*Over 150 players selected in bidding
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 2: After the success of Police Public Cricket Premier League (PPCPL) at Jammu, J&K Police (JKP) is going to organize first-ever PPCPL at Srinagar from May 6 onwards for which auction was held here in which over 150 players including former and current Ranji players made their entry into 10 teams.
The auction was declared open by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir and Director of the League Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani at SKICC here in presence of Ghulam Hasan Bhat, DIG CKR, Amit Kumar SSP Kashmir and Nodal Officer of the League, RK Bhat, SSP Home Guard, member of the Organizing Team, Waseem Qadri SP Headquarters and member of the Organizing Team.
Apart from good number of current and former Ranji Players, Under-19/23 players, there were many budding cricketers who were bought for the highest bid by the owners. A total of 407 players participated in the bid and 160 make cut into 10 teams.
While speaking, IGP Kashmir threw light on the objective of the League and said that the League apart from promoting cricketing in State and promoting police public relations, aims at helping the State Cricketers to play against the elite team like Air India having International cricketers including Robin Uthapa, Naman Ojha, Pankaj Singh and Parveen Amre.
Earlier, Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Player and Organizing Secretary of the League presented the welcome address, whereas the proceedings of the programme were conducted by Rajesh Dhar and RP Singh.
Teams and players details:
SIMULA SUPERSTARS: Druv Mahajan (Captain), Hardeep Prince, Shashi Kumar, Puneet, Ranji player Sahil Sharma, Atul Sharma, Kuldeep Kumar, Raman Dutta, Sameer Khajuria, Gulzar Ahmed, Mohit Puri, Vivek Thapa, Vikram Singh, Amandeep Singh, Arvind and Deepak Manhas.
AL HAMZA SUPERKINGS: Suhail Saleem, Shokat Kota, Nasir Lone Samad, Vishwajeet, Somay Jain, Bandeep Singh, Ulfat, Mohsin Mufti, Tanveer Kota, Fahid Geelani, Faisal Dar, Sammad Bhat, Hazik Bhat, Nayeem Bhat and Aqib.
BCC BULLS: Ahmer Ikhlaq (Captain), Imran Haroon, Muneer Bhat, Jahangeer Bhat, Imtiaz Malik, Amir Aziz, Saqib Shiekh, Amir Farooq, Vijay Dogra, Satish Kumar, Imtiaz Malik, Amir Rather, Parveen Singh, Arif, Akib Bashir and Faiz Tariq Khan.
RAMHALLS LIONS: Sajad Shayiq, Faheem Shayiq, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Irshad Ahmed Payer, Rashid-ul-Hassian Malik, Shabir Sultan, Ishtiaq Hassan, Mohammad Shafi, Zahoor Ahmed Mir, Mohammad Arslan, Irfan-ul-Haq, Tahir Lone, Tanveer, Zahoor Ahmed Bhat, Malik Isifaq and Irfan Mushtaq.
MURTAZA WARRIORS: Omar Alam, Imtiaz Jan, Adil Reshi, Asif Khan, Ishtiaq Rasool, Mudasir Gojri, Reyaz Ahmed, Sajad Ganie, Rahil Singh, Umar Bhat, Shabir Reshi, Nadeem Jawahar, Imran Yaqoob, Imtiaz Ahmed Ganie, Nazir Bhat and Irfan Dar.
HK STARS: Sajad Sofi, Abid Nabi, Fayaz Hazari, Paras Sharma, Shubam Pundir, Momin Mansoor, Tehsin, Majid, Sayeed Haris Qadri, Abid Pathan, Sameer Bell, Zahid Ahmed, Ishtiaq Paray, Muntazim, Abid Chadoora and Sarfaraz.
TCI MAX: Majid Dar, Obaid Haroon, Usman Pandit, Suhail Andleep, Zahoor Sofi, Abid Mangnoo, Mehfuz Khan, Danish Hafeez, Faizan Fayaz, Musaib Bin Farooq, Usman Tramboo, Ghulam Gaus, Sharruk Dar, Jawaid Ahmed Mir, Jahangeer Lone and Mooman Bhat.
ANANTNAG KINGS: Asif Rasool, Mansoor Mir, Jalil Bhat, Suhail Bashir, Hanan Mir, Aqib Mir, Imran Bazaz, Khalid Khan, Riaz Ahmed, Asif Manzoor, Rameez Chicken, Muzamil Khan, Naseer Want, Imran Lone, Naseer Ahmed and Mansoor Mushtaq.
MIRJA GLADIATORS: Ahmed Bandey, Umer Nazir, Firdous Sofi, Rafiq Baba, Rohit Sharma, Saim Mustafa, Manzoor Pandav, Umer Nisar, Mujtaba Rizvi, Adil Mushtaq, Zaid Mohammad, Ryees Khandey, Sidharth Mangotra, Ankush Bandral, Danish Muzafar and Adil Badam.
JKP TIGERS: Rajesh Gill (Captain), RK Bhat, Mehjoor Sofi, Jatin Wadhawan, Rakesh Koul, Mohammad Farooq, Shamsher Singh, Pankaj Lada, Rompy Sharma, Jamsheed Dar, Ishtiaq Illahi, Mohammad Ashraf, Mushtaq Ahmed Beig, Suman Koul, Khalid and Vishal Sharma.
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