Ten schools from the country have qualified for the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup Inter-State challenge for under 16 players to be held here from April 14-20.
The opening game would see Mumbai champions Al Barkat Malik MI Engish School taking on Chandigarh's DAV Senior Secondary School at the P J Hindu Gymkhana Ground, it was announced at a media conference here today.
The other schools who have advanced to the inter-state round through the preliminary stage featuring 820 schools across ten states are: Sports College, Lucknow, St. Johns Junior College, Hyderabad, Salwan Boys Senior Secondary school, Delhi, Shreyan Samarpan Vidyalaya, Baroda, AVR E Techno school, Vijayawada, Debinagar KCR Vidyapith, West Bengal, Don Bosco Matriculation HS school, Chennai and Kiddys Corner HS school, Gwalior.
The champion school would win Rs one lakh in prize money, while the runner-up would get Rs 70,000.
Twenty-four boys would be picked after the tournament for a week-long clinic to be conducted by coaches of the Cricket India Academy headed by former Test batsman Pravin Amre.
Later, a team would be chosen to play a three-match series against an overseas under-16 team in June.
"Three boys would then be chosen for a month-long visit to England to play with teams there," said the tournament's co-ordinator, P N Sankaran.
