RPHQ Jammu’s knock out cricket tournament
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Range Police Headquarters (RPHQ) Jammu organised Knock out Cricket Tournament under the command and control of DIG JSK Range, Dr. Sunil Gupta under Civic Action Programme 2023-24 at Jammu University Cricket Ground, here.
The Tournament was inaugurated by Chief Guest, Staff officer to DIG Jammu Rajinder Singh Katoch SSP, and Guest of Honour SP South Jammu Ajay Sharma, DySP RPHQ Jatinder Singh, other dignitaries and general public from surrounding area were also present to boost the morale of the players.
In first match, Friends Cricket Club Akhnoor beat Royal Cricket Club Jammu by 94 runs and Akshit Chadha was declared Man of the Match for grabbing five wickets and scoring 35 runs.
In another match, Dhanu Cricket Club beat Maira Maindrian Cricket Club in a very close game by six runs and Nitin was declared Man of the Match for scoring 61 runs.
Rajinder Katoch, while addressing to media, said that the main motive of J&K Police to organising such a tournament is to encourage youth to stay away from drugs, negative influence and bad company.
He also said that total eight teams from different locations of district Jammu participated in this tournament and Final Match will be played on April 4, 2024.
Committee members of CAP from Range Police Hqrs. Jammu ASI Tarsem Lal, ASI Jasbir Singh, SgCt Sudesh Sharma, Jit Kumar and Vishal Verma were also present for smooth functioning of the tournament.
