Safi Darashah kicks off today

After having experimented with two-day fixtures last year, the season opener reverts to its old format of three-day duration.

Another added feature would be that just one set of matches would be played a week.  
All-rounder C Raghu will lead President’s XI while Deepak Chougule has been named the Combined XI skipper. Wicketkeeper-batsmen CM Gautam and Devraj Patil will be in charge of Bangalore Zone and Devraj Patil City XI respectively. 

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Teams:

President’s XI: C Raghu (capt), KB Pawan, Vijay Chavan, Karthik CB, Karun Nair, Thilak Naidu (wk), Akhil B, Sunil N Raju, Vinoo Prasad N, NC Aiyappa, AV Raghavendra Rao, SK Moinuddin, Vinay Uthappa (wk), Sinan Khader, Karan Rao. Coach: Mansur Ali Khan.

Combined XI: Deepak A Chougule (capt), Bharath Chipli, Manish Pandey, Amit Verma, Sudhir Rao HT, Rohith Sabharwal (wk), Raju Bhatkal, KP Appanna, Udit Patel, A Mithun, Aravind S, Dhanajaya Murari, Nithin S Bille (wk), Ashwath Aiyappa, Hardik Munoth. Coach:
K Sanath Kumar

Bangalore Zone: Gautam CM (capt & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Jonathan R, Vinodh S, Nikhil Kashyap, Manjunath SP, Chetan William, Darshan MR, Arjun Shetty, Imran Khan, Dilip N Sagar, Savan B, Pawan Desphande, Sadiq Kirmani (wk), Manish N. Coach: PV Shashikanth.

City XI: Devraj Patil (capt & wk), Suraj Sampath, Rahul KL, Shoaib Manager, Kunal Kapoor, Keshav Chitta, Stuart Binny, Anirudh Joshi, Raghavendra C, Akshay SL, Bharath KV, Yogesh P, Gautam K, Anish DV, Arjun Hoysala. Coach: Somshekar Shiraguppi.

The schedule: Jul 14-16: President's XI vs City XI (Chinnaswamy stadium); Bangalore Zone vs Combined XI (IAF).

Jul 21-23: President's XI vs Bangalore Zone (RWF); City XI vs Combined XI (Chinnaswamy stadium).

Jul 28-30: President's XI vs Combined XI (Chinnaswamy stadium); City XI vs Bangalore Zone (NRA).