The ‘Print Media’ team emerged winner of the Tata Steel Ranchi Media Cup Cricket Tournament played at the greens of JSCA International Stadium Complex (Oval Ground) on Friday.
In the final match of the day, the Print Media team elected to bat first and scored a good 156 runs in ten overs after a loss of three wickets. The Sports’ Journalists team lost by 64 runs, while chasing the high target and ended runners-up.
Vimal Vijayan took home the trophy for ‘Man of the Series’. Satish Singh won the trophy for ‘Best Batsman’, Kuber Singh emerged ‘Best Bowler’, Sushil Singh from and Anand Mishra received the award for ‘Best Sporting Spirit’.
Shailesh Verma, Chief Resident Executive-Ranchi, Tata Steel felicitated rising athlete from Ranchi, Sapna Kumari as part of an important tradition of recognising local sporting talent at the event.
Sapna won gold in the 100-metre hurdle run during the SAF Athletics Championship held at Sri Lanka and has also participated in the World Junior Athletics championship. She is presently a trainee at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Morabadi training centre.
Earlier in the day, the Sports Media team defeated Electronic Media team by eight wickets while in another match Print Media team defeated Tata Steel XI team by 34 runs.
Eminent Editors from media houses in Ranchi visited the event. Siddhartha Bortamuli, Head Corporate Communications – Jharkhand, Diamond Sinha, Resident Executive – Ranchi and Ashish Kumar, Head Sports, were also present as part of the Tata Steel contingent at the event.