The Saransh Trophy Inter Corporate Cricket Tournament began at the Old Campion Ground here on Friday. Organized in association with Justice Tankha Memorial Institute for Special Children, the first match of this tournament was played between DGP XI and Motive Trading. DGP XI won the toss and called Motive Trading team to bat first.
Piyush Raj Saxena scored 42 runs in 38 balls for Motive Trading while Anas Ahmed and Jamran scored 11-11 runs. For DGP XI, Shubham Chauhan took the maximum four wickets for 24 runs, Arun Chauhan took two wickets for 20 runs and Adarsh Singh took one wicket for 25 runs.
Motive Trading's innings ended at 121 for 9 as they set DGP XI a target of 122 runs to win.Chasing the target, Pragya Barke scored 33 runs in 31 balls, Dishant scored 32 runs in 18 balls and Sandeep scored 32 runs in 32 balls while batting for DGP XI. While bowling from Motive Trading, Firoz took 1 wicket for 13 runs, Himanshu took 1 wicket for 18 runs and Osaf Ur Rahman took 1 wicket for 23 runs.Chasing 121 runs, DGP 11 won the match by scoring 124 for 3 in 15.3 overs.
A large number of spectators thronged the ground to watch the Saransh Trophy match held in floodlights.Bhopal Division Cricket Association (BDCA) President Dhruv Narayan Singh, who was present as the chief guest in the opening ceremony of the tournament, was inaugurated by Shailendra Srivastava, former DG.
of presiding over the first children's function.
Dainik Jagran Bhopal editor Mrigendra Singh was present on this occasion as a special guest. Arsalan Tahir and Akhil Shukla, directors of Sapphire Venture welcomed all the guests by giving them bouquets. Chairman and tournament organizer Dr. Abdul Tahir delivered the welcome address.The tournament, which began on May 6, will conclude with the final match being played on May 15. There will be 23 matches between 12 teams in the competition, on the basis of which the winner and runner-up will be decided. The winner of the tournament will be given a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 75,000 and the runner-up will be given a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 50,000.