2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20

Twenty20 cricket league in India

Cricket tournament

2020-21 KCA President's Cup T20
Countries	India
Administrator	Kerala Cricket Association
Format	T20
Tournament format	Round-robin & playoffs
Number of teams	6
Current champion	KCA Royals
Most runs	Krishnaprasad
Most wickets	Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan
Website	KCA

2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20 was the inaugural season of KCA President's Cup T20 conducted by Kerala Cricket Association for promoting cricketers from Kerala. The tournament was held from March 6 to March 17.

It was planned to be held from 17 December 2020 to 3 January 2021. Later it was postponed as the Kerala government didn't give clearance to start the competition due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The competition started with a round robin group stage, in which each of the 6 teams played a match against every other team. This was followed by the playoffs. Each team had 14 players. All the matches were day-games with white ball and coloured clothing as per BCCI playing conditions. Two matches were played in a day. There were a total of 33 matches.

The Kerala senior team players who were in Delhi for the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout matches joined their respective squads later after undergoing RT-PCR tests on return. Though Sanju Samson didn't play the tournament.

Venue for KCA President's Cup T20 was Sanatana Dharma College Ground, Alappuzha. The sponsors of the KCA President's Cup T20 was Dream 11.

Teams

Team	Captain	Coach
KCA Royals	Sijomon Joseph	Padmanabhan Prasanth
KCA Eagles	Mohammed Azharuddeen	Sunil Oasis
KCA Tuskers	Vathsal Govind	Biju Mon
KCA Tigers	Sachin Baby	Sebastin Antony
KCA Lions	Ponnam Rahul	Mazar Moidu
KCA Panthers	Akshay Chandran	Rajagopal

Squads

KCA Royals

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Playing Role
Sijomon Joseph (c)	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed bat	Slow left-arm orthodox	Bowler
Maruthungal Ajinas	(1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm (unknown style)	Batsman
Rojith Ganesh	(1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Leg Break	All-rounder
Abhishek J Nair	(2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Offspin	Batsman
Albin Alias	(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Off-break	Batsman
Krishnaprasad		Right-handed bat	Right-arm Offspin	Batsman
Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan	(1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed bat	Left-arm medium	Bowler
K. N. Harikrishnan		Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Allrounder
Shahansha		Right-hand bat	Right-arm
KM Asif	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Bowler
N. Vishnu Raj (wk)	(1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed bat	N/A	Wicketkeeper Batsman
M Arun		Right-handed bat	Right-arm Fast	Bowler
Atul Diamond	(1993-06-03) 3 June 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Offbreak	Allrounder
Abi Biju	(2003-04-12) 12 April 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed bat	Left-arm Legspin	Bowler
Padmanabhan Prasanth (Coach)	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed bat	Left-arm Legspin	Allrounder

KCA Eagles

Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Playing Role
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c) & (wk)	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed bat	N/A	Wicketkeeper Batsman
Basil Mathew	(1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm off-break	Batsman
Shiv Ganesh		Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Allrounder
Rohan Prem	(1986-09-13) 13 September 1986 (age 38)	Left-handed bat	Left-arm Offbreak	Batsman
Ashwin Anand	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Offbreak	Batsman
J. Ananthakrishnan	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Allrounder
Abhishek R Nair	(2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed bat	Left-arm legbreak	Allrounder
Karimuttathu Rakesh	(1983-05-12) 12 May 1983 (age 41)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Allrounder
Aditya Krishnan		Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Allrounder
Sreehari S Nair		Right-handed bat	Slow left-arm orthodox	Bowler
Sharafuddeen	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Fast	Allrounder
KC Akshay	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed bat	Slow left-arm orthodox	Bowler
N.P. Basil	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Fast	Bowler
Rabin Krishnan		Right-handed bat	Right-arm fast	Allrounder
Sajeevan Akhil	(1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed bat	Right arm leg-spin	Allrounder
Sunil Oasis (Coach)	(1973-04-03) 3 April 1973 (age 51)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Allrounder

KCA Tuskers

Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Playing Role
Vathsal Govind (c)	(2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed bat	Left-arm Legbreak	Batsman
Anand Krishnan	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm Offbreak	Batsman
Joffin Jose	(1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Offbreak	Allrounder
Arjun Aji	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium fast	Batsman
Anuj Jotin	(1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed batsman	Right-arm medium	Batsman
Vishnu Vinod (wk)	(1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm (unknown style)	Batsman, Wicketkeeper
MN Neeraj Kumar				Batsman
Sreeroop MP	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed bat
Vyshak Chandran	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak
Vishnu P Kumar				Bowler
Mohit Shibu
Karaparambil Monish	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed bat	Slow left-arm medium	Bowler
MD Nidheesh	(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Bowler
Ahmed Farzeen	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm pace medium	Bowler
Biju Mon (Coach)

KCA Tigers

Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Playing Role
Sachin Baby (c)	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Batsman
Varun Nayanar (wk)	(2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed bat	N/A	Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Bharath Surya
Ajith KA
Aquib Fazal	(1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
Akash C Pillai
Muhammad Kaif (wk)				Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Aditya Mohan
Akhil Acaria
Athul Raveendran				Bowler
Fazil Fanoos	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Bowler
Akhil Anil	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
Sreesanth	(1983-02-06) 6 February 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm Fast-medium	Bowler
Gautham Mohan
Sebastin Antony (Coach)

KCA Lions

Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Playing Role
Ponnam Rahul (c)	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Batsman
Abhiram CH
Vishnu Mohan (wk)				Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Akshay Manohar	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)	Right hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	Allrounder
Abdul Basith	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26)	Right hand bat	Right-arm offbreak
Salman Nizar	(1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Batsman
Vinu Kumar Gopalakrishanan	(1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 34)	Right hand bat	Right-arm fast medium	Bowler
Alfrin Francis
Midhun PK	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 30)	Right hand bat	Slow left arm orthodox
Vinod Kumar	(1987-07-31) 31 July 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Bowler
Suresh Vishweshwar	(1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)	Right hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler
Abhishek Mohan	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Bowler
Riyas PA
Mazar Moidu (Coach)

KCA Panthers

Players with International caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Playing Role
Akshay Chandran (c)	(1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed bat	Slow left-arm orthodox	Allrounder
Adhidev KJ
Subin Suresh (wk)				Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Sachin Mohan	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed bat	Right-arm offspin	Batsman
Sanju Sajeev		Right-handed bat	Right-arm offspin
Shaun Roger	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Batsman
Akhin Sathar	(2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)	Right hand bat	Right-arm fast medium	Bowler
Vinoop Manoharan	(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm offbreak	Allrounder
M.Kiran Sagar	(2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22)	Right hand bat	Left arm slow	Bowler
Anand Joseph	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 29)	Right hand bat	Right-arm fast medium	Bowler
Rohan Kunnummal	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed bat	Right-arm bowler	Batsman
Sachin Suresh (wk)				Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Jose S Perayil		Right-handed bat	Right-arm medium	Allrounder
Rajagopal (Coach)

League stage

March 6

KCA Lions vs KCA Tigers, 9:00 AM

KCA Panthers vs KCA Royals, 1:30 PM

March 7

KCA Eagles vs KCA Tuskers, 9:00 AM

KCA Lions vs KCA Royals, 1:30 PM

March 8

KCA Eagles vs KCA Tigers, 9:00 AM

KCA Panthers vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 9

KCA Lions vs KCA Panthers, 9:00 AM

KCA Royals vs KCA Tigers, 1:30 PM

March 10

KCA Eagles vs KCA Lions, 9:00 AM

KCA Royals vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 11

KCA Eagles vs KCA Panthers, 9:00 AM

KCA Tigers vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 12

KCA Eagles vs KCA Royals, 9:00 AM

KCA Panthers vs KCA Tigers, 1:30 PM

March 13

KCA Lions vs KCA Tuskers, 9:00 AM

KCA Royals vs KCA Tigers, 1:30 PM

Match 14

KCA Eagles vs KCA Tuskers, 9:00 AM

KCA Lions vs KCA Panthers, 1:30 PM

March 16

KCA Lions vs KCA Tigers, 9:00 AM

KCA Royals vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 17

KCA Eagles vs KCA Lions, 9:00 AM

KCA Royals vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 18

KCA Eagles vs KCA Tigers, 9:00 AM

KCA Panthers vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 19

KCA Lions vs KCA Royals, 9:00 AM

KCA Panthers vs KCA Tigers at 1:30 PM

March 20

KCA Eagles vs KCA Royals, 9:00 AM

KCA Lions vs KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 21

KCA Eagles v KCA Panthers, 9:00 AM

KCA Tigers v KCA Tuskers, 1:30 PM

March 22

Semi-final 1: TBC vs TBC, 9:00 AM

Semi-final 2: TBC vs TBC, 1:30 PM

March 23

Final, 1:30 PM

References

Narayanan, S (24 March 2021). "KCA Royals win President's Cup". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
Joseph, Martin (3 March 2021). "Kerala set to witness IPL esque T20 tournament from March 6". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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Bhattacharyya, Wriddhayaan (21 November 2020). "Sreesanth to play Presidents Cup T20 in Kerala". Sportstar. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
"Sreesanth's comeback gets delayed as KCA President's Cup is postponed". Inside Sport. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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"KCA Presidents T20 Cup 2021: Full Squads & Team List". Wisden. 9 March 2021.

External links

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