J Arun Kumar to captain coach of the Belgaum KPL Belgavi Panthers
6:24 PM Posted by ukmad
The Belgaum KPL team has been named as Belgavi Panthers.
J Arun Kumar former Karnataka skipper has been appointed captain/coach of the Belgaum team that will figure in the Karnataka Premier League next month.
The Belgavi Panthers, procured by Subhas Enterprises, had selection trials in Belgaum on Monday, where nearly 180 players from within the district -- Athani, Gokak, Karwar and Bhatkal -- turned up.
After three rounds of screening, the list has now been pruned to 24, who will face off in a selection match on Tuesday. Eventually, five players will be selected from this process to be a part of the Panthers’ 20-man KPL squad.
Source: Deccan Herald
Belgaum’s Deepak Chougule in KPL auction
10:56 AM Posted by ukmad
The Karnataka Premier League’s top tier of 48 players who will be traded on August 14 includes Deepak Chougule from Belgaum. The list was released by the KSCA on Friday.
Deepak Chougule is a cricketer who played for the state of Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament of India. He has also represented India in the Under-19 international tournaments. He made his debut for his state at a junior level in the Under-13 tournament held at Chennai in 1997. On his debut against Goa, he ended up scoring 400 runs in a single day which is a junior world record for the maximum runs scored in a single day of a cricket match.
During his early years, he was interested in playing table tennis and cricket. He initially started playing cricket as a bowler. He decided to shift to batting because of a chance knock that he played for his team at Belgaum. He was in a hurry to catch a bus to participate in a table tennis tournament in Bangalore but his side was about to start batting. Seeing his urgency, the coach asked him to open the innings. Deepak went on to score a big knock and helped his side to win the game. This convinced Deepak that he had more potential to play as a batsman than as a bowler and he also decided to shun table tennis in favour of cricket.
Deepak initially started playing for Dharwad zone in inter-zonal tournaments. In 1997, he bagged his junior cap for Karnataka when he was selected to play for the state in the "The Sportstar" Under-13 tournament in Chennai. In his first match against Goa, he scored an unbeaten 400 runs in a day. This was a junior world record. He represented Karnataka in the Under-16 V. Pattabhiraman Trophy and Under-19 Ghulam Ahmed Trophy tournaments. He won his junior cap for India and played a crucial role to enable India to win the Asia cup Under-17 tournament in Dhaka in 2000. He bagged the Border-Gavaskar scholarship from the National Cricket Academy and was sent to Australia for training. He was selected to play for India in the Under-19 cricket world cup held in New Zealand in the year 2002. He batted in the crucial one-down position in the World cup but India failed to progress to the finals having lost to South Africa in the semis.
Deepak Chougule
Full name Deepak Ashok Chougule
Born April 1, 1984, Belgaum, Karnataka
Major teams India Under-19s, Karnataka, Karnataka Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
| First-class | 20 | 31 | 1 | 864 | 166 | 28.80 | 2024 | 42.68 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| List A | 23 | 18 | 3 | 606 | 111* | 40.40 | 907 | 66.81 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 192 | 41* | 32.00 | 173 | 110.98 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| First-class | 20 | 43 | 33 | 1 | 1/26 | 1/26 | 33.00 | 4.60 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| List A | 23 | 88 | 73 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.97 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 15.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 2002/03 |
| Last First-class | Karnataka v Maharashtra at Bangalore, Dec 18-20, 2008 |
| List A debut | 2002/03 |
| Last List A | Karnataka v Tamil Nadu at Visakhapatnam, Feb 21, 2009 |
| Twenty20 debut | Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 |
| Last Twenty20 | Railways v Karnataka at Mumbai (BS), Apr 19, 2007 |
Source: cricinfo, Wikipedia
KPL Belgaum team sold for 3.81 crores
10:18 AM Posted by ukmad
The auction for the Karnataka Premier League cricket tournament saw eight teams of the state fetching prices in crores.
Belgaum team bid was won by Subash Publishers and Sangeeth Electronics Company for Rs 3.81 crore, both Bangalore based companies.
The player auction will be held on August 14 and the KSCA is finalizing the list of the top 48 players — six per each zonal team — who will be part of the player-pool besides a second rung of 72 cricketers.
The KPL tournament will be held in Bangalore from September 12 to 27 with Mysore also hosting four matches. Other winners: Bangalore Rural: Melmont Constructions, Rs. 5.55 crore;Mysore: Girish Auto, 3.25 crore; Shimoga: Jayaprakash Hegde, 3.25 crore; Mangalore: Fiza Developers, 4.23 crore; Hubli-Dharwad: Shiv Shankarappa, 3.77 crore; Gulbarga: Vivid Creations and Nandish Reddy Group, 3.5 crore. Bangalore Urban - Brigade Group 7.2 crores.
Source: The Hindu
