Canara Bank, Vijaya Bank pull out of Corporate Trophy

As per the revised schedule, India Cements, All India Electricity Board and State Bank of India have been placed in Group A, Group B comprises Tata SC, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum, Group C constitutes Air India, BSNL, Chemplast and State Bank of Mysore while Group D is made up of ONGC, Income Tax, MRF and State Bank of Patiala.

BCCI CAO, Prof Ratnakar Shetty, said that no new teams have been added in place of the two bank teams and the tournament would feature 14 teams.

Revised schedule: Group A (venue: VDCA Stadium, Vishakapatnam): Sept 1: India Cements v State Bank of Hyderabad; Sept 2: SB of Hyderabad v All India Electricity Board; Sept 3: India Cements v AIEB (day/night). Group B: (venue: M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai): Sept 1: Tata SC v Indian Oil; Sept 2: Tata SC v Bharat Petroleum; Sept 3: IOL V BPCL. Group C: (venue: Hyderabad): Sept 1: Air India v BSNL (Rajiv Gandhi Stadium); Chemplast v State Bank of Mysore (Gymkhana Ground); Sept 2: AI v Chemplast (Rajiv Gandhi Stadium); BSNL v SB of Mysore (Gymkhana Ground); AI v SB of Mysore (Rajiv Gandhi Stadium); BSNL v Chemplast (Gymkhana Ground). Group D: (venue:  Bangalore): Sept 1: ONGC v Income Tax (Chinnanswamy Stadium); MRF v State Bank of Patiala (RSI Grounds); Sept 2: ONGC v MRF (Chinnaswamy Stadium); IT v SB of Patiala (RSI Grounds); Sept 3: ONGC v SB of Patiala (Chinnaswamy Stadium); IT v MRF (RSI Grounds). Semifinals (venue VDCA, Vishakapatnam): Sept 5: A1 v C1 (day/night); Sept 6: B1 v D1 (day/night). Final (venue VDCA, Vishakapatnam): Sept 8 (day/night).