19th to 24th Oct’2019
The inaugural ceremony of the tournament was a grand affair and was graced and laced by a galaxy of distinguished luminaries of Indian Test Cricket. Altogether 16 teams from all over the country took part in the weeklong tournament.
The Principal of RKC, Rajkot ,Mr Shankar Singh Adhikari, set the ball rolling with his inspiring speech and praised the achievements of our Chief Guest and Guest Of Honours. Mr Adhikari is himself a good player of cricket and advised the participating teams to play the game in the true spirits of it. Our Chief Guest for the opening ceremony was KS Yajurvindra Sinhji of Bilkha, Former Test player and Mr Nilesh Kulkarni, Former Test player who has the distinction of taking a wicket with the very first ball on his debut .
The inaugural ceremony was conducted on the famous South ground of The Rajkumar College,Rajkot at 7:30 am. The function started with the lighting of the lamp by the Guests of Honour and our Principal. It was followed by the oath taking ceremony which was read out by the Head Boy of the Rajkumar College, Dhruvraj Khachar.
The Principal gave an inspiring speech to the Team members and briefed them about the tournament which was started by The Rajkumar College,Rajkot. He wished good luck to all the teams and asked them to play the white pyjama game in the true spirits of the game. It was followed by the speeches of the Guests of Honour. KS Yajurvindra Sinhji of Bilkha mentioned that it was the same ground where he played his last Ranji Trophy match for Saurashtra and had scored a century.Later on , he had moved on to Mumbai and played for Maharashtra. Mr Nilesh Kulkarni advised the cricketers about the discipline of this game and urged them to continue with it .
