NOIDA, June 3 -- Greater Noida will host the second season of the Big Cricket League (BCL) from June 3 to 13 at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium, the Greater Noida authority said on Tuesday.

The T20 cricket tournament will feature former international cricketers alongside amateur players selected through nationwide trials, officials said.

The second edition of the 11-day tournament will feature cricketers such as India's Shikhar Dhawan and Harbhajan Singh, West Indies' Chris Gayle, New Zealand's Ross Taylor, and Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera and Tillakaratne Dilshan, among others, the authority said.

At a meeting on Tuesday, Greater Noida authority chief executive officer NG Ravi Kumar directed all departments concerned to complete ...