Western Falcons and Eastern Panthers squads together on a Melbourne turf ground after a December 2024 VECL fixture, under a wide blue sky.

Victorian Elite Cricket League

VECL JT20 · December 2026

Turf T20 these Christmas holidays.

Five matches plus finals on turf, 24 & 27–30 Dec, with umpires, a scorer and every match livestreamed. Played JT20 before? Your place is waiting.

New player? Book a try-out Played before? Confirm your place

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JT20 try-outs$20New playersU10–U18

Two nights. One December squad.

Monday 7 December at Cricket Victoria, Junction Oval indoor centre, St Kilda and Monday 14 December at Elite Cricket Academy, Hoppers Crossing. One night or both, for the one $20 fee. 6:00–7:30pm for U10 and U12, 7:30–9:00pm for U14, U16 and U18. Girls come in their age slot.

Played JT20 before? You don't try out: confirm your place by Sun 29 Nov →

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5 matches + finals2 team trainingsUmpires & scorerEvery match livestreamedStats on CricHeroes3 franchises

Open to players worldwide

Four ways in.
Two countries.

Wherever you live, you can apply. Where a player comes from has never decided whether they can play here — the age group, and proof of age, do.

We have done this before Junior players from India and Canada have trained at our centre and played in the local league, and a group of around twenty from New Zealand trained with us and played a tournament in Melbourne.

Apply from overseas

The record so far

VECL tournaments · as at October 2026

500+ Players
200+ Matches on turf
30,000+ Runs scored
2 Countries
7 Franchises · 2 cities

High Performance International Pathway (HPIP)

Australia × India

One programme across two countries, run with the Karnataka Institute of Cricket. Selected players train at KIOC, play the opposition KIOC arranges, and come home to turf cricket in the VECL December tournament — then the year repeats.

4 & 9 Nov Try-outs held Melbourne Two indoor trial nights in November. The squad is selected.
13–22 Dec The December camp Melbourne → Bengaluru Departs 13 December, home 22 December: eight days at KIOC, with matches arranged by KIOC.
From 24 Dec VECL December Melbourne Home for the turf T20 tournament.
April Return camp Bengaluru Training and a match programme.
Sep 2027 Third camp Bengaluru From 2027, in the Victorian school holidays.

The partnership

High Performance International Pathway (HPIP)

How the pathway works Try-outs & selection

The franchises

Seven clubs.
Two countries.

Three franchises in Melbourne, playing turf T20 since 2024. Four in Chennai, starting their first season in January 2027. One league, with players moving in both directions.

Melbourne · Australia

Chennai · India Season 1 from 10 January 2027

All seven franchises

Compete

Next up: JT20 December 2026

VECL JT20 · December 2026 · Turf T20 · Melbourne

24Dec
27Dec
28Dec
29Dec
30Dec

Format: 5 matches plus finals, three franchises
Offered a place?: Complete Enrolment in the player portal
Returning players: Confirm by Sun 29 Nov
New players: Try-outs Mon 7 & Mon 14 Dec, $20

Book a try-out Confirm your place

Player development

From the nets to the record book.

01 Train At the Elite centres in Melbourne, or at KIOC in Bengaluru.
02 Try out Two trial nights each November, or by arrangement from overseas.
03 Selected Squads are picked from everyone who registers.
04 Develop Coaching, video and speed analysis, strength and conditioning.
05 Compete Turf T20 in Melbourne; matches against Indian opposition.
06 Perform Officials, scoring and statistics — performances on record.
07 Progress A written post-tour assessment a player can take anywhere.

What the programme does is set out above. Nobody can honestly promise selection beyond it, and we do not.

The leadership

The leadership.

The directors who lead VECL’s administration — accountable for the league and the pathway, and backed by a team well over fifty strong at every tournament.

Built the two-country structure
Dhana Murugavel
Founder & Managing Director, Elite Cricket Group
Built the centres, and the tours before the league
Sivasankari Dhanasekar
Co-founder & Director, Elite Cricket Group
Leads the programme and the camps
Andrew Walton
Director, Victorian Elite Cricket League · Director, High Performance International Pathway
Hosts and coaches the camps in Bengaluru
Irfan Sait
Founder & Director, Karnataka Institute of Cricket
Karnataka Institute of Cricket, Bengaluru

Behind the leadership

A league is a big team.

The directors lead the administration. Beneath them, every franchise has its own head coach and a team of specialist coaches, every match has umpires and scorers, and well over fifty people work each tournament.

4 Directors Leading the administration
12 Administrators Around twelve, running the league day to day
7 Franchise head coaches One for every franchise
50+ Tournament staff Working every tournament

Franchise head coaches Every franchise has its own head coach, accountable for its squads.
Specialist coaches A team of specialist coaches working under each head coach.
Umpires Appointed officials on every match.
Scorers Every ball recorded, so performances exist as a record.
Curators Turf pitches prepared for match play.
Tournament staff Well over fifty people on staff at every tournament.