The seventh edition of the global T20 cricket tournament for university students at the Red Bull Campus Cricket (RBCC) Championship is to be held in Sri Lanka from June 19 at the BRC ground.
In the past RBCC has provided a platform where the world has witnessed the rise of now internationally acclaimed players, such as KL Rahul from India, Lungi Ngidi from South Africa, Chirag Suri from UAE and Niroshan Dickwella from Sri Lanka.
Tournament director and renowned former national cricket player Brendon Kuruppu is in charged of duties of ensuring the tournament follows proper guidelines and is played in the right spirit. After hosting the very first Asia Finals in 2012, the Sri Lankan team University of Moratuwa represented Sri Lanka at the first ever World Final held at the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in 2013.
Hosted by Sri Lanka both in 2016 and 2017, the national finals were won by Business Management School (BMS) for two years in a row. While they emerged victorious and captured the coveted championship in 2016, the South African team won the world title in 2017. From Sri Lanka’s leading universities, 24 local teams will battle it out in front of hundreds of spectators from every university.