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Six clear steps take you from your first trial to the Grand Final. Here is what happens at each one, what it costs, and how you move ahead.
ICL is a state level cricket tournament. It gives you the chance to represent your state. It starts with a trial, where you show your performance.
Show your skills and earn a place in the squad.
Matches decide who makes the state team and who goes through.
The best two teams meet in the Grand Final.
This is where it all starts. You show your batting, bowling or keeping skills on proper cricket nets, watched by qualified selectors.
Two payments in total, and only the second one happens if you are selected.
Depends on your ball type and playing role. See the fee table in step 1.
Match fee for the Inter-State matches. You pay it only after the trial result.
ICL sponsors them, so they play the whole tournament at no cost.
Every age category, U-14 / U-16 and U-19 (Senior), has its own full set of rewards, given out at the Grand Final:
Playing with a tennis ball? The rewards are the same, except the Runner-Up team gets a Tennis kit bag instead of a Cricket kit bag.
Registering takes a few minutes. Tell us your state, age and skill, and we will match you to a trial.
Your result is based on how you perform in the trial. You will get it within 2 to 3 days by email, WhatsApp and phone call. The Top 3 players of the trial are sponsored by ICL and get to play the whole tournament for free.
If you are selected in the trial, you are invited to a camp. You meet your teammates and train together before the matches begin.
Complete the camp and you move on to the Inter-State matches.
You play 2 matches with a team made of players selected in the trial. How you perform in these 2 matches decides who makes your state team.
A match fee of ₹6,499 applies for this stage. The Top 3 players of the trial are sponsored by ICL and play the whole tournament for free.
Now every state has its own team. State plays against state, and only the winner moves forward.
The state that wins goes through to the Semi-Final. The team that loses is out of the tournament.
Only 4 states reach this stage. Win your semi-final and you are in the Final.
The teams that win their semi-final qualify for the Grand Final.
The two best teams meet to decide the champion. Rewards are given to the winning team, the runner-up and the best individual players.
The full list of rewards for each age group and ball type is shown below.
