Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals: Eight of India's best cricket colleges to compete

18th October 2021, National: Red Bull Campus Cricket is an annual international T20 tournament for college cricket teams, providing a platform for young talent to play on a world stage and make their way into professional cricket without having to give up on college education. The competition was launched in 2012 and is now in its tenth year.

Following a scintillating round of city qualifiers and regional rounds, the grand 10th edition of the only global cricket tournament for university students, Red Bull Campus Cricket kicks off the National Finals in Chandigarh from 18th October to 22nd October.

The Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals will witness the 8 best cricket colleges from across the country battle it out in the league stages from 18th to 20th October where matches are taking place simultaneously at Mullanpur Stadium and Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh.

Post the league stages, at the iconic PCA Stadium Mohali, the semi-finals will be held on 21st October with the two best teams competing in the grand finale of Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals on 22nd October.

Shri Ram College Muzaffarnagar and SS Jain Subodh College Jaipur qualified from the North Zone; New LJ College Ahmedabad and previous winners MMCC College Pune qualified from the West Zone; Maharishi College Bhubaneswar and Jamshedpur Cooperative College from Jamshedpur qualified from the East Zone; Jain College Bengaluru and TKRES College, Hyderabad qualified from the South Zone.

The respective teams will battle each other to be crowned the best cricket university in the country at the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals in Chandigarh. 

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals – Group stage matches:

Day 1 – 9 am

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Pune vs Hyderabad

MMCC College, Pune, takes on TKRES College, Hyderabad, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Muzaffarnagar vs Jamshedpur

Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, takes on Jamshedpur Cooperative College in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.

Day 1 – 1 pm

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Jaipur vs Bhubaneswar

SS Jain Subodh College, Jaipur, takes on Maharishi College, Bhubaneswar, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Ahmedabad vs Bengaluru

New LJ College, Ahmedabad, takes on Jain College, Bengaluru, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.

Day 2 – 9 am

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Pune vs Jaipur

MMCC College, Pune, takes on SS Jain Subodh College, Jaipur, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Muzaffarnagar vs Ahmedabad

Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, takes on New LJ College, Ahmedabad, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.

Day 2 – 1 pm

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Hyderabad vs Bhubaneswar

TKRES College, Hyderabad, takes on Maharishi College, Bhubaneswar, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Jamshedpur vs Bengaluru

Jamshedpur Cooperative College takes on Jain College, Bengaluru, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.

Day 3 – 9 am

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Hyderabad vs Jaipur

TKRES College, Hyderabad, takes on SS Jain Subodh College, Jaipur, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Jamshedpur vs Ahmedabad

Jamshedpur Cooperative College takes on New LJ College, Ahmedabad, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.

Day 3 – 1 pm

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Pune vs Bhubaneswar

MMCC College, Pune, takes on Maharishi College, Bhubaneswar, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.

Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Muzaffarnagar vs Bengaluru

Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, takes on Jain College, Bengaluru, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.

The Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals deepens their association with the energy drink giant Red Bull in India and plans to continue scouting talent from the annual international T20 tournament for college cricket teams – Red Bull Campus Cricket.

Besides the trophy and being the national champions, the winning team gets international exposure and a chance to play against other participating countries at the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals.

KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Niroshan Dickwella & Chirag Suri are six players who went on to make their names in international cricket for their respective countries by using the Red Bull Campus Cricket platform.

Red Bull athlete KL Rahul was the top scorer in the 2013 edition of the competition and credits RBCC for his success at the domestic and international level. Cricketers like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Anukul Roy, Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Karun Nair, and Manan Vohra have also reaped the benefits of Red Bull Campus Cricket.