First Sopore T20 Cricket Tourney concludes ,Such events are held to channelize Youth energy: DGP J&K

Srinagar, June 02: The first Sopore T20 Cricket Contest organised by Sopore Police under the aegis of DIG North, Kashmir concluded today at Khushal Stadium Tulibal Sopore with an impressive closing ceremony.Mr.

Sajad Ahmad Kichloo, Hon’ble Minister of State for Home was the Chief Guest at the occasion. Besides Hon'ble MLA Rafiabad Mr. Javid Ahmad Dar, MLA Sopore Mr Haji Mohammad Ashraf and MLA Sangrama Mr. Basharat Ahmad Bukhari were the guests of Honour.Director General of Police Mr. Ashok Prasad also attended the function with other police officers including ADGP, IGP Kashmir, DIG North Kashmir. DC Baramulla and several other officers of Army and Civil Administration also witnessed the closing ceremony.54 cricket teams from different areas of Police District Sopore participated in the tournament, the final of which was played today at Khushal Sports Stadium between Paradise Cricket Club (PCC) Tarzoa and Syndicate Eleven Sopore. Syndicate won the toss and elected to bat first and scored set a target of 122 losing all but one wicket before PCC in the allotted 20 over’s . Irshad Ahmad and Imtiyaz Ahmad scored the highest runs; 41 each. Ab. Hamid and Rafiq Ahmad of PCC took three wickets each.The winning team was awarded the winners trophy along with a cash prize of Rs 50 thousand, 30 thousand were rewarded to the runner up team along with runners up trophy. Besides ten thousand were given each to Man of the series and Man of the match.The tournament was started last year and inaugurated by the then Minister of State for Home Nasir Aslam Wani in the month of June 2012.Director General of Police speaking on the occasion said that Police is organizing such events, besides, their routine duty to channelize the energy of youth in a positive direction which otherwise has a tendency to fall prey to the exploitation by vested interests. He congratulated Sopore Police for organizing the event.Superintendent of Police Sopore, Imtiyaz Hussain said the "sole aim" of organizing the tournament was to bridge the gap between police and the people. "This event was aimed at providing an opportunity for us to know each other and clear some perceived misconceptions," he said.