Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATHUA, Dec 19: 8th Police Martyr’s Memorial T20 Cricket Championship 2018 was inaugurated today in a cheerful and mesmerizing ambience at Sports Stadium, here.
Dr SD Singh Jamwal, Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone was the chief guest on the occasion, who declared the Championship open in presence of Brig Anil Jain, Vivek Gupta, DIG JSK Range, Shridhar Patil, SP Kathua, besides officers of Civil and Police Administration, Army, BSF and members of Shaheed Welfare Committee.
Earlier, Shridhar Patil welcomed all the dignitaries and the spectators for making the inauguration a mega event.
Ravinder Salathia, Chairman Shaheed Welfare Committee expressed gratitude to the chief guest, guests of honours and other dignitaries and officials.
IGP Jammu along with others paid rich tribute to Police Martyrs and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir Police will not forget the sacrifices of martyrs who sacrificed their lives in saving others.
He further added that Police will continue its efforts to promote sports to channelize energy of youth in positive directions to build better society, keep youth away from drugs and other social evils, besides giving them platform to choose sports as their career.
The event began with colourful cultural activities presented by students of Govt Higher Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Kathua and Jammu Sanskrit School Kathua.
A total of 16 teams are participating in the Championship, which will be held on league cum knockout basis.
The winner of the tournament wuill receive a cash prize of Rs 3.50 lakh, while the runners-up team will get a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh. The man of the series will be awarded Alto K-10 Car, while the best batsman, best bowler and man of the match in final match will get Hero Splendor Motorcycle each.
Meanwhile, the first match of the Championship was played between Sabhi Cricket Club Hoshiarpur and Vicky XI Pathankot.
Sabhi Cricket Club Hoshiarpur won the toss and decided to bat first to set a target of 113 runs in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets.
Vicky XI Pathankot bundled out for 112 runs. Sabhi Hoshiarpur won the match in an exciting contest by 1 run. Abhimanyu of Sabi Club was declared as the man of match who scored 46 runs off 51 balls.
The Tournament is being organised by
Kathua Police and Shaheed Welfare Committee Kathua.
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