Sri Lanka to host the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals

The Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals, a global Twenty20 college cricket tournament is all set to be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament is scheduled to kick off on Sunday. Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Commerce (MMCC), Pune successfully retained the Red Bull Campus Cricket India and are also the defending Champions of the tournament. The MMCC will represent the country of India in the World Finals which will get over by the 16th of September this year.

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The Group Stages will be held in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo between the 10-12 of September. Teams from Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates have all secured qualification. Galle International Stadium will host the semi-finals of the tournament when it drifts away from the group stages. Sri Lanka’s Business Management School, who lifted the title last year have high hopes of retaining the title this year too.

“There’s nothing quite like a high-intensity tournament to test the mettle of developing cricketers, and that’s exactly what the Campus Cricket World Final is.” said tournament director Brendon Kuruppu.

“You learn and improve from playing against the best. This tournament is a wonderful opportunity for players to pick each other’s brains and share their own knowledge on the game, while also showing the world what they’ve got,” he added.

Respected cricketers like Niroshan Dickwella of Sri Lanka and Lokesh Rahul of India are products of the tournament. Speaking about the tournament, Lokesh Rahul said “Red Bull Campus Cricket gives young cricketers a stage to express themselves, and provides a fair idea of the profession as they go higher up.”

“I did not have any other tournament (after an injury when he was 18). I was looking for a platform to perform and I played well and then I got to play for Karnataka in Ranji and T20. A lot of good things happened to me after Red Bull Campus Cricket,” he added.