Excelsior Sports Correspondent
DODA, July 15: In the exhibition cum friendly cricket match played in memory of Late Mehboob Hassan Kraipak, Manager Young Star Cricket Club Doda, Media XI Jammu thrashed Media Eleven Doda by 62 runs in the ongoing All India 13th Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket Championship 2017 being played at Sports Stadium, here.
The exhibition match was organized by Young Star Cricket Club Doda.
The Media team from Jammu was led by Captain Mir Imran, while Media Team from Doda was led by Captain Syed Riaz Ahmed.
Earlier, Media XI Jammu after winning the toss elected to bat first.
Batting first, Media XI Jammu set a huge target of 211 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Sunil Bali was the top scorer with 87 runs, while Amit Sudan scored 71 runs.
From Media Eleven Doda, Zuhaib Rangrez scalped 3 wickets, while Firdous Khanday and Shezan Afzal shared 1 wicket each.
In reply, Media Eleven Doda managed to score 149 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets, thus lost the match by 62 runs. Zuhaib Rangrez was the highest scorer from Media Eleven Doda who made 61 runs while Firdous Khanday and Ayaz Bangroo contributed 28 and 22 runs respectively. From Media XI Jammu, Ashu Kumar, Amit Sudan and Rahul Khatri shared 2 wickets each, while Yash Khajuria claimed 1 wicket. Amit Sudan of Media XI Jammu was declared as man of the match for his brilliant all-round performance.
SSP Doda Mohammad Shabir was the Chief Guest, while Additional Deputy Commissioner Doda, Mohammad Hanief Malik was the Guest of Honour. Chairman Gufran T20 Tournaments Zaheer Abass Hashmi, Dy SP Hqr Iftikhar Ahmed, Dr Sajjad Hussain Kraipak and Dr Basharat Hussain Kraipak were the Special Guests on the occasion.
On this occasion, Osama Hassanat Kraipak, Son of Late Mehboob Hassan Kraipak was also awarded by the Management of Young Star Cricket Club Doda.
Speaking on the occasion, SSP Doda Mohammad Shabir lauded the efforts of YSCC Doda for organizing such events which boosts up the sports morale among the media persons.
ADC Doda Mohammad Hanief Malik also spoke on the occasion.
The management of YSCC Doda on this occasion assured the participating team from Media that they will continue to organize similar matches in the future also.
The objective of the exhibition match was to provide platform for the Media persons of Doda and Jammu to interact with each other and test their cricketing skill.
The match was officiated by Vijay Partap Singh and Mohammad Nadeem as umpires, while Milind Gore acted as the scorer and Sudhir Singh (Video Analyst) as third umpire.
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