New Year T20 Cricket League gets underway
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Sports should be the basic part of our life stated by Nuzrat Gul Secretary Sports Council, in the inauguration ceremony of the New Year T20 Cricket League which is being conducted at KC Sports Ground Jammu.
The league is being Jointly organized by Veterans Cricket J&K and KC Sports Club Jammu, supported by J&K Police .The slogan of the New year T20 League is “Lets Pledge to make Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir”, whereas the sponsors of the league are Narayana Hospital Katra, Horizon Group, Game Changers and KC Sports Club.
Nuzhat Gul Secretary Sports Council J&K Chief Guest declare open the New Year T20 Cricket League by releasing the balloons in the presence of Ramesh Kumar Bhat SSP, Rajesh Gill former Ranji Player/Member of Indian Cricketers Association, Avinash Uttam, Ashish Singh, Sanjeev Sharma and RP Singh.
While speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest Nuzhat Gul Secretary Sports Council J&K said that the sports should be the ingredient of our life, sports should be the basic part of our life because a good sports person is always very disciplined to take every challenge of life, a good sports person becomes a good leader and a good sports person is always away from the negativity and drugs. And when a sportsperson represent his team and wearing the Jersey of UT and play games at other states he become the part of national integration which is the need of hour because when the nation is there we are there and nation is because of us so sports should be the part of National Building, Sports should be the part of Nasha Mukt abhiyan and sports should be the part of fit India and it should be the part of our better India.
She also appreciated the Veterans Cricket J&K and KC Sports Club for conducting the Cricket league on the occasion of New Year with the objective to make Nasha Mukt J&K so the Youth may not derail from the main stream and stay away from drugs. She stated that Sports is the only field which helps everyone to live a healthy life. Earlier Rajesh Gill, Former Ranji Player and Organizing Secretary of the event presented welcome address and brief report of the league wherein he apprised the dignitaries present on the occasion that the the objective is to provide platform for the youth in order to inculcate sportsmanship and professionalism among them so that they remain fit and healthy.
In the inaugural match Naryana Life Saviours defeated KC Sports Club by 109 runs. Batting first Naryana Life Saviors scored 160 runs in the allotted 15 overs with Sunil Kumar 53 runs, Verinder 31 runs and Amit 25 runs. From the bowling side Ayan took 2 wickets while Kanan took 1 wicket for his team. In reply KC Spots Club managed to scoe 52 runs by losing all wickets thus lost the match by 109 runs. Vishwajeet wasthe only player who scored 15 runs. From the bowling side Sunil took 4 wickets, Pince took 2 wickets and Verinder also took 2 wickets. Sunil declaed man of the match. In another match, Jammu Vishals defeated Lalitadiya Sports Club by runs. Batting first Jammu Vishals scored 143 runs for the loss of 5 wickets with Ashish Singh unbeaten 51 runs, Amritpal Singh 30 runs and Istiaq 27 runs. from the bowling side Vinod took 3 wickets while Deeraj and Dalip took 1 wicket each. In reply Lalitaditya Sports Club managed to score 91 runs thus lost the match 50 runs. Deepak 20 runs, Nikhil 18 runs were the main scorers . From the bowling side RK Bhat and Shamsher Singh took 3 wickets each, Majid took 2 wickets while Ashish Singh and Kartik Gill took 1 wicket each. Ashish Singh was declared Man of the Match.
