The first edition of Mumbai T20 league will begin on 11th March 2018. In the inaugural edition, six teams will compete with each other to win the title.

The tournament is said provide a platform to budding youngsters across the city. All the matches of the league will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

In the opening match of the tournament, North Mumbai Panthers will clash with Arcs Andheri followed by Sobo Supersonics against Mumbai North East Triumph Knights on Sunday.

Though many big names like Rohit Sharma will miss the tournament to complete their national commitment, the likes of dependable Ajinkya Rahane, who will be part of the North Mumbai Panthers will gain the attention of the viewers.

Mumbai pacer Dhawal Kulkarni, who was grabbed by Mumbai North East Triumph Knights, will also miss the tournament following an ankle injury for which he is undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

Young batsman Prithvi Shaw will feature only in a part of the tournament, as he is set to play for Rest of India in the Irani Cup match against Ranji Trophy Champions Vidarbha at Nagpur from March 14.

The tournament will also feature players like former India player Abhishek Nayar and senior left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar, who is the chairman of selectors for Mumbai U-19, and ex-IPL player Paul Valthaty.

Two matches will be played every day at 3.30 PM and 7 PM, with no games scheduled on March 14.

The final is to be played on March 21. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has been named as League Ambassador.

Legendary opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as League Commissioner and former captain Dilip Vengsarkar is the Chief Mentor.

Mumbai T20 League Team Squads

Mumbai North: Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Vijay Gohil, Shivam Malhotra, Yogesh Takawale, Shrideep Mangela, Sairaj Patil, Rakesh Prabhu, Sagar Jadhav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Atish Gawand, Jude Singh, Hersh Tank, Akhtar Shaikh, Yogesh Pawar, Salman Ahmed, Pranay Patil, Saeed Shaikh, Sumeet Dhekale

Mumbai North Central: Shreyas Iyer, Agni Chopra, Aishwary Surve, Aman Hakim Khan, Aniket Redkar, Atul Singh, Azhar Ansari, Eknath Kerkar, Karsh Kothari, Kevin Almeida, Meghan Pednekar, Monil Soni, Nikhil Patil, Prashant Bhoir,Pravin Tambe, Sachin Yadav, Sagar Chhabria, Shashikant Kadam, Sidak Singh, Vinit Indulkar

Mumbai North East: Suryakumar Yadav, Aditya Dhumal,Akash Parkar, Atharva Poojari, Atif Attarwala, Dhawal Kulkarni, Kalpesh Sawant, Mohammed Akbar Khan, Parikshit Valsangkar, Praful Waghela, Prateek Dabholkar, Shahid Shaikh, Shashank Singh, Shikhar Thakur,Shivam Nirupam, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Vaibhav Singh, Vinayak Bhoir, Vishal Mendigeri

Mumbai North West: Rohit Sharma, Aamir Bhorania, Akhil Herwadkar, Anup Revandkar, Arun Yadav, Chinmay Sutar, Doraiswamy Subramanian, Harshal Soni, Iqbal Abdulla, Parag Khanapurkar, Pardeep Sahu, Prathamesh Dake, Sachin Shinde, Shashank Attarde, Shubham Ranjane, Siddharth Chitnis, Tanmay Mishra, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Mali, Vineet Sinha

Mumbai South: Abhishek Nayar, Aakarshit Gomel, Adeeb Usmani, Ankur Singh, Atif Shaikh, Badre Alam, Bhavin Thakkar, Deepak Shetty, Dhrumil Matkar, Gaurav Jathar, Harmeet Singh, Japjeet Randhawa, Jay Bista, Karan Shah, Khizer Dafedar, Prasad Pawar, Prashant Naik, Rohan Raje, Sujit Nayak, Suved Parkar

Mumbai South Central: Siddhesh Lad, Ajinkya Beloshe, Akhil Rajput, Alpesh Ramjani, Bhargav Mehta, Bravish Shetty, Hardik Tamore, Paul Valthaty, Pratik Prabhu, Raunaq Sharma, Royston Dias, Sagar Trivedi, Shams Mulani, Shivam Dubey, Siddharth Akre, Siddharth Raut, Sufiyan Shaikh, Swapnil Salvi, Tanush Kotian, Vishal Dabholkar

T20 Mumbai League 2018 Schedule

Match No. Date & Time Fixtures

1. 11 March at 15:30 North Mumbai Panthers vs. ARCS Andheri

2. 11 March at 19:30 SoBo SuperSonics vs. Mumbai North East Triumph Knights

3. 12 March at 15:30 Shivaji Park Lions vs. NaMo Bandra Blasters

4. 12 March at 19:30 SoBo SuperSonics vs. North Mumbai Panthers

5. 13 March at 15:30 Shivaji Park Lions vs. Mumbai North East Triumph Knights

6. 13 March at 19:30 ARCS Andheri vs. NaMo Bandra Blasters

7. 14 March at 19:30 Mumbai North East Triumph Knights vs. ARCS Andheri

8. 15 March at 15:30 NaMo Bandra Blasters vs. SoBo SuperSonics

9. 15 March at 19:30 North Mumbai Panthers vs. Shivaji Park Lions

10. 16 March at 15:30 Mumbai North East Triumph Knights vs. NaMo Bandra Blasters

11. 16 March at 19:30 Shivaji Park Lions vs. ARCS Andheri

12. 17 March at 15:30 North Mumbai Panthers vs. Mumbai North East Triumph Knights

13. 17 March at 19:30 ARCS Andheri vs. SoBo SuperSonics

14. 18 March at 15:30 NaMo Bandra Blasters vs. North Mumbai Panthers

15. 18 March at 19:30 SoBo SuperSonics vs. Shivaji Park Lions

16. 19 March at 15:30 Qualifier 1

17. 19 March at 19:30 Eliminator

18. 20 March at 19:30 Qualifier 2

19. 20 March at 19:30 Final

-With PTI inputs