Prayagraj. Neelam Karwariya Cup-2026 cricket competition will be organized from October 10 in the memory of former MLA late Neelam Karwariya.
The competition will start at 8 am on Saturday morning at the Major Ranjit Singh Sports Complex ground located at KP Ground. Teams from 12 assembly constituencies of urban and rural areas of Prayagraj district will participate in the competition.
According to the organizing committee, the objective of the competition is to provide a better platform to the budding cricket players of Prayagraj. No fee will be charged from the players and teams participating in the competition.
All the teams have been selected in the respective assembly constituencies on scheduled dates. It has been made mandatory for the team of the assembly constituency to have a player who is a native of the same assembly constituency.
The coach and manager of each team have also been authorized. Teams have been allowed to include two outside players as per requirement.
The competition will be conducted by registered umpires, scorers, referees and commentators affiliated with Prayagraj Cricket Association. A technical committee has also been formed to ensure smooth conduct of the matches.
All matches will be telecast live on YouTube. The ball will be provided free of cost by the organizing committee in the competition.
Organizing Secretary Saksham Karwaria said that the Man of the Match of each match will be given a cash prize of Rs 2,000 along with a trophy.
The best batsman, best bowler and best fielder of the competition will be given Rs 10,000 each along with the trophy. The best player of the competition will get a trophy and a prize of Rs 20 thousand.
He said that the winning team of the competition will be given a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh along with the Neelam Karwaria Cup and the runner-up team will be given a cash prize of Rs 60 thousand along with the cup.
Apart from this, all the players, coaches and managers of the winning and runner-up teams will be honored with gold and silver medals respectively.
Organizing Secretary Saksham Karwariya said that “The objective of Neelam Karwariya Cup is to give a better platform to the cricket talents in the urban and rural areas of Prayagraj.
Players will get an opportunity to showcase their talent in the competition without any fee. Our effort is to ensure that the event is conducted transparently and with good sporting spirit and emerging players get an opportunity to move forward.”