Bengal Pro T20 League

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Bengal Pro T20 League

Countries	India
Administrator	Cricket Association of Bengal
Headquarters	Kolkata, West Bengal
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2024
Latest edition	2024
Next edition	2025
Tournament format	Round Robin format with Group System and Playoffs
Number of teams	8 (men's) 8 (women's)
Current champion	Sobisco Smashers Malda, Murshidabad Kings (men's) Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers (women's)
Most runs	Priyanshu Gaurav Srivastava (men's) Dhara Gujjar (221) (women's)
Most wickets	Mukesh Kumar (16) (men's) Piyali Ghosh (12) (women's)
TV	JioCinema Sports18 and FanCode
Website	bengalt20.com
2024 Bengal Pro T20 League

The Bengal Pro T20 League (also known as Bengal Pro T20 or BPLT20), is a men's and women's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league that is annually held in the Indian State of West Bengal.^[1] It is organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and contested by eight district-based franchise teams.^[2][3] It is usually played during post summer season from June to August of every year.^{[4][1][5][6][7][8]}

The format was invented with the expectation that each match would last around three-and-a-half hours. The Viacom 18 showed Sports18 TV broadcasts of the competition, while all of the women's matches and some of the men's matches were available to stream for free on JioCinema.

Almost all matches take place as back-to-back double-headers at the same venue on the same day. The venue for Men's was the historic Eden Gardens and the women's played at the Jadvapur University Salt Lake Campus ground, which also hosts First Class Matches.

The inaugural season was held at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 2024, with eight franchises.

The league shall feature top players of the state (across IPL and international). Inspired by the success of India Premier League (IPL), the league will have world class production quality and broadcast. It is the grand exemplar of cricketainment thrilling experience for local fans and audiences. The major aim of this league is to unearth new talents from the state.

The first season of the league was initially planned to be held from 11 June to 28 June 2024.

The inaugural edition of the league reached a cumulative audience of 150 Million plus through TV, digital-social media and traditional media

In 2024, the Bengal Pro T20 League was launched. The West Bengal franchise playing Indian Premier League (IPL), the league was aimed to make up for the absence of high-profile matches in Kolkata in the year and to expose talented players from districts. It was conceived by former BCCI president and then CAB president Sourav Ganguly.^[9]

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) founded the league in 2024. The league is affiliated to the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI).

In total there are 31 matches in the league stage of the tournament for each men and women. The four teams that finish top of the league progress to the semi-finals. The winners progress into the final.

There are eight franchises competing in league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. Each team can have a maximum of 17 players that includes two outstation players.^[4]

Team name	Catchment Area	Owners	Men's captain	Women's captain
Adamas Howrah Warriors	Bankura Purulia Howrah	Rice Adamas Group	Anustup Majumdar	Dhara Gujjar
Harbour Diamonds	North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas	GD Sports	Manoj Tiwary	Sukanya Parida
Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers	Kolkata Hooghly	Lux Industries and Shyam Steel	Abishek Porel	Mita Paul
Murshidabad Kings & Kueens	Murshidabad Nadia	Pritam Electricals and Jalan Builders	Sudip Kumar Gharami	Deepti Sharma
Shrachi Rarh Tigers	Paschim Bardhaman Purba Bardhaman Birbhum	Shrachi Sports Ventures	Shahbaz Ahmad	Titas Sadhu
Rashmi Medinipur Wizards	Paschim Medinipur Purba Medinipur Jhargram	Rashmi Group	Abhimanyu Easwaran	Richa Ghosh
Servotech Siliguri Strikers	Darjeeling Jalpaiguri Cooch Behar Alipurduar Kalimpong	Servotech Power Systems	Akash Deep	Priyanka Bala
Sobisco Smashers Malda	Uttar Dinajpur Dakshin Dinajpur Malda	Sona Biscuites	Mukesh Kumar	Hrishita Basu

Eden Gardens is used to host all the men's matches.^[4]

West Bengal
Kolkata
Eden Gardens
Capacity: 68,000

Jadavpur University Campus Ground is used to host all the women's matches.

West Bengal
Kolkata
Jadavpur University Campus Ground
Capacity: 5,000

Season	Final				Player of the season
	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Venue
2024	Sobisco Smashers Malda 116/8 (20 overs) & Murshidabad Kings 7/0 (1.1 overs)	Joint winner Sorecard		Eden Garden, Kolkata

Season	Final				Player of the season
	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Venue
2024	Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers 110/5 (20 overs)	Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers won by 5 runs Scorecard	Murshidabad Kueens 105/9 (20 overs)	Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata

In 2024, Viacom18 acquired the media rights and became the broadcast partner of the league. Viacom18 broadcasts the matches on Sports18 3 TV channel with Commentary in English, Bengali and Hindi and also streamed Live at their OTT platform, JioCinema.^[10] Both the men's and women's matches were also streamed live on Fancode in English.

Season Franchise	2024
Adamas Howrah Warriors	5th
Harbour Diamonds	8th
Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers	SF
Murshidabad Kings	C
Rashmi Medinipur Wizards	SF
Servotec Siliguri Strikers	6th
Shrachi Rarh Tigers	7th
Sobisco Smashers Malda	C

• Teams are listed alphabetically by year of entry into the league
•   C: champions
•   RU: runner-up
•   SF or PO: team qualified for the semi-final or playoff stage of the competition

Season Franchise	2024
Adamas Howrah Warriors	5th
Harbour Diamonds	7th
Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers	C
Murshidabad Kueens	RU
Rashmi Medinipur Wizards	SF
Servotec Siliguri Strikers	8th
Shrachi Rarh Tigers	SF
Sobisco Smashers Malda	6th

• Teams are listed alphabetically by year of entry into the league
•   C: champions
•   RU: runner-up
•   SF or PO: team qualified for the semi-final or playoff stage of the competition

• Andhra Premier League
• Bihar Cricket League
• Delhi Premier League T20
• Madhya Pradesh League
• Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20
• Odisha Cricket League
• Pondicherry Premier League
• Rajasthan Premier League
• Saurashtra Premier League
• Sher-E-Punjab T20 Cup
• Tamil Nadu Premier League
• T20 Mumbai

• Official website