City’s Cycle Pure Agarbathies wins Mysore KPL team bid

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Arjun Ranga (third from left) and Pavan Ranga (extreme right), partners of NR Group receiving the Franchisee Certificate for Mysore KPL team from KSCA President Ashok Anand at an event held in KSCA Bangalore this morning. Also seen is KSCA Treasurer Dayanand Pai.
Arjun Ranga (third from left) and Pavan Ranga (extreme right), partners of NR Group receiving the Franchisee Certificate for Mysore KPL team from KSCA President Ashok Anand at an event held in KSCA Bangalore this morning. Also seen is KSCA Treasurer Dayanand Pai.

Mysore :

Strengthening its continuous endorsement of the game of cricket, City’s Cycle Pure Agarbathies, world’s largest incense sticks manufacturer and part of the Mysore-based NR Group, announced that they have won the franchisee for the Mysore team in the upcoming Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2014.

Announcing the win, Arjun Ranga, Partner, NR Group said, “We are extremely delighted to have won the franchisee for the Mysore team. Apart from Mysore players, the team will be a platform to promote grassroot talent from the region. It will have young upcoming cricketers from Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Nanjangud, T. Narsipur, Hassan and Mandya districts.”

“Apart from winning the tournament, our vision is to ensure that in the next 3-5 years at least 2 players from the team should be making it to the national cricketing arena. With continuous support from the mentors and public, we are confident that we will be able to reach there,” added Arjun Ranga.

Pavan Ranga, Partner, NR Group, was also present.

Modelled on the lines of IPL, the T20 tournament is organised by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and will witness competition between eight teams representing six cities.

Started in 2009, the Karnataka Premier League is now in its third season, which will be held from August 23 to September 13. The first phase of the tournament will be held in Hubli and will be followed by Bangalore. The finals will be held in Mysore on September 13.

KPL renamed Wadiyar KPL

The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) will name Karnataka Premier League (KPL) after its former KSCA President Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar who initially put forward the idea to start the KPL.

Wadiyar was keen to revive the KPL which was stopped after two editions. With the sudden demise of Wadiyar after a month of being elected as KSCA President, the KSCA authorities decided to name the tournament after its former President.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 30th, 2014

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