The XVth edition of the prestigious All India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament was held from 17th September'2008 to 30th September'2008. In the past the tournament has been an ideal curtain raiser for the ensuing cricket season and a plethora of Test and Ranji cricketers have participated in it. Cricketers like Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were seen in action during the 15th All India JP Atray tournament, played in Chandigarh and Mohali.
The tournament, organised under the aegis of Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), was played on league-cum-knock out basis and the teams were divided into 4 pools. Top side from each pool entered into the semi-final stage.
All the matches of the tournament, last till September 30, were of 50 overs each innings and were played under the ICC Rules of One-day cricket.
The participating teams were Punjab Cricket Club, BPCL, Mumbai, St Bank of Hyderabad, HPCA Academy, ONGC-Delhi, Assam CA, St Bank of Mysore-Bangalore, Indian Oil Corp-Mumbai, MRF-Chennai, Moody ICL, MPCA XI, CM XI-Haryana, LIC Cricket Club, PCA Colts, RCA XI and India Cements Ltd-Chennai.
The matches were played at PCA Cricket Stadium at Mohali, Sector-16 Stadium in Chandigarh, DAV School (Chandigarh) and St John's School Cricket Stadium at Barwala.
The tourney presented Rs 1.50 lakhs to winners and Rs 60,000 to the runners-up, while the third and fourth position holder received Rs 30,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively
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