Jammu, Jan 05: “Sports should be the basic part of our life,” said Secretary J&K Sports Council Nuzrat Gull on Thursday during the inaugural ceremony of the New Year T20 Cricket League which is being conducted at KC Sports Ground here.
The league is being jointly organized by Veterans Cricket J&K and KC Sports Club Jammu, and supported by J&K Police. The slogan of the New year T20 League is “Let’s pledge to make Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir”, whereas the sponsors of the league are Narayana Hospital Katra, Horizon Group, Game Changers and KC Sports Club.
The Secretary Sports Council, who was the chief guest on the occasion, declared open the New Year T20 Cricket League by releasing balloons in presence of Ramesh Kumar Bhat, SSP, Rajesh Gill former Ranji Player/Member of Indian Cricketers Association, Avinash Uttam, Ashish Singh, Sanjeev Sharma and RP Singh.
While speaking on the occasion, Nuzhat Gull said, “Sports should be the ingredient of our life because a good sportsperson is always disciplined to take every challenge of life, and becomes a good leader. A good sportsperson is always away from negativity and drugs. And when a sportsperson represents his team and wears the jersey of the UT and plays games in other states, he becomes a part of the national integration which is the need of the hour because when the nation is there we are there and the nation is because of us, so sports should be the part of nation building, Nasha Mukt Abhiyan, Fit India and Better India.”
She appreciated the Veterans Cricket J&K and KC Sports Club for conducting the cricket league on the occasion of the New Year with the objective to make Nasha Mukt J&K so that the youth may not derail from the mainstream and stay away from drugs. She said sports is the only field that helps everyone to live a healthy life.
Earlier, Rajesh Gill, former Ranji player and Organizing Secretary of the event presented a welcome address and brief report of the league. He said the aim is to provide a platform for the youth in order to inculcate sportsmanship and professionalism among them so that they remain fit and healthy.
In the inaugural match, Naryana Life Saviours defeated KC Sports Club by 109 runs. Batting first Naryana Life Saviors scored 160 runs in the allotted 15 overs with Sunil Kumar 53 runs, Verinder 31 runs and Amit 25 runs. From the bowling side, Ayan took 2 wickets while Kanan took 1 wicket for his team. In reply, KC Spots Club managed to score 52 runs by losing all wickets and thus lost the match by 109 runs. Vishwajeet was the only player who scored 15 runs. From the bowling side, Sunil took 4 wickets, Pince took 2 wickets and Verinder also took 2 wickets. Sunil was declared Man of the Match.
In another match, Jammu Vishals defeated Lalitadiya Sports Club by runs. Batting first, Jammu Vishals scored 143 runs for the loss of 5 wickets with Ashish Singh unbeaten 51 runs, Amritpal Singh 30 runs and Ishtiaq 27 runs. From the bowling side, Vinod took 3 wickets while Deeraj and Dalip took 1 wicket each. In reply, Lalitaditya Sports Club managed to score 91 runs and thus lost the match by 50 runs. Deepak (20 runs) and Nikhil (18 runs) were the main scorers. From the bowling side, RK Bhat and Shamsher Singh took 3 wickets each. Majid took 2 wickets while Ashish Singh and Kartik Gill took 1 wicket each. Ashish Singh was declared Man of the Match.
