In the ongoing PCA Trident Cup Challenger Triangular Series, Mohali will get to see the best of cricketing action in the next three days.
Sharing the information Bhupinder Singh Sr, former International cricket player & member of the organising committee informed that the tournament is sponsored by Trident Group of Companies and carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lacs for the Winner team and Rs 1 lacs /- for the Runners up team apart from individual prizes worth Rs 11,000 for the Best Batsman, Best all-rounder, Best Wicket keeper and Best Fielder of the tournament and Man of the Match for each game. The purpose of the tournament is to make the best players, chosen by PCA from Punjab on the basis of their performance, to play against each other, perform and improve in the company of better players.
He further informed that 3 teams consisting of players from Punjab who have been duly selected by the senior selection committee of PCA. Team 1 : PCA PUNJAB XI (Main team), Team 2 : REST OF PUNJAB (RED), Team 3 : REST OF PUNJAB (GREEN) are playing in this tournament : teams namely PCA Punjab XI, PCA Rest of Punjab Red and PCA Rest of Punjab Green and earlier 2-2 league matches each were held at Amritsar Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana. PCA Punjab XI topped the league by winning all their 4 matches and getting 8 points. Punjab Red stands on the second position with 4 points after winning 2 of their league matches and both teams have secured place in finals.
Finalists PCA Punjab XI and Rest of Punjab RED play against each other in finals starting from 24th March at PCA Stadium Mohali. Winner will be decided from Best of three final matches on 24-25-26th March 2021. Third match will only be played if required.
Live scores of the matches played in the Trident PCA CUP 2021- Triangular Challenger Series will be also available online at https://cricheroes.in/tournament/235800/Trident-Pca-Cup-Triangular-Series
| S.No | DATE | MATCH / TEAMS | VENUE | Winner |
| 1 | 15-03-21 | Punjab XI vs Rest of Punjab-RED | AMRITSAR | Punjab XI |
| 2 | 16-03-21 | Punjab XI vs Rest of Punjab-GREEN | AMRITSAR | Punjab XI |
| 3 | 17-03-21 | REST DAY | ||
| 4 | 18-03-21 | Rest of Punjab Red vs Rest of Punjab Green | Hoshiarpur | Punjab Red |
| 5 | 19-03-21 | Punjab XI vs Rest of Punjab Green | Hoshiarpur | Punjab XI |
| 6 | 20-03-21 | REST DAY | ||
| 7 | 21-03-21 | Rest of Punjab Red vs Rest of Punjab Green | LUDHIANA | Punjab Red |
| 8 | 22-03-21 | Punjab XI vs Rest of Punjab RED | LUDHIANA | Punjab XI |
| 9 | 23-03-21 | REST DAY | ||
| 10 | 24/ 25/26-03-21 | FINAL MATCH (PCA Punjab XI and Rest of Punjab RED) | PCA Stadiums Mohali |
Players/ Teams in Trident Tournament
Best of Punjab: Vinay Chaudhary (Captain), Rohan Marwaha, Abhijeet Garg, Prabhjot Singh, Arush Sabharwal, Ramandeep Singh, Akul Pratap Pandav, Anmol Malhotra (wicket keeper), Yashanpreet Singh, Baltej Singh, Abhinav Sharma, Gurvinder Bhullar, Gurnoor Brar, Parth Aggarwal, Tejpreet Singh, Gaurav Chaudhary, Coach: Devinder Arora
Rest of Punjab (Red): Gitansh Khera(Captain), Mandeepinder Singh Bawa, Nihhal Wadera, Vishwapratap Singh, Kashish Pasneja, Kunwar Pathak, Salil Arora (Wicket keeper), Pukhraj Mann, Sumit Sharma, Ekjot Singh Thind, Preet Dutta, Abhishek Bajaj, Jasinder Singh, Sahil Chandra, Dipin Chitkara, Hartejaswi Kapoor,Coach: Ravneet Singh Rikki
