Mumbai, April 12 -- The Apex Council of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Saturday approved the creation of a subsidy corpus of Rs.100 crores aimed at ensuring the long-term financial stability and sustainability of all affiliated clubs. The corpus will support clubs in maintaining facilities, developing talent and enhancing operational capabilities. In another significant development, the Apex Council also approved the introduction of the MCA Champions Trophy, an 8-team tournament to be conducted as a precursor to the T20 Mumbai League. The tournament will feature top-performing players selected from the pool of registered players for the league and will serve as a competitive platform to identify and prepare talent ahead of the marquee Mumbai-based league. The MCA Champions Trophy is scheduled to commence from April 20. The competition is expected to play a crucial role in elevating the quality and competitiveness of the upcoming T20 Mumbai League. Dhrumil Matkar starred for Cricket Club of India with an all-round performance, taking 3/21 before scoring an unbeaten 34 in their six wicket win over Deccan Cricket Foundation in the quarter-final of the 76th Salar Jung Invitation Tournament. Brief scores: Deccan Cricket Foundation 142 (A Kazi 43, N Goel 31; I Umair 3/28, D Matkar 3/21) lost to CCI 144/4 (A Anand 50, D Matkar 34*). Brief scores (Professional Singles R32): M Nachanekar bt M Jadhav 30-19; C Bandarkar bt S Mohite 30-4; P Mankar bt R Jadhav 30-8; S Golbare bt U Jadhav 30-21; P Bane bt C Yadav 30-21; R Devlekar bt G More 30-14; S Joshi bt V Yadav 30-28; S More bt J Devlekar 30-23; S Pawar bt S Jadhav 30-12; S Jadhav bt D Radaye 30-18; R Bhuvad bt M Develekar 30-14; A Maskar bt R Kanchavade 30-14; L Bane bt V 30-15; R Samant bt B Ganke 30-17; A Annapurne bt D Golbare 30-14....