The Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) won the ‘Shaheed Memorial Cricket Tournament’ on Tuesday by defeating the Army eleven at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES). The tournament is dedicated to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of Gajender Singh Bisht, who laid down his life while fighting the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 9’ 2008.
In the final match the team from UPCl scored 199 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 25 over. Dinesh Adhikari top scored for UPCl team with 67 runs while Sanjay Singh took 3 wickets for Army Eleven. In reply the Army team could manage only 104 runs in 21 over. Ram Kumar of UPCl claimed 5 wickets for just 11 runs. For his performance he was adjusted man of the final match and best bowler of the tournament.
Chetan Chauhan of Army eleven was adjudged best Batsman of the tournament while the Man of the Tournament award was claimed by Kiran Kumar of UPCl. The team from ‘Uttarakhand Peyajal Nigam’ was chosen for the trophy of ‘Fair Play award’ by the organizers. The General Officer Commanding of Uttar Bharat area lt. Gen. R.l.Nayar was the guest of honour on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion he applauded the initiative taken up by UPES in honouring the martyr of Uttarakhand. The General Officer Commanding of Uttarakhand Sub Area Maj. Gen. S. Sabharwal was also present on the occasion. An amount of Rs 1 lakh was presented to wife of martyr Bisht (Ashok Chakra).