Champs Parsee Gym meet Payyade in R.F.S. Talyarkhan cricket today

by Suman Gupta

Mumbai:  Red-hot favourites and defending champions Parsee Gymkhana will clash with strong challengers Payyade Sports Club in the opening round match of the Bombay Gymkhana organized Nirlon-R.F.S. Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2021-2022, which is scheduled to commence at the Bombay Gymkhana ground on Saturday.

Eight leading teams from the city will be fighting it out for the top honours in this prestigious tournament to be conducted under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association and which is being sponsored by Nirlon Ltd. The initial round of matches will also be played at the Cricket Club of India ground.

The 2019-2020 edition of this prestigious tournament in the Mumbai cricket calendar, which was to start in March 2019 was cancelled at the eleventh hour as the government authorities had imposed restrictions due to the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the city. The tournament could also not be played last year due to the same reasons.

The participating teams this year are reigning champs Parsee Gymkhana, Payyade Sports Club, Cricket Club of India, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, MIG Cricket Club, MCA Colts the runners-up of the edition, and hosts Bombay Gymkhana.

In other action on the opening day, are Bombay Gymkhana versus last edition’s runners-up MCA Colts at Bombay Gymkhana, and in the matches at the CCI ground, Mumbai Police Gymkhana clash with Islam Gymkhana and hosts CCI will fight it out with P.J. Hindu Gymkhana to decide which team advances to the semi-finals.

The two semi-finals are scheduled to be played on Sunday, February 20 and the date of the final is yet to be  decided.

Participating teams: Parsee Gymkhana, Payyade Sports Club, Cricket Club of India, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, MCA Colts, and Bombay Gymkhana.