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Houston defeated Austin by 152 runs in the first game of Intercity Cup 2009 on Saturday(4/25/09). Please check the Intercity Cup link on the left for more details.

The following players are selected to represent the Austin Team for the Intercity Cup this year against Houston :

1. Akash (HCCA)
2. Amit Lopez (Lagaan)
3. Anjan Contractor (HCCA)
4. Basit (HCCA)
5. Chakri G (HCCA)
6. Chetan (Knights)
7. Humayun (HCCA)
8. Jay (Lagaan)
9. Kedar (Lagaan)
10. Nasru (RRCC)
11. Nikshep (Knights)
12. Rohit Chawla (HCCA)
13. Ruchir Chhabra (VC) (HCCA)
14. Satish (HCCA)
15. Zubair (C) (HCCA)

Below is the 15 member Houston squad for the 1st Intercity game to be played on April 25th (Saturday) at HCL grounds in Katy.

1. ANKIT MEHTA - HICC
2. WALEED AHMED - MCC
3. SHUJA NAQVI - MCC
4. HASSAN AHMED - EECC
5. DAMODHAR BHAT - CCC
6. JOEL PHAMPIL - MCC
7. SUPRATIM SRINIVASAN - TCC
8. KASHIF HAROON - HRCC
9. MONIK PATEL - HICC (WK)
10. WALEED AHMED - HRCC
11. CHARAN GOWDA - CCC
12. AKBAR ALI - TCC
13. OMER MALIK - MCC
14. MANAS DASARAJU - TCC -V.Captain
15. SUSHIL NADKARNI- HICC - Captain

Tejas Sanghvi will be the coach for this team and the first practice nets will be held on this Saturday from 9:00 AM to Noon at Matzke.
My special thanks to Jaam and Tejas for all their support.

Thank you
Surya

Sushil Nadkarni will lead the Houston XI in the first match. My special thanks to him for accepting the role and to support our efforts to groom youngsters. The team will be picked based on the guidelines below and will be announced soon.

Guidelines to pick Intercity team:
1. 15 members squad will be picked for each game.
2. We will pick only 4 senior players (CW and Major tournaments and/or 30+ group)
3. We will pick at least 3 new players that have never been selected for CW or Intercity before
4. We might have a new captain for each game so that they get exposure to lead at this level.
5. 3 slots are reserved for players emerging out of U-19 team with an intention to give at least 2 of them a chance in playing XI at least once.
6. We will Rotate players as needed for each game
7. Emphasis will be on winning the tournament and depending on how things go after 1st game we will plan the rest.

Thank you
Surya

Folks,

I am happy to inform that Intercity 2009 Cup (Houston Vs Austin) will start this month.
Below is the tentative schedule and only change this year is it will be three match series and not best of three concept.

Schedule (Tentative)
April 25th Saturday Game(Confirmed and will be played in Houston)
July Sunday Game (Date TBD and will be played in Austin)
Oct/Nov Sunday Game (Date TBD and will be played in Houston)

Jaam(HSCS), Tejas(HICC) and I will pick the 13 members squad for the 1st game.
Nanda Kumar(TCC) will be in charge of managing this event E2E.

More details to follow..

About Intercity:
Intercity Cup was started in 2008 with best of 3 game series between Houston and Austin.
This event was planned as Annual event that would give a platform for upcoming players in both cities to perform at higher levels. Austin def Houston 2-0 and won the 2008 Intercity cup.

Please click the link on the left to know more about the Intercity Cup.

Thanks
Surya