Maharashtra Premier League – Everything You Need To Know

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With the rising popularity of the cricket world, we have seen a drastic development in the field of cricket. In fact in order to boost the career and to provide a ladder to the rising cricketers many new steps have been taken. Recently, the Maharashtra Premier League was launched under the huge umbrella of the Maharashtra Cricket Association. This initiative has been becoming largely popular. In this blog, we are going to take you through every bit and pieces related to MPL, in complete detail. Therefore, to gather an adequate amount of information related to the same, refer to this blog till the very end.

Roots Of MPL From Maharashtra Cricket Association

Maharashtra Cricket Association is one of the governing bodies of cricket in Maharashtra, one of the popular states of India. This cricket team represents the state of Maharashtra in India. This cricket team has been affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

The women’s team represents Maharashtra in domestic cricket competitions, while the men’s team competes in tournaments like the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy organized by the BCCI. The organization has a Cricket stadium that meets international standards, the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, located in Gahunje village close to Pune in Maharashtra, where its headquarters is situated.

Currently, the president of the Nationalist Congress Party is MLA Rohit Pawar. In 2023, the board established its cricket league franchise, the Maharashtra Premier League, modelled after BCCI’s Indian Premier League. District cricket associations in Maharashtra are linked to this board.

What Is Maharashtra Premier League?

What Is Maharashtra Premier League?

The Maharashtra Cricket Association recently in the year 2023, announced the advent of the Maharashtra Premier League which is largely known as MPL. This MPL is a T20 tournament scheduled to take place in June. The MPL follows the model of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a tournament that aims to provide thrilling matches, engage passionate fans, and serve as a single platform for emerging cricketers.

The very first season of Maharashtra Premier League took place in the year 2023. During this season The Ratnagiri Jets had an outstanding playoff, ultimately winning the championship title. Throughout this tournament, the Jets displayed a very strong performance, particularly from their bowlers who played a very crucial role in their success.

Working of Maharashtra Premier League

Since its very establishment, the Maharashtra Premier League has been operating smoothly and has provided two amazing and thrilling matches. MPL as of now has brought up the match with a total of 6 teams representing cities like Pune, Kolhapur, Nashik, Jalgaon, Sambhajinager, and Solapur. During the match, the prospective team owners will have to participate in an Open Auction process to purchase teams on the basis of the above city names. Here each team will play against each other in a round-robin league state consisting of 5 matches per team. Then the top 4 teams from the league stage will enter the play-off phase, which then will lead to the finals, on a similar line with IPL. Then MCA will select cricketers from Maharashtra to be made available for IPL auction. Subsequently,a player draft/auction will be conducted for the team owners to acquire cricketers for their respective teams. Then there will be 6 icon players from each team. International players from Maharashtra such as Kedar Jadhav, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, and Senior Ranji cricketers will be icon players. Once everything is settled to achieve new mass viewership and coverage across India, MPL will be broadcast live on the National Television channel (DD Sports) and more. Finally, during the match, the Prize money for the MPL 2023 shall be Rs.50,00,000/- for winners and Rs. 25,00,000/- for runners-up.

Teams Participated In Maharashtra Premier League

Teams Participated in Maharashtra Premier League

How To Watch Maharashtra Premier League?

If you are wondering about how to watch the Maharashtra Premier League, then we have got you covered. You can simply check out the JioCinema and Sports18 channels for the stream. On Jio Cinema, you can watch IPL matches live and for free on the JioCinema mobile app and website. In fact, you can also watch the match highlights and live cricket score on JioCinema. You can also watch the live stream of the match on the  Sports 18 channel, where you can watch the MPL season 1 telecast live and exclusively.

Who Won Maharashtra Premier League 2024?

Then in the final match of the Maharashtra Premier League 2024, the Ratnagiri Jets were set to face the Kolhapur Tuskers. However, the match was disrupted by rain, and the Jets were declared champions based on their top position in the league standings. During this match, the key players for the Ratnagiri Jet included their bowlers, who consistently delivered strong performances throughout the league. The win was achieved by the team through collective effort and therefore was able to maintain a clear victory.

Maharashtra Premier League Social Media

Maharashtra Premier League team is highly active on its social media page. The fans of cricket and especially regional cricket have followed the official account of MPL on Instagram. On Instagram the MPL official handle is @mplt20tournament, they have 55k followers, with the following count of 37. They have also shared around 1566 posts through which they connect with fans for any announcement. In fact, MPL also has X, that is @mpltournament and a YouTube channel with over 6.6k subscribers. If you also want a prior and first update of this tournament, you can follow.

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