Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 18: Murtaza Warriors clinched the title of the grand Police Public Premier Cricket League (PPCPL) by trouncing Simula Super Stars by 22 runs in the final played here today at Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium.
Murtaza Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first and set a target of 141 runs for the opponents with Asif scoring 27 runs.
Chasing the target Simula Super Stars were bundled out on 118 runs. Murtaza Warriors won the final by 22 runs.
Omar Alam was declared man of the match for his exceptional spell claiming 2 crucial wickets. Best catch of the match was given to the Nazir Ahmad and most sixes of the match was given to Gulzar Ahmad.
Jahangir Lone bagged the best batsman award while Sahil Sharma was awarded with best bowler. Adil Reshi was declared as man of the series for his all round performance.
Director General of Police (DGP), K Rajendra was the chief guest on the closing ceremony and gave away the trophy and the gift cheque worth Rs 5 lakh to the winners and Rs 3 lakh to the runner up team.
DGP also awarded Rs 2 lakh to the captain of the Anantnag Kings for securing 3rd place. Besides gift cheques of Rs 1.50 lakh was awarded to the team securing the 4th place and Rs 1 lakh gift cheques were awarded to the teams securing 5th to 8th places in the tournament.
The closing ceremony was also attended by ADGP Headquarters SP Vaid, ADGP Armed SM Sahai, ADGP MD Housing Dilbagh Singh, IGP Kashmir, SJM Gillani, IGP Traffic JP Singh, IGP CID AG Mir, IGP Crime Munir Khan, IG CRPF Nalin Prabhat, DIG CKR Ghulam Hassan Bhat, SSP Srinagar Amit Kumar, SSP PCR Imitiaz Hussain, Secretary J&K Sports Council and Director Physical Education Kashmir University, Amit Kumar SSP Srinagar and former Ranji Player Rajesh Gill, Organising Secretary.
The final match was officiated by Sudhir Singh, Saleem-ul-Rehman and Sandeep Manchanda whereas the proceedings of the valedictory function were conducted by Rajesh Dhar and RP Singh.
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