Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 15: The auction of cricketing extravaganza Police Public Cricket Premier League (PPCPL), 2015 was held at Police Auditorium, Gulshan Ground, here today.
IGP Jammu, Danish Rana was the chief guest on the occasion, who in presence of DIG Jammu, Shakeel Ahmed Beig; SSP Jammu, Uttam Chand; AIG Welfare PHQ, Rajeshwer Singh; SSP Rajnish Pran; SP Hqrs Randhir Singh and Deputy Director Prosecution RPHQ, Parshotam Sharma, declared the auction open in an impressive, well attended and colourful function.
The chief guest while speaking on the occasion said that the main idea of conducting this League is to provide platform to the cricketers of the State to hone their skill, especially the cricketers from remote areas, besides involving more and more youths in sports to enhance Police-Public relationship.
He thanked the sponsors and the owners for being part of this mega cricket league. During the auction maximum current Ranji players and Local players were bought by the owners, which added colour to the bidding process.
Earlier, Shakeel Ahmed Beig, DIG Jammu and General Secretary of theTournament presented welcome address, wherein he lauded the approach of the cricketing fraternity for participating in an enthusiastic manner.
Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Trophy player and Organizing Secretary of the League presented the brief report of the League and threw light on the rules of the auction and the League as well.
The proceedings of the auction were conducted by anchors Rajesh Dhar and RP Singh.
Apart from the current and former Ranji Trophy players, the local players-Satish Kumar, Gagandeep Singh and Kuldeep Kumar were bought by the owners for Rs 15,000 each.
Meanwhile, after the bidding process was complete, the teams comprising of 16 players each were formed.
List of teams:
Simula Superstars: Dhruv Mahajan, Shashi Kumar, Hardeep Singh, Sameer Khajuria, Puneet Kumar, Aandeep Singh, Jagandeep Singh, Atul Sharma, Anshuman Sharma, Vikram Singh, Kuldeep Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Vivek Thappa, Mohit Puri, Gulzar Ahmed and Aditya Chib.
Chenab Tigers Bhaderwah: Adil Reshi, Asif Rasool, Shafqat Baba, Ishtiaq Rasool, Abid Mushtaq, Manzoor Pandov, Pardeep Bali, Raman Thaploo, Sameer Malik, Zahid Mughal, Khalid Akhter, Mohsin Mohd, Usmaan Najar, Shohab Mughal, Farhaab Shapoo and Manik Sharma.
BCC Bulls: Ahmer Ikhlaq, Imran Haroon, Aamir Aziz, Saleem Sheikh, Yasir Rather, Saqib Sheikh, Manzoor Ilahi, Rompy Sharma, Satish Kumar, Imtiaz Malik, Aamir Sofi, Rohit Pandita, Zahid Sheikh, Musaif Ajaz, Sunil Sehgal and Prince Gupta.
Kashmir Steel Warriors: Pranav Gupta, Abid Nabi, Zahoor Sofi, Waseem Raza, Usmaan Pandit, Rohit Sharma, Paras Sharma, Suryansh Raina, Subrat Sharma, Rahul Mussa, Hisham Saleem, Prashant, Nazir Ahmed, Anoop Mangotra, Imran Bazaz and Mohit Gupta.
Jammu Khalsa Kings XI: Kavaljeet Singh, Ramdayal, Parveen Singh, Vijay Dogra, Manik Gupta, Inderjeet Singh, Soumay Jain, Ajit Singh, Ahatsham, Kulvinder Singh, Akash Choudhary, Pranav Mahajan, Gurvinder Singh, Gokul Baru, Raghu Sharma and Mayank Goutam.
Jammu Royal Choice XI: Aditya Partap Singh, Sahil Sharma, Manish Dogra, Shiv Dutt, Ankush Bandral, Pankaj Ladda, Surya Mahotra, Rohit Bhat, Gagandeep Singh (MP), Gagandeep Singh (Spinner), Tanmay Slathia, Abhimanyu, Hritik Gupta, Ayush Slathia, Ajay Kuar and Nawaz Rather.
Ishar Daredevils: Amrit Pal Singh, Jasvindr Singh, Bansi Lal, Manjeet Singh, Pavit Singh, Deepak Dogra, Ishant Gupta, Imran Faizali, Sourav Chopra, Pankaj Sasun, Tehseem Ahmed Dar, Arvind Kumar, Burhan Ganie, Sunny Gill, Siddhant Sanmotra and Raghav Sharma.
Chenab Gas Royals: Bandeep Singh, Vimarsh Kaw, Rahil Sambyal, Vishwajeet Singh, Sahil Bhalwal, Jatinder Singh, Raman Dutta, Nipun Verma, Abhishant Bakshi, Ritik Singh, Radheysham, Lokesh Verma, Mohd Arif, Gurdeep Singh, Nadeem Ahmed and Ateev Saini.
Banihal Knight Riders: Asif Khan, Umar Nazir, Omar Alam, Arshid Khawaja, Imtiaz Jan, Sajad Ahmed, Muner Bhatti, Mousin Nisar, Sahil Shafi, Habib, Umar Ashraf, Nikhil Kotwal, Sahil Gill, Sammiullah and Lakshya Khajuria.
JKP Tigers: Rajesh Gill, RK Bhat, Sidharth Magotra, Ashwani Bhat, Muzamil, Mohd Farooq, Shamsher Singh, Akash, Amit Sharma, Vishal Sharma, Jatin Wadhawan, Mehjoor Ali Soifi, Jahangir Lone, Ishtiaq Ilahi, Mohd Ashraf, Khalid and Naresh Kumar.