Mangaluru, May 23, 2019: Briefing media here, organiser Suresh Chandra Shetty said that Bunt youth in Mangaluru, will organise Bunts Premier League Season 1- at Sahyadri College ground, Adyar, May 24 to 26.The tournament will bring all people from Bunts community together and give a platform for cricketing talent of the community and make a way for them to play at higher levels.
Eight teams : The eight franchisee teams of the league are A J Warriors, owned by Prashanth Shetty and Ashish Shetty; Mijar Yerukulu; owned by Vijaynath Vittal Shetty and Arjun Rai; Royal Bunts; owned by Preethi Shetty Rai; Leeds United; owned by Kishore D Shetty and Prashanth Alva; Polali Tigers; owned by cine star Rakshith Shetty and Ajay Shetty; Mangalore Bulls, owned by Nithin Shetty and Praveen Chandra Alva. and Kudla Super Kings, owned by Sadananda Shetty.
All the eight teams will be divided into two teams - A and B. Each team will play three league matches in their pool. Two teams from each pool will qualify for semifinal and then for finals. Each match will be of ten overs, he stated.