- The only global cricket tournament especially developed for university students, helping find the next generation of cricketing talent
- Rajasthan Royals to continue scouting talent from RBCC 2021 and offer them a trial for the first team
- This year marks the 10th year anniversary of the only global university cricket tournament
- This is the first time a women’s final will also take place at the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals along with the Men’s Final
7th October 2021, National: Following a scintillating round of city qualifiers and regional rounds, the grand 10th edition of the only global cricket tournament for university students, Red Bull Campus Cricket will kick off the National Finals in Chandigarh from 18th October to 22nd October. The Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals will witness the 8 best cricket colleges from across the country battle it out in the league stages from 18th to 20th October where matches are taking place simultaneously at Mullanpur Stadium and Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh. Post the league stages, at the iconic PCA Stadium Mohali, the semi-finals will be held on 21st October with the two best teams competing in the grand finale of Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals on 22nd October.
This year will also see the inauguration of the first ever Red Bull Campus Cricket Women’s edition led by Red Bull athlete and star India batsman Smriti Mandhana. The aim of the tournament is to boost the increasing participation of young and aspiring women cricketers at the university and grassroots level. The women’s competition was held in four zones – north, south, east and west – with the winners of the zonal editions going on to play in the national finals. The women’s national finals of Red Bull Campus Cricket will be held on 22nd October 2021 on the same day as the men’s national finals at the iconic PCA Stadium, Mohali. A few players participating in the women’s championship will also get an amazing opportunity to interact with Smriti Mandhana.
The Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals deepens their association with the energy drink giant Red Bull in India and plans to continue scouting talent from the annual international T20 tournament for college cricket teams – Red Bull Campus Cricket
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 city qualifiers took place from 17th February to 15th April across 32 cities in India – Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Jammu, Dharamshala, Dehradun, Jaipur, Delhi, Meerut and Lucknow in the North; Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Indore, Nagpur, Raipur, Mumbai, Pune and Goa in the West; Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Guwahati and Agartala in the East; Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mysore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Vizag in the South. Like last year, RBCC found their Kochi city champions through their association with Kerala College Premier League T20 Championship in February.
After the city and regional qualifiers, eight of the country’s best teams made it to the 10th edition of Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals. Shri Ram College Muzaffarnagar and SS Jain Subodh College Jaipur qualified from the North Zone; New LJ College Ahmedabad and previous winners MMCC College Pune qualified from the West Zone; Maharishi College Bhubaneswar and Jamshedpur Cooperative College from Jamshedpur qualified from the East Zone; Jain College Bengaluru and TKRES College, Hyderabad qualified from the South Zone. The respective teams will now battle each other to be crowned the best cricket university in the country at the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals in Chandigarh.
Last year, the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals were held at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow with COVID-19 protocols undertaken. Eight of the best cricket universities in the country faced off to be crowned the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals winner. In an exciting final game between DAV College Jalandhar and Subodh College Jaipur, saw DAV College Jalandhar emerge victorious and crowned the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Finals winners.
Besides the trophy and being the national champions, the winning team gets international exposure and a chance to play against other participating countries at the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals.
A recent success story from Red Bull Campus Cricket is Tamil Nadu batsman Shahrukh Khan who plays for Punjab Kings in IPL. He was the Red Bull Campus Cricket National Final man of the tournament as he guided Hindustan College from Chennai to the finals of the 2019 edition of Red Bull Campus Cricket. He also got selected for Red Bull Campus Cricket Player Tryouts with Rajasthan Royals at Institute of Sports, Talegaon, Nagpur in the first week of December of 2019.
KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Niroshan Dickwella & Chirag Suri are six players who went on to make their names in international cricket for their respective countries by using the Red Bull Campus Cricket platform. Red Bull athlete KL Rahul was the top scorer in the 2013 edition of the competition and credits RBCC for his success at the domestic and international level. Cricketers like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Anukul Roy, Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Karun Nair and Manan Vohra have also reaped the benefits of Red Bull Campus Cricket.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals – Group stage matches:
Day 1 – 9am Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Pune vs Hyderabad
MMCC College, Pune, takes on TKRES College, Hyderabad, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Muzaffarnagar vs Jamshedpur
Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, takes on Jamshedpur Cooperative College in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.
Day 1 – 1pm Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Jaipur vs Bhubaneswar
SS Jain Subodh College, Jaipur, takes on Maharishi College, Bhubaneswar, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Ahmedabad vs Bengaluru
New LJ College, Ahmedabad, takes on Jain College, Bengaluru, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.
Day 2 – 9am Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Pune vs Jaipur
MMCC College, Pune, takes on SS Jain Subodh College, Jaipur, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Muzaffarnagar vs Ahmedabad
Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, takes on New LJ College, Ahmedabad, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.
Day 2 – 1pm Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Hyderabad vs Bhubaneswar
TKRES College, Hyderabad, takes on Maharishi College, Bhubaneswar, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Jamshedpur vs Bengaluru
Jamshedpur Cooperative College takes on Jain College, Bengaluru, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.
Day 3 – 9am Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Hyderabad vs Jaipur
TKRES College, Hyderabad, takes on SS Jain Subodh College, Jaipur, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Jamshedpur vs Ahmedabad
Jamshedpur Cooperative College takes on New LJ College, Ahmedabad, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.
Day 3 – 1pm Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Pune vs Bhubaneswar
MMCC College, Pune, takes on Maharishi College, Bhubaneswar, in a Group A match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh.
Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals: Muzaffarnagar vs Bengaluru
Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, takes on Jain College, Bengaluru, in a Group B match of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2021 India Finals at the Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.
About Red Bull Campus Cricket:
Red Bull Campus Cricket is an annual international T20 (20-over) tournament for college cricket teams, providing a platform for young talent to play on a world stage and make their way into professional cricket without having to give up on college education. The competition was launched in 2012 and is now in its tenth year. The respective teams have each won national qualifiers to represent their countries at the World Finals. For the latest on the tournament and details on Red Bull Campus Cricket, visit our homepage (redbullcampuscricket.com) and join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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