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| Azlan Cricket Club lifts IHRO T20 trophy | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: Otherwise, a low profile club of J&K, the Azlan Cricket Club (ACC), possessing most of its players from a small village of Bhaderwah, thrashed star-studded National Cricket Club (NCC) by 36 runs in the summit clash and lifted the IHRO T20 Cricket trophy at Jammu University grounds, here today.
Earlier, winning the toss and electing to bat first, Azlan Club sailed on splendid knocks from opening batsman Shoaib and Muddasir, who came into bat at number five and scored a decent total of 148 runs in the stipulated, losing 4 wickets in the process. Shoaib played a superb innings of 64 runs by facing 60 balls, which included four delectable boundaries and massive two sixes, while Muddasir contributed unbeaten 42 runs in just 21 balls including 3 fours and 3 sixes. Shabaz also scored well made 20 runs in 24 deliveries with the help of crispy 3 boundaries. For NCC, Nitin Mehra, Ashish, Kuldip and Rohit Bhat scalped one wicket apiece.
In reply, NCC bundled out for a paltry total of 112 runs in 19 overs and lost the match by 36 runs. Amit Billowria top scored with 22 runs and Manish Dogra contributed 17 runs to the total, while the other three batsmen who crossed the double figure included Puneet (15), Nitin Mehra (12) and Rohit Bhat (10). Zahid and Rashid took 2 wickets each for Azlan Club, while Arshad, Muddasir and Shabaz claimed one wicket apiece. Shoaib of Azlan Club was adjudged man of the match for his fabulous knock of 64 runs, while Shahbaz was declared man of the series for consistent performance throughout the tournament. Shamsher of JKP XI was named best bowler, while Muddasir of Azlan Club was adjudged as best fielder of the tournament.Meanwhile, the match was officiated by Surinder Singh Sandhu, Ashok Sharma and Chittu, while the tournament was organised by International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), under the supervision of Harpreet Singh, chairman organizing committee and Harpreet Singh Sunny.
Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla was the chief guest on the valedictory function, who distributed prizes among the winners and runners-up teams. The winning team was awarded a cash prize of rupees 20,000 alongwith a trophy, while the runners up team was presented a cash prize of rupees 10,000 alongwith a trophy. Individual prizes were also presented to the members of both the teams by the chief guest.
While speaking on the occasion, Raman Bhalla lauded efforts of the organisers for providing opportunity to cricketers in exhibiting their talent and added that sports served for delight, ornament and agility. He further added that the coalition government was keen to uplift the standard of sports in the state.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Dhian Singh Bhau, Director Sports and Physical Education, University of Jammu, Ranjeet Kalra, Dr Brij Biloria, Ramesh Magotra, PD Singh, Raj Kumar Bakshi and Harpreet Singh, Chairman, IHRO.
Organisation lacked system
Though, the organisers of IHRO T20 Cricket Tournament were feeling ecstatic on concluding the tournament, yet the experts believed that the tournament was simply an eyewash as for as the technical aspect of the game was concerned.
Firstly, the organisers failed to inform the participating teams about the schedule of their matches throughout the tournament as the fixture was not circulated among the teams. Secondly, the officiating panel lacked cricketing background to leave cricketers in the lurch.
What hurt the sentiments of a large gathering, with regard to lack of system in the organisation, was that the organisers kept the chief guest, Raman Bhalla waiting for a while as the they failed to open the main gate of the ground in time. Then, it was only after repeated requests by the organisers that the chief guest attended the function. |
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