Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATRA, Mar 26: The Faculty/ Staff Cricket Tourn-ament of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) concluded here today.
A total of 5 teams participated in the event and the final match was played between Vaishno Tigers and Dean of Students (DoS) teams.
The DoS team captained by Dr Yugal Khajuria (Dean Student Welfare) defeated Vaishno Tigers team in a close contest by 1 wicket.
The Tournament was organized by the Board for Sports Activities at SMVD University.
Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bat first, Vaishno Tigers team led by Sudesh Kumar scored a decent total of 102 runs in the stipulated 15 overs.
In reply, the DoS team chased the total in the last over by losing 9 wickets, thus DoS team won the match by 1 wicket.
Aman Thakur player of the Dos team top scored with 34 runs off 23 balls and Shubham Kumar played an unbeaten knock of 23 runs off 8 balls. Rakesh Kumar and Sudesh Kumar took 3 wickets each for their respective teams.
Sanjeev Vadawan and Tinku were the umpires for the final match, while Sudesh Kumar was the scorer.
Rajiv Kumar, Incharge Sports of University and Dr Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor lauded the efforts of the winning team players for good show.
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