The sports persons of as many as eight teams from Naxal-stronghold of restive Dantewada district, exhibited the best team-spirit and coordination during a two-day tennis ball cricket tournament played here as a part of civic action programme of 150th battalion of the CRPF.
The tournament was organised in the memory of martyr Deputy Commander of CRPF Diwakar Tiwari. In the first match, Routpara team defeated Polampalli to secure the place in semi-finals.
On the other hand, Dornapal also reached the semi-finals by ousting Kamapedaguda by 8 wickets. The third match was won by Dubbatota by 5 wickets while the Sabri team registered the one-sided victory over Aargatta.
Harvinder Singh, the commandant of the battalion, conveyed good wishes to the sportsmen for their performance. The sportsmen were distributed the jersey and jackets. Harvinder Singh mentioned that the tournament was organised with an aim to explore the talents in the tribal areas and give them a platform.