The second edition of the Bengal T20 Challenge started on September 7 and will run until September 23.
Organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), six teams namely Kanchenjunga Warriors, Barrackpore Bashers, Durgapur Dazzlers, Krishnanagar Challengers, Kolkata Heroes and Kharagpur Blasters will fight for the title across 33 matches.
The six teams comprise senior Bengal, U25 players and U19 probables. The T20 tournament will not feature any cricketers from other states.
As per the schedule, every team will play 10 matches in the league stage, with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals. The Bengal T20 Challenge 2021 final is scheduled to be held on September 23.
All the matches of the tournament will be played at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.
In December last year, Tapan Memorial Club defeated Mohun Bagan by 33 runs to win the inaugural edition of Bengal T20 Challenge.
The T20 tournament will offer a platform for Bengal’s players to showcase their talent and prepare themselves for the upcoming domestic season.
Bengal T20 Challenge 2021 teams and full squads
Kanchenjunga Warriors: Anustup Majumdar (captain), Sudip Gharami, Ayush Pandey, Sumanta Gupta, Abhijeet Bhagat, Sayan Shekher Mondal, Dipanjan Mukherjee, Avirup Gupta, Vishal Kumar Roy, Suprodip Debnath, Abhishek Bose, Bappi Manna, Mithilesh Das, Ashray Jha, Nilkhanta Das, Subham Sarkar, Ravi Kumar, Trithankar Bhandari, Aditya Sharma, Shashank Singh
Durgapur Dazzlers: Abhishek Raman (captain), Abhishek Das, Arnab Chaudhuri, Subham Chatterjee, Mirza Danish Alam, Writtick Chatterjee, Sandipan Das Sr, Arka Sarkar, Ayan Bhattacharjee, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Deepak Prasad, Aritra Chatterhe, Sk Fardeen Haoue, Noman Manzoor, Sayan Ghosh, Ravi Kant Singh, Roshan Singh, Rohit Kumar, Abhishek Porel, Iman Chaudhuri
Kharagpur Blasters: Kazi Junaid Saifi (captain), Mohit Roy, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Dibya Majumder, Dip Chatterjee,Yuvraj Keswani, Pradipta Pramanik, Prayas R Barman, Shiyang Chatterjee, Rishav Das, Gitimoy Basu, Sayan Kumar Biswas, Raj Kumar Pal, Md Kaif, Snit Mohanta, Sandipan Das Jr, Suman Das, Ronit Ghosh, Akash Ghatak, Sachin Singh
Barrackpore Bashers: Sudip Chatterjee (captain), Ankur Paul, Sarfaraz Hussain, Kaif Ahmed, Shreyansh Ghosh, Vikash Singh, Vaibhav Yadav, Abhishek Tamang, Saurav Paul, Avinav Saran, Sujit Kr Yadav, Ankit Mishra, Siddharth Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Sourav Mondal, Rahul Basfore, Durgesh Dubey, Kaushik Giri, Rajarshi M Itra, Shouvik Chakraborty
Krishnanagar Challengers: Arnab Nandi (captain), Koushik Ghosh, Arghadefp Saha, Ayan Gupta, Diganta Neogi, Sambit Das, Kanishk Seth, Sk Asif Hussain, Aryaman Singh, Agniv Pan, Anuj Kumar Singh, Sreyan Chakraborty, Azaz Ansari, Debtanu Baidya, Golam Mustafa, Suraj Sindhu Laisival, Soumyadip Mandal, Ayush Kumar Singh, Ramnik Bhattacharya, Sambit Nag
Kolkata Heroes: Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (captain), Toufik Uddin Mondal, Arnab Sikdar, Ranjot Singh Khaira, Sachin Singh Bisen, Karan Lal, Kaushik Maity, Suvankar Bal, Atanu Ghosh, Ramesh Prasad, Geet Puri, Alok Pratap Singh, Akin Roy, Debopratim Haldar, Pinto Kumar, Abdul Kalam, Md Imran Ansari, Soutrik Das, Deepak Pandey, Animesh Adhikari
Bengal T20 Challenge 2021 schedule, fixtures and live India match times
All timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
Tuesday, September 7
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Barrackpore Bashers - 3:00 PM
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 8
Barrackpore Bashers vs Kolkata Heroes - 3:00 PM
Krishnanagar Challengers vs Kharagpur Blasters - 7:00 PM
Thursday, September 9
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Kolkata Heroes - 3:00 PM
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Kharagpur Blasters - 7:00 PM
Friday, September 10
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Durgapur Dazzlers - 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 11
Krishnanagar Challengers vs Kolkata Heroes - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Kharagpur Blasters - 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 12
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Kolkata Heroes - 3:00 PM
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Kharagpur Blasters - 7:00 PM
Monday, September 13
Barrackpore Bashers vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 3:00 PM
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Durgapur Dazzlers - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 14
Kolkata Heroes vs Kharagpur Blasters - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Durgapur Dazzlers - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 15
Kolkata Heroes vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 3:00 PM
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Kharagpur Blasters - 7:00 PM
Thursday, September 16
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Kolkata Heroes - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Kanchenjunga Warriors - 7:00 PM
Friday, September 17
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Kharagpur Blasters - 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 18
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 3:00 PM
Kharagpur Blasters vs Kolkata Heroes - 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 19
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Kanchenjunga Warriors - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Kolkata Heroes - 7:00 PM
Monday, September 20
Durgapur Dazzlers vs Kharagpur Blasters - 3:00 PM
Barrackpore Bashers vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 21
Kanchenjunga Warriors vs Kolkata Heroes - 3:00 PM
Kharagpur Blasters vs Krishnanagar Challengers - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 22
Bengal T20 Challenge semi-final 1 - 4:00 PM
Bengal T20 Challenge semi-final 2 - 8:00 PM
Thursday, September 23
Bengal T20 Challenge final - 8:00 PM
Where to watch Bengal T20 Challenge 2021 live in India?
Live streaming of Bengal T20 Challenge 2021 will be available on the FanCode app as well as their website.
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