Excelsior Sports Correspondent
POONCH, Feb 1: Under ongoing Civic Action Progra-mmes J&K Police in channelizing the energy of the youth and providing platform to the budding players,, District Police Poonch kick-started a Police Martyrs T-20 Cricket Tourna-ment at Degree College ground, here today.
64 cricket teams involving more than 770 players drawn from different parts of Rajouri-Poonch districts are participating in the tournament. This year the tournament is on knock out basis. The inaugural match was played between Brigade-XI and Police-XI. Brigade-XI won the toss and elected to field first. Police-XI scored 143 in 20 over’s, while chasing the target Brigade-XI scored 129 in 20 over’s. Police-XI won the match by 14 runs.
SSP Poonch S. Jatinder Singh Johar while speaking on the opening ceremony of the tournament has said that in addition to their bounden duties, J&K Police is also fulfilling its social responsibilities for overall development of the society. He also said that endeavour of J&K Police is to provide the platform to the youth to display their talent so as to channelize their energy.
Mohd Harun, Deputy Commissioner Poonch was the chief guest on the opening ceremony.
While speaking on the occasion he lauded the role of J&K Police in fighting militancy and dealing with crime and law and order across the state. He also eulogized the role of District Police Poonch for organizing different sports and cultural events besides tackling crime, law and order effectively and good liaison with the general populace of the district.
Commander 93 Inf. Brigade, S. N.S Brar also spoke on the occasion and wished best of luck to the participating teams and also wished that he wanted to see the players play at National and International level.
Large number of local residents drawn from all walks of life attended the opening ceremony. Prominent among others who attended opening ceremony include Addl. SP Poonch Amit Gupta, DySP Hqrs Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, DySP DAR Mohd Rafi Giri, Taj Mir (Sarpanch-Saral), Ishaq (Sarpanch-Qasba), Mohd Saleem (Panch-Banvat), Prem Parkash Luthra, Mohd Tariq, Advocate Mohd Zaman, Sports lovers and staff / officers of District Youth Services and Sports Office, Poonch.
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