Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, May, 07
Game Changer Cricket Club (GCCC) and Panther Cricket Club (PCC) have reached the semi-finals of the Ashok Sodhi Memorial T-20 Cricket Tournament, which is being held at the Parade Ground in Jammu. The tournament was inaugurated by Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Dr. Vinod Kumar (IPS), who also unveiled the winner and runner-up trophies.
The tournament, which started on Tuesday, was inaugurated by Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu Dr. Vinod Kumar (IPS). During this, SSP Vinod Kumar also unveiled both the trophies of the winner and runner-up of the Ashok Sodhi Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament. On this occasion, Warehouse Traders Federation President Deepak Gupta, MD, Perfect Timeline, Raj Kumar Gupta, Senior journalist Harbans Nagokey were also present there.
SSP Jammu congratulated the Press Club of Jammu for organizing this tournament and said that holding such sports competitions gives a better message to the youth that they should give up drug addiction and participate in sports enthusiastically. President of Press Club of Jammu, Sanjeev Pargal congratulated both the winning teams and said that the Press Club organizes this competition every year to pay tribute to Ashok Sodhi. He said that the final match of this competition will be played at MA Stadium on May 11. While Vice President of Press Club, Zorawar Singh Jamwal threw light on the life of photojournalist Ashok Sodhi. He said that Ashok Sodhi was martyred in the line of duty on May 11, 2008 while covering the encounter with terrorists in Samba.
The first Cricket match of this competition was played between Game Changer Cricket Club (GCCB) and Royal Bulls Cricket Club (RBCC). Batting first, GCCB scored 209 runs in 20 overs and lost three wickets. While chasing 210 runs, the entire RBCC team could score only 145 runs after losing six wickets in 20 overs. For GCCB, Gaurav Manhas batted brilliantly and scored 71 runs in 49 balls. While Mohammad Asif scored 44 runs on 19 balls. GCCB bowler Anchal Singh gave a brilliant performance by giving 12 runs in four overs and taking three wickets. Aanchal Singh was given the man of the match.
The second match of the day was played between Panthal Cricket Club (PCC) and Udhampur Cricket Club (UCC). PCC won the toss and decided to bat. He scored 229 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Rajiv Khajuria scored the most runs for PCC, Who contributed 58 runs. While Ayub scored 36 runs. While chasing this huge target, the entire UCC team was all out for 157 runs. Dhairya Bharti scored the maximum 37 runs for UCC. Apart from batting brilliantly, Rajeev Khajuria also took one wicket while bowling brilliantly. Rajeev Khajuria was given the man of the match.
Press Club of Jammu, Secretary General Dinesh Manotra, Secretary Finance Channi Anand, Executive Member Nishikant Khajuria, Dinesh Mahajan, Vishal Bharti, Kunal Srivastava, Govind Chauhan, Ajay Meena were present.
