Horizon Club wins AOI Christmas T20 Cricket Championship

Winners posing along with dignitaries and officials at Parade ground in Jammu.
Winners posing along with dignitaries and officials at Parade ground in Jammu.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 5: Defeating Christian Cricket Club convincingly in the summit clash, Horizon Cricket Club lifted the title trophy of AOI Christmas T20 Cricket Championship at Parade ground, here.
CEO Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari was the chief guest on the valedictory function, while Dr Saleem-Ur-Rehman, Director General Youth ServiceS & Sports presided over the function. Priya Sethi, former Minister and senior BJP leader and Fr. Kuriakose, President Christian Fellowship Trust Jammu were the guests of honour.
Speaking on the occasion, the dignitaries lavished praise on the organisers for holding the event in a befitting manner.
Earlier, Horizon Club defeated Christian Sports Club by 52 runs.
Batting first, Horizon Club scored 196 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Abhinav Puri top scored with 76 runs, while Piyush contributed 59 runs. Rajesh Gill, Sunny and Prethi claimed 1 wicket each.
In reply Christian Sports Club managed to score 144 runs by to lose the match by 52 runs. Kartik scored 38 runs, while Farooq contributed 24 runs to the total. From Horizon, Paras Sharma and Ashish took 3 wickets each, while Imran claimed 2 wickets. Abhinav was adjudged as the man of the match, while Ishtiaq was declared as the best batsman and Imran as best bowler. Jatin was adjudged as the player of the tournament. A cash prize of Rs 20,000 was awarded to the winning team whereas Rs 10,000 was awarded to the runners-up team.06

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