Army holds intra-village cricket tournament
NOWSHERA: To identify and promote budding cricketers from the far flung areas of Nowshera Tehsil, Jhangar Rashtriya Rifles Battalion under Uniform Force organised Rashtriya Rifles Big Bash (RRBB) Intra Village Cricket Tournament, here on Thursday. A total of six teams from the Nowshera Tehsil are participating in the tournament which will be held as per Twenty-Twenty format on league-cum-knockout basis.
Sunil Chandan, a Class XII enthusiastic student of Government Higher Secondary School, Bhawani said that it will motivate youth to choose sports as career and cultivate competitive spirit and spirit-de-corps. As a result, numerous requests have been received from villagers to organise such activities/ events.
The youth and locals of the area were extremely happy since it also diverted their attention from the devastation caused by the floods.