Eight leading teams from the city, including defending champions Parsee Gymkhana will be fighting it out for the top honours in the Bombay Gymkhana Ltd. organized Nirlon-R.F.S. Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2021-2022, which is scheduled to commence from Saturday, 19 February, 2022.
The tournament to be conducted under the auspices of Mumbai Cricket Association is being sponsored by Nirlon Ltd. and the initial round of matches will be played at the Cricket Club of India and Bombay Gymkhana grounds.
The 2019-2020 edition of this prestigious tournament in the Mumbai cricket calendar, which was to start in March 2019, was cancelled at the eleventh hour as the government authorities had imposed lockdown restrictions due to the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the city. The tournament could also not be played last year due to the same reasons.
The other participating teams this year are Payyade Sports Club, Cricket Club of India, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, MIG Cricket Club, MCA Colts the runners-up of the edition, and hosts Bombay Gymkhana.
On the first day, Parsee Gymkhana meet Payyade SC and MCA Colts take on Bombay Gymkhana in first-round matches at Bombay Gymkhana, and in the matches at the CCI ground, Mumbai Police Gymkhana clash with Islam Gymkhana and hosts CCI will fight it out with P.J. Hindu Gymkhana to decide which team advances to the semi-finals.
The two semi-finals are scheduled to be played on Sunday, February 20 and the date of the final is not yet decided.
Participating teams: Parsee Gymkhana, Payyade Sports Club, Cricket Club of India, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, MCA Colts, and Bombay Gymkhana.