Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Nov 29: Senior Youth Congress leader from Inderwal, Shariq Ahmed Saroori inaugurated the final match of Star Cup Cricket tournament at Bunjwah area of Kishtwar district, the cricket match was played between Friends Liyan and Royal Kewa.
Senior Congress leader from Bunjwah Farooq Ahmed Want, Naresh Kumar, Satish Kumar, Mohd Amin, Yugraj, Ghulam Qadir besides huge gathering of locals were also present on the occasion.
The chief guest while interacted with the players exhorted upon them for strict adherence to sports rules.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Saroori said extra-curricular activities are imperative for the overall development of persons. He urged the players to work hard for achieving better performance in sports activities, as these events provides much needed platform for exhibiting their talent.
Mr Want while speaking on the occasion thanked all the participating teams, who came from different areas of Bunjwah and Bhalessa to participate in the Tournament.
In the final match, Friends Liyan won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, Friends Liyan scored 141 runs in 16 overs game, which was chased by the Royal Kewa Cricket Club in the 14th over, thus won the match by 4 wickets.
For Royal Kewa Gulzar Ahmed top scored with 47 runs off 31 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes, Mukesh Kumar with 45 runs. Gulzar Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers who bagged 3 important wickets, while Joginder Singh, Imtiyaz Ahmed Peter Singh took 2 wickets each from Friends liyan team and Mushtaq Ahmed, Aashiq Hussain, Mohd Abdullah, Shabir Ahmed also took 2 wickets each from Royal Kewa. The match was officiated by Shah Din and Imtiyaz Ahmed. The proceedings of the programme were conducted by Jaffer Saleem, Sanjan Kumar.
The dignitaries distributed trophies among man of the series (Mukesh Kumar), man of the match (Gulzar Ahmed), best umpire (Shahid Hussain), Captains Mohd Abdullah and Raj Mohd Dev, Highest scorers and wicket takers, besides the trophies to the players, for their brilliant performance in the tournament.
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