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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 and Playoffs
Number of teams	M: 8; W: 8
Current champion	M: Sobisco Smashers Malda, Murshidabad Kings ; W: Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers
Most runs	M: Priyanshu Gaurav Srivastava ; W: Dhara Gujjar (221)
Most wickets	M: Mukesh Kumar (16); W: Piyali Ghosh (12)
TV	JioCinema; Sports18; 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 professional Twenty20 cricket league in West Bengal, India.^[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.

History

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

Background

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]

Administration

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

Tournament structure

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.

Teams

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]

Adamas Howrah Warriors

Harbour Diamonds

Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers

Murshidabad Kings & Kueens

Shrachi Rarh Tigers

Rashmi Medinipur Wizards

Servotech Siliguri Strikers

Sobisco Smashers Malda

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Team Locations in West Bengal

Team name	City / Towns	Owners	Men's captain	Women's captain
Adamas Howrah Warriors	Howrah	Rice Adamas Group	Anustup Majumdar	Dhara Gujjar
Harbour Diamonds	Diamond Harbour	GD Sports	Manoj Tiwary	Sukanya Parida
Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers	Kolkata	Lux Industries and Shyam Steel	Abishek Porel	Mita Paul
Murshidabad Kings & Kueens	Murshidabad	Pritam Electricals and Jalan Builders	Sudip Kumar Gharami	Deepti Sharma
Shrachi Rarh Tigers	Durgapur	Shrachi Sports Ventures	Shahbaz Ahmad	Titas Sadhu
Rashmi Medinipur Wizards	Medinipur	Rashmi Group	Abhimanyu Easwaran	Richa Ghosh
Servotech Siliguri Strikers	Siliguri	Servotech Power Systems	Akash Deep	Priyanka Bala
Sobisco Smashers Malda	Malda	Sona Biscuites	Mukesh Kumar	Hrishita Basu

Venues

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

Tournament seasons and results

Men's finals

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

Women's finals

Season	Final				Player of the season
Season	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Venue	Player of the season
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

Broadcasting

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.

Team's performance

Men's

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

Women's

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