A full house for KCC Domestic Season 2024-25 captains and managers meeting held at Sulaibiya Cricket Ground as more than 85 teams registered with KCC

Key Highlights:

The meeting was Presided by KCC Director General (DG) Mr. Sajid Ashraf and the chief guests were Mr. Bijesh Todi & Mr. Vineet Agarwal from New Delhi, India - Co-Founders of T10 Sports & Clothing Partners of Kings XI Punjab - IPL, Seattle Orcas - Major League Cricket, USA - Saint Lucia Kings - Caribbean Premier League & USA Cricket Team).

DG Mr. Sajid Ashraf announced the much awaited official handover of the entire Sulaibiya Garden to KCC Board President Mr. Haider Farman by the relevant government authorities where the 2nd ICC approved facility will now be built (2024-25) for the hosting of international tournaments along with the state of the art high performance cricket academy in the State of Kuwait.

T10 Sports announced as the only ICC & KCC approved clothing partner for broadcasted Sulaibiya Turf Tournaments in association with Dream 11 & Fancode for all KCC registered teams .

More than 40 teams registered with T-10 Sports and given special discounted prices (9.5KD for a complete set of playing lower, jersey and cap of premium quality) along with Kings XI Punjab Jersey (memorabilia) signed by Shikhar Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada and Liam Livingstone.

T10 sports announced it’s membership program with KCC where KCC registered teams and players stand a chance to win tickets to prestigious leagues like IPL, Indian Premier League, MLC (Major League Cricket, USA) and CPL, Caribbean Premier League through various membership programs.

All the 120+ representatives of KCC domestic teams who attended the meeting were given the Kuwait National Team Jersey by T-10 Sports as KCC initiates a fan engagement program like never before for it’s national men’s and women’s team.

The much needed and privileged concept of teams membership and players membership program with KCC was announced by Mr. Ashraf. Only the approved teams (based on owners and sposnors background checks with all the required legal documents) along with approved players (based on employer and complete residency details and all the other required legal documents) will be allowed to participate in KCC tournaments and enter KCC premises with unique identity cards & membership number as the ICC Globle Code of Anti Corruption is implemented to counter spot fixing and potential match fixing threats in KCC domestic tournaments.

A comprehensive list of domestic tournaments, membership process, registration processes, and timelines for the 2024-2025 season (August-June) was presented starting with KCC T-10 Summer League in August, powered by Al Muzaini Exchange, in the presence of Mr. Guru (Operations Manager at Al Muzaini Exchange) and Mr. Trevin (Digital Marketing Officer at Al Muzaini Exchange).

3rd umpire facility to be further enhanced in the new season with an introduction of no-ball referrals upon dismissals as and when required by match officials.

All the Senior KCC members looking after national teams, coaching, administration, operations, domestic, marketing, technical, public relations, logistics and venue management were also present in the grand domestic season meeting 2024-25 comprising of Mr. Qasim Ali (National Head Coach & Development Manager) Mr. Melwyn Serrao (Head of Domestic & Member,HPC), Mr. Naveen Jayan (Head of Match Officials & Member,HPC), Mr. Naresh Dsouza (Deputy Head of Match Officials & Technical) Mr. Robert Dsouza ( Head of Operations), Mr. Saud Qamar (Head of PR & Member, HPC) , Mr. Rishi Jayan , (Head of Marketing), Mr. Tahir Khan (Head Coach Juniors & Venue Management), Mr. Ali Talib (National Juniors Team Manager & Member,HPC), Mr. Nasser Imbran (Logistics Manager) and Mr. Harman Sahni (KCC Anchor & Commentator) along with all the KCC Match officials (umpires & scorers).

We wish all the teams and players best of luck for the upcoming season.

A follow up meeting will be lined up very soon where top 40 teams and their players will be made official members of Kuwait Cricket Club on first come first serve basis criteria and these 40 teams will play throughout the year in KCC Sulaibiya Turf Tournaments which will be Broadcasted live on Dream 11 & Fancode with a 6 camera setup including a full fledged 3rd umpire facility.

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