Vijay Merchant Trophy is an annual junior under 16 domestic cricket tournament of
India
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.
Board of Control for Cricket in India
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, the national governing body of sport of cricket in India, organise it. It is named after former legendry international cricketer
Vijay Merchant, who played for
Indian national cricket team
The India men's national cricket team, also known as Team India or the Men in Blue, represents India in men's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a List of International Cricket Cou ...
for brief period of time.
In 2021 it was not organised, because the players were not vaccinated against
COVID 19.
In 2019, Vijay Merchant Trophy was aired on
Disney+ Hotstar
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app.
The junior teams of state association and regions plays in this tournament.
The tournament previously has been involved in issues related to age related violations by the some players.
2022-23 Vijay Merchant Trophy scheduled to play in
Agartala
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,
Guwahati
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of
Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the eas ...
and
Assam
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states respectively. In 2022, season
Meghalaya cricket team's off-spinner Nirdesh Baisoya took 10 wickets in an inning against
Nagaland cricket team
The Nagaland cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Nagaland in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in ...
.
See also
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Cricket in India
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Sport in India, overview 9f sports in India
References
Indian domestic cricket competitions
Cricket in India
Sport in India
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