The team of electronic media trashed the team of print media on Sunday during the Mayor Trophy ‘Patrakar’ T20 match here. The team of electronic won the mayor trophy defeating the team of print media by 12 runs.
Mayor Alok Sharma inaugurated the match while former Chief Minister Babulal Gaur, Parliamentarian Alok Sanjar, MlA Surendranath Singh and BMC Council Chairman Surjeet Singh Chouhan remained present during the prize distribution ceremony.
Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has organized the ‘Mayor Trophy’ cricket match in order to encourage the citizens for playing sports and to promote the ‘my pledge Bhopal number 1’ campaign.
The team of electronic media scored 108 runs during the match while chasing the score, the team of print media lost the trophy by 12 runs. Pravesh Gautam scored the maximum number of sixes while Izhaar Hasan scored the maximum number of boundaries.
Mayor felicitated the winner team and the runner up with the trophies. Jitendra Sharma was announced the man of the match while Pravesh Gautam and Sharad Baghela received the best batsman and best bowlers title respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Alok Sharma says, “The mayor trophy match was organized in order to encourage the citizens for playing sports and to promote the ‘my pledge Bhopal number 1’ campaign. Sports are very important in our lives as it awakes the sense of discipline and competition.”
Mayor also congratulated all the players who have taken part in the match.