Who are we ?
Houston Premier League, a not-for-profit, Elite Franchise based Tournament in Houston has been a consistent fixture on the City’s Annual Cricket Calendar for nearly a decade now. Over these last several editions, HPL has grown into one of the most anticipated and entertaining private Cricket Tournaments in the USA while delivering unprecedented success year after year.
Since its reboot in 2016 after an initial couple of seasons that weren’t sustained, a revamped HPL has established a benchmark blueprint for private tournaments in the USA based on its innovative operational principles, the snippets of which can now be seen in many other tournaments across the country. This is indeed a testament to the tremendous success and positive impact it has had on the fledging yet nascent cricket scene in the USA today.
Core Values
01
Financial Fairplay and Transparency
Since its reboot in 2016, HPL has achieved a proven track record of transparent bookkeeping that is true to its principles of a not-for-profit organization and has observed the same in every aspect of its operations.
02
Innovative Marketing Strategies
HPL has established itself as a pioneer when it comes to establishing it’s brand while also providing a platform to its Franchise Team’s and players to develop and grow their collective outreach year after year, for nearly a decade now.
03
Highest Sponsor Delight Achieved
Some two dozen Business’ and Brands that have been associated with the HPL since it’s 2016 reboot are a testament to this, there are numerous such success stories from our yesteryears of how our partners are at the center of our every edition.
04
Youth and Local Talent Centric Structure
One of the first Elite Franchise based tournaments to formulate the core of it’s Squads based on locals and budding youth from our city. Year after year, we have had local talent step up on this platform and take the center stage and this trend continues to solidify in 2024 as well.
05
Franchise Team Owner’s as stakeholders
The Franchises that joined us in their nascent stages have now established themselves as some of the biggest and most identifiable brands in the USA today, year after year, our Franchises and the Tournament have collectively grown hand in hand.
06
Innovative Drafts and squad parity
We started with our first of its kind drafts in 2016 that put local players on a platform like never before, a system that ensures balanced and competitive squads across the board with all our Franchise Teams while also focusing on our upcoming and budding youth talents.
Our Amazing Team
A highly experienced and accomplished Team of achievers who are meticulously working in collaboration to ensure the quality of the HPL is organically growing year after year while safeguarding the best interest of the players, franchise teams and the fans.
Board of Advisor’s/Presenter Extraordinaire
Brian Walters
Board of Advisor’s
Usman Shuja
Organizing Committee
Satheesh Shanumugam
Board of Advisor’s
Sushil Nadkarni
Board of Advisor’s/Organizing Committee
Roshan Ngangom
Tournament Director
Mangesh Chaudhari
Board of Advisor’s/Head of Officiating Committee
Owen Brown
Organizing Committee
Bhaskar Kathula
Tournament Director
Muneer Majid