Sportikon: BU teams all set, eye Rs 7 lakh prize money

By Anmol Singh Sethi

The annual sports fest of Bennett University, Sportikon, is all set games and fun from February 22, 2024 and will go on till the February 25, 2024 most of it on the campus.

There will be college-level teams from all over the nation participating in 14 sports competitions in cricket, football, basketball, badminton, volleyball, pickleball, chess and many others for a prize pool of a whopping Rs 7 lakh.

The winning teams in cricket, football and basketball will get a cash prize of Rs 41000.

Sporticon has grown over the years as more than just a sporting event. Apart from the opening and closing ceremony, there will also be a DJ and concert night, not to mention a bonfire for the students to enjoy their evenings. The visiting teams will be accommodated on the campus for the four-day event.

Meanwhile, competing BU teams in various sports are going through the gears and have been putting in a serious shift to win their respective trophies. The university’s cricket team will be sending in their B team for this competition as their A team have been out to compete in the All-India University games which kickstarted on February 20.

“We will be sending our B team to Sporticon this year, they are a very capable lot and we have high expectations from them,” BU’s cricket team coach Vikrant Mehla said. The skipper, Mohit Raj Singh, said that his B team has been playing well and both the teams will stay in contact and root for each other to win their respective tournaments.


Bennett’s football team has also been going through rigorous sessions to prepare themselves for the challenges they’ll be facing in Sportikon. “There have been a lot of practice sessions and we have been playing matches every Saturday and Sunday,” Football team vice-captain Parv said. “We are very well prepared and our mindset is for the No 1 position,” he added.

Sportikon 2024 will be a great opportunity for the students of Bennett University to showcase their sporting abilities and bring the trophies back to where they belong.