Excelsior Sports Correspondent
VIJAYPUR, Mar 11: Ramgarh Cricket Club today defeated Nagrota Cricket Club in the finals of one-day Raman Gupta Memorial Cricket tournament played at Smailpur, here today.
Played in Pandit Prem Nath Dogra Cricket Stadium in Smailpur, Ramgarh Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat first. The team scored 154 runs. Chasing the target, Nagrota Cricket Club managed to score 148 runs, thus lostthe match by a narrow margin of 6 runs.
Former Minister and Senior State Vice President National Conference, Surjeet Singh Slathia, who was the chief guest, presented trophies to winners and runners-up teams. He also presented awards to the players for their distinction in various disciplines of the game.
Mr Slathia expressed happiness over the local youth taking keen interest in sports, saying this is imperative for their overall growth. He said sports, especially cricket, is fast emerging as a career option and offers lots of opportunities to sportsmen with talent.
Congratulating both the teams, as also the participating teams in the entire tournament, Mr Slathia said victory and defeat were part of the game and this should be taken in true sportsman spirit, adding both the teams played well and made the finals thrilling and interesting till the last ball was bowled.
Mr Slathia complimented the organizers for holding the tourney and said such events would inspire the budding players to demonstrate their talent in a big way.
The tournament was organized by Dr Ravi Gupta, Rajveer Singh, Dilawar Singh, Rajesh Chalotra, Sunny Gupta and Rishu Singh.
Besides hundreds of sports, pro0minent among those who watched the final included NC Vice President Samba Vijay Singh, Block President Bhagwan Singh, Ex Chairman Municipality Bari Brahmana Raman Gupta, ex Sarpanches Jogeshwar Singh, Swaran Singh, Balwant Singh and Jagdish Singh.
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