*ACC Kishtwar registers win in opening tie
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
DODA, July 2: All India 13th Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket Championship 2017, being organized by Young Star Cricket Club Doda and sponsored by Rashtriya Rifles Battalion Doda commenced at Sports Stadium, here today.
The tournament was inaugurated by chief guest Commanding Officer 10RR Col Mirtunge Upadhya (Sena Madal) along with Assistant Commissioner Development Qazi Akhtar Hussain, while ACR Doda Tariq Hussain Naik, 2IC 76 Bn CRPF, Principal GMHSS Doda Om Parkash Chandail, DySP DAR Nazir Ahmed Ganai, DySP Traffic Zohaib Patigaroo whereas Chairman Gufran Zaheer Abass Hashmi, Advisor Dr Tariq Masood, Asif Jahan Gattu, Mohd Hanief Shah, Zaffarullah and Shahdab Suharwardy were also present in the inaugural ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, CO 10 RR called upon the youth of J&K particularly Chenab region to participate in sports activities wholeheartedly and said that there is no dearth of talent among the youth of this region and the need is to channelize talent in right direction.
He also appreciated the efforts of Young Star Cricket Club Doda for organizing such mega events.
The inaugural match was played between Rising Star Udhampur and Asraria Cricket Club Kishtwar.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Rising Star Udhampur opted to bat first and scored a total of 136 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Saksham Sharma scored 32 runs, while Reshav Sharma contributed 26 runs. From ACC Kishtwar, Haroon and Jahangir shared 2 wickets each.
In reply, ACC Kishtwar chased the target in 18.4 overs by losing 8 wickets. Hanan Malik was the top scorer with 54 runs, while Suhail contributed 17 runs to the total. From RS Udhampur, Vinod, Saksham and Himanshu shared 2 wickets each. Hanan Malik of ACC Kishtwar was declared as man of the match for his brilliant batting performance.
The match was officiated by Munish Zutshi and Ifroz Rather as umpires, while Waseem Raja Butt acted as the scorer.
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