{"id":40,"date":"2011-10-24T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maldivescricket.org\/SAARCT20CUP\/?p=40"},"modified":"2011-10-24T20:42:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T20:42:25","slug":"saarc-twenty20-cup-draw-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maldivescricket.org\/SAARCT20CUP\/2011\/10\/24\/saarc-twenty20-cup-draw-held\/","title":{"rendered":"SAARC Twenty20 Cup Draw Held"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Nasheed Speaking at the Ceremony<\/p><\/div>\n

The official draw of the SAARC Twenty20 Cup was held \u00a0in Male’ \u00a0on 20 October, in a glittering ceremony attended by His Excellency President Mohamed Nasheed, senior Government officials, officials of foreign missions in Maldives, Cricket Board officials, players and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Speaking at the ceremony President Mohamed Nasheed said that the SAARC Under 25 Cricket Tournament to be held in Fuvahmulah Maldives, would showcase the brightest young talents of South Asian cricket and commended the hard work of the Cricket Board of Maldives, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the SAARC Taskforce and other contributing parties to make the event a success.<\/p>\n

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Hosts Maldives was drawn together with Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Group A. Group B comprises of Sri Lanka, Nepal, India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka has nominated their U25 teams for the tournament. Maldives will be represented by their U25 team as well.<\/p>\n

Maldives Cricket revealed that a team from\u00a0Karnataka Institute of Cricket has been invited by the Maldives Foreign Ministry to represent India. A board official told maldivescricket.org that the\u00a0BCCI was unable to send an U25 team to the tournament due to other commitments. However, as it is a SAARC Summit sideline event, the Maldives government wanted all SAARC member states to be represented in the tournament in some capacity.\u00a0Maldives Cricket also revealed that Bangladesh Cricket Board had a similar problem due to tour commitments by their national side and A team and the ongoing first class cricket. As such the Maldives government is trying to find a representative team from Bangladesh for the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Groups and\u00a0tentative schedule<\/p>\n

Group 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

(A) Maldives<\/p>\n

(B) Bhutan<\/p>\n

(C) Afghanistan<\/p>\n

(D) Bangladesh<\/p>\n

Group 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

(E) Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

(F) Nepal<\/p>\n

(G) India (KIC)<\/p>\n

(H) Pakistan<\/p>\n

Tentative Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

31 Oct\u00a0Maldives vs Bhutan\u00a0\/\u00a0Sri Lanka vs Nepal<\/p>\n

1 Nov\u00a0Afghanistan vs Bangladesh \/ India (KIC) vs Pakistan<\/p>\n

2 Nov\u00a0Sri Lanka vs India\u00a0\/\u00a0Maldives vs Afghanistan<\/p>\n

3 Nov\u00a0Nepal vs Pakistan\u00a0\/ Bhutan vs Bangladesh<\/p>\n

4 Nov\u00a0Maldives vs Bangladesh\u00a0\/ Sri Lanka vs Pakistan<\/p>\n

5 Nov\u00a0Bhutan vs Afghanistan\u00a0\/ Nepal vs India<\/p>\n

6 Nov\u00a0Group 1 winners vs\u00a0Group 2 Runners-up\u00a0\/ Group 2 winners vs Group 1 Runners-up<\/p>\n

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