Golden Group registered a 3-wicket win over Fit Fighters in a league match played under floodlights on Tuesday night of the Saransh Trophy Inter-Corporate Cricket Tournament at the Old Campion Ground in the capital.
Fit Fighters won the toss and elected to bat and scored 105 for 9 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Golden Group won the match by scoring 109 for 7 in 19.2 overs. Rizwan of Golden Group was declared man of the match.
For Fit Fighters, Aziz scored 27 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes and Rishabh Sharma scored 16 runs in 19 balls.
For Golden Group, Rizwan took 3 wickets for 18 runs, while Salman and Madhur Seth took 2 wickets each.
Batting for the Golden Group, Mohit Jhaba made the highest individual score of 27 runs, while Abdus Samad and Salman played strong innings of 24 and 21 respectively. For fit fighters, Rishabh Sharma took 3 wickets for 18 runs and Pranant, Anupam Toppo, Aziz and Shahrukh Khan took 1-1.
In association with Justice Tankha Memorial Institute for Special Children, organized by Hindi monthly magazine Saransh Times and Saransh Times.Com, published from Bhopal, Rupesh Gorkha, Vice President of Sage Group, was the chief guest in the tournament played on Tuesday night.
Director of Siddhanta Red Cross Hospital Dr Subodh Varshney and actor and model Shahwar Ali, who brought laurels to Bhopal in Bollywood, were present.
Dr Abdul Tahir, Chairman of Sapphire Group and organizer of the tournament, Arslan Tahir, Director, Saransh Times, welcomed the guests by presenting bouquets and mementos.
In the first match between Municipal Corporation and Motive Trading on Wednesday, Arslan Tahir welcomed Bhopal District Sports Officer Jose Chacko and Amit Chhajed present as chief guests by presenting bouquets and souvenirs.