Karachi Feb 04: The inaugural match of Karachi Champions League T20 Cricket Tournament will be played at Rashid Latif Academy Ground on 7th February. The week long tournament will feature 31 matches that will be played between 16 top teams of the city. The total prize money will be Rs17.7million.
This was decided in a meeting held under the chairmanship of DCO Karachi Javed Hanif Khan and attended by EDO Community Development Department Rehana Saif, Test Cricketer Rashid Latif, Chairman RLCA Muhammad Rehan Khan, Executive Director Local Taxes Syed Khurram Aarif Ali Rizvi, District Officer Education Khurshid Ahmed Shah, District Officer Sports, District Officer Accounts, District Officer Safari Park and Assistant District Officer.
The meeting reviewed the arrangements to made the inaugural event memorable. It was informed that City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has desired to make this tournament exemplary both at national and regional level. It was also decided to highlight the promotion of sports infrastructure in Karachi during the tournament.
Formation of different committees was also reviewed during the meeting. The Chief Coordinator Karachi Champions League Rashid Latif said that 16 top teams under local names were participating in the tournament. The tournament will be played on league basis. A total sum of Rs20million will be spent on this tournament out of which the prize money will be Rs17.7million and the other expenditures incurred will be Rs3million.
The matches of the tournament will be played at RLCA Gulberg, Asifabad Ground, RLCA Korangi, New Karachi Ground, Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Baldia Town Cricket Ground in floodlights.
DCO Karachi on this occasion directed organizing committee to coordinate with the concerned town nazim for each match so that the arrangements could be made better. It was also decided during the meeting that the Rashid Latif Cricket Academy in Gulberg will be the media center for the tournament.
