Jahanuma
HPS Ramanthapur Vs St Joseph PS at HPS Ramanthapur Grounds
St George's Grammar School Vs St Mary's Jr College at Parade Grounds
6th Round - 19th October
Boys Town HS Vs St John's Jr College at Parade Grounds
Abhyasa Jr College Vs Nalanda Jr College at Parade Grounds
St George's Grammar School Vs HPS Ramanthapur at HPS Ramanthapur Grounds
Guntur Vikas Junior College Vs St Mary's Jr College at Parade Grounds
Bhegas HS Vs HPS Begumpet at HPS Begumpet Grounds
The Parle Cup tournament is hailed as the breeding ground for the country's next generation of international cricketers. Started in 2001, it is conducted across 14 major cities: Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar, Mohali, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Pondichery, Trichy and Salem. It covers over 500 schools, making it the largest inter-school cricket tournament in India today.
The tournament follows a format where schools compete at the state level for the Parle Cup, and each city winner participates at the national level for the Parle Champions trophy.
Please contact the Hyderabad Cricket Association at 2790-5676 for further details.
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