The firsts of this tournament hosted by Karnataka State Cricket Association are tabulated below

The first match of the tournament was played between Hubli Tigers and Mangalore United at Mysore on 07 Aug 2022

The captains of these two teams were – A Mithun for Hubli Tigers and R Samarth for Mangalore United

The wicket keepers who kept wickets for these two teams were – L Sisodia for Hubli Tigers and S Sater for Mangalore United

This match was truncated and was decided by VJD Method

Toss was won by Mangalore United and decided to field first.

The first pair of opening batsmen were – L Sisodia and G Naveen of Hubli Tigers.

The first pair of opening bowlers were – HS Sharath and V Kumar of Mangalore United

The first wicket keeper opening batsman in the tournament was L Sisodia of Hubli Tigers

The first ball was bowled by HS Sharath of Mangalore United and the first ball was received by L Sisodia of Hubli Tigers

The first run was scored by L Sisodia of Hubli Tigers off the first ball of the tournament bowled by HS Sharath of Mangalore United

The first boundary four was scored by L Sisodia off V Kumar. V Kumar’s first delivery in the tournament and 1.1 delivery of the tournament.

The first batsman to be dismissed was G Naveen. The first bowler to take the wicket was V Kumar. Mode of dismissal – Caught. R Samarth became the first fieldsman to dismiss a batsman caught in the tournament. He also became the first captain to dismiss a batsman caught in the tournament

The first boundary six of the tournament was scored by Liyan Khan off the bowling of AC Rohit Kumar – 9.3 over of the tournament. Liyan Khan scored the second six and third six of the tournament off AC Rohit Kumar {9.4 and 9.5 over}. Liyan Khan scored three consecutive sixes.

S Bhavane of Hubli Tigers was dismissed run out for 9 in this game and became the first batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament. Doddamani Anand of Hubli Tigers was the second batsman to be dismissed run out in the tournament. He was dismissed run out for 4 in this game.

M Venkatesh of Mangalore United who bowled at number three position was the first bowler to complete the four overs quota. He returned with figures of 4.0-0-19-1

The first fifty and also the half century was scored by R Samarth of Mangalore United when he scored 57 not out in this game.  He also became the first opening batsman, first captain and the first captain opener to score a fifty and also the half century in the tournament.

The officials for this match were

Umpires           –     Abhijit Bengeri and Manu Pasha

TV Umpire         –     Puttarangaiah Jayapal

Reserve Umpire    –     R Madhusudhan

Match Referee     –     Mithun Beerala

Mangalore United became the first team to win a game in the tournament. It won this game by eight wickets. Hubli Tigers became the first team to lose a game in the tournament.

The first Man of the Match was awarded to R Samarth. He also became the first captain in the tournament to be awarded Man of the Match