Legends start in the gully.Now the gully gets a stage.
Brick stumps, a taped tennis ball, one-tip-one-hand, and the whole lane watching. Gully cricket is where most of India first picks up a bat, and it has its own rules, its own heroes and its own legends.
Gully Cricket Trust turns those lane matches into a real championship: proper umpires, fair rules and a path from your taluk all the way to the national final. The same game you already play, now with a scoreboard that counts.
The path
Halli to Delhi.
Six levels, one ladder. Win where you live and keep climbing.
Taluk level
Teams play in their own village or town.
District level
Taluk champions meet.
Inter-district
The strongest sides from each region face off.
State level
28 state champions are crowned.
Inter-state and National
The best teams in India play for the national title.
Who can play
Four categories, two age groups.
Boys, girls, men and women each get their own competition, in Under-18 and Up-to-25 age groups. Girls and women have their own draw and their own trophies.
BoysUnder-18 · Up-to-25
GirlsUnder-18 · Up-to-25
MenUnder-18 · Up-to-25
WomenUnder-18 · Up-to-25
U-18Under-18≤ 25Up-to-25
Rules & eligibility at a glance
Play fair, play your age.
The short version of the full rules on the Championship page.
Open to Indian residents, in their own category: boys, girls, men or women.
Under-18: every player must be below 18. Up-to-25: every player must be 25 or younger. Age is counted on a cut-off date announced with the Season 1 schedule.
One team per player per category; teams play for the taluk where they register.
Bring age proof (Aadhaar, school ID or birth certificate) to every match.
No alcohol, tobacco or drugs. Over-age players disqualify the whole team.
More than cricket: desi games
Kabaddi, kho-kho, lagori and more.
Kabaddi, kho-kho, lagori, gilli danda, tug of war and more. Our National Desi Village Games Movement brings India's traditional games back to taluk grounds, with the same taluk-to-national ladder.
KabaddiKho-khoLagori (Pithu)Gilli dandaTug of warMarbles (Kancha)
Our inspiration
What we've set ourselves to be judged by.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya, 1861-1962
Sir M. Visvesvaraya grew up in a village in Karnataka and went on to build dams, schools and colleges that changed lives far from any city. He believed that discipline and hard work, applied patiently, lift whole communities. That is the standard we've set ourselves: a tournament is only worth running if a child from a small village gets a real chance to be seen. We keep his portrait on our wall to remember that the measure is how many players we lifted, not how big the event looked.
On television
Your gully match could be on national TV.
First rounds will be telecast on MSM TV News, the 24/7 channel of Mathru Smruthi Media Pvt Ltd.
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