Northern Angami-1 T20 Cricket Bash from March 29

Our Correspondent
Kohima, March 18: The 4th edition of 10-Northern Angami -T20 Bash 2017 will begin from March 29 with 16 teams of the Assembly Constituency to bat at Kohima Village Sports Association Ground, Ziekezou.
This was announced during a press conference by Kethosituo Elvis Mepfhuo,convenor of organising committee at the private residence of parliamentary secretary for State Lotteries and Music Task Force, Khriehu Liezietsu on Saturday evening.
The tournament is organised by Brotherhood Group with the initiative and complete sponsorship of Khriehu Liezietsu under the theme ‘Bat for unity’.
The champion team and runners up of the tournament will walk away with cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 respectively along with running trophies, besides individual awards.
Keviselhou Sekhose, organising committee member said the aim of the tournament is to develop the game and to unite the youths of the constituency while also maintaining that the best players are being selected to participate in higher and bigger competitions.
He also informed that this year, a new addition has been made as the highest wicket taker and highest run scorer would be honoured with purple cap and orange cap respectively.
He also announced that the bails used on the stumps would be having LED lights, which would be first of its kind in the State.
A giant LED screen displaying live scores and third umpire decisions introduced last year would also continue.
The tournament will continue till April 12, during which 16 teams representing different sectors of the constituency will undergo some gruelling league matches. After the league stages, the top 2 teams from all the four groups will qualify for the quarterfinals, which would be a knockout stage.
The tournament will be declared open by Deputy Commissioner of Kohima Rajesh Soundararajan as the chief guest on Mach 29 during the opening ceremony while Kethosituo Sekhose, SDO (Sadar) will be the guest of honour for closing ceremony on April 12.
It may be mentioned here that High School Daredevils and North Block Warriors has been the champions and runners up of the tournament since its first edition in 2014.