KPL Chinar Cup gets underway
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 9: Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs Abdul Rahim Rather inaugurated Phase-II of Kashmir Premier League (KPL)- Chinar Cup-2012 at Delhi Public School, here today.
Minister for Youth Services and Sports R S Chib was also present on the occasion.
The tournament is being organized jointly by Army and the Department of Youth Services and Sports under Operation Sadhbhawna.
During Phase-I of the tournament, 220 teams from across the valley participated in which over 320 matches were played at intra-district level, from which top 14 teams from 10 districts were selected for participation in Phase-II of the tournament. The selected teams would play 50 matches over a span of 41 days and the final of the tournament would be played in July. The districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag and Budgam have fielded two teams each while as Kupwara, Bandipora, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian and Ganderbal have fielded one team each respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Rather said youth of the state have enough talent and potential, which needs to be channelized and polished in a befitting manner. He hoped that KPL would go a long way in brining Kashmir into the cricket main stage by way of nurturing budding cricketers of the valley.
Chib while speaking said that KPL would be broad based into Jammu and Kashmir Premier League (J&KPL) to achieve the objectives for bringing youth of the state into the fold of national cricket mainstream.
Outgoing GOC, 15 Corps, Lieutenant General, Syed Atta Hasnain in his address said that it was started in 2010 after getting inspiration from IPL, adding that the KPL tournament has generated tremendous interest and response from across the country and state as well. Later, the Ministers along with cricket Icon of the country, Arun Lal, presented the replica of Chinar Cup-2011 trophy to the winning team of KPL-2011. They were also introduced with the players of participating teams of the tournament.
Among others, Lt General, Om Parkash, Director, Youth Services and Sports Jaipal Singh, IGP, Kashmir, S M Sahai, IG, CRPF, Romesh, Nodal Officer, KPL Brig Nav K Khanduri, Chairman, DPS, Vijay Dhar, Deputy Directors, Youth Services and Sports Ashok Kumar and Nilofer Amin were also present on the occasion.
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