In this insurgency affected and tribal dominated district, a day-night cricket match is once again being held in its mini stadium at the district headquarters since June 1 this year.
The match being organised by the district administration has the core objective of grooming sportspersons from Bijapur district.
This is not the first time Bijapur district headquarters had held the cricketing event. This is , in fact, the third time that the cricket match had been organised in the district.
The organisers of the event comprise District Collector Mohammed Kaiser Abdul who is the President, Superintendent of Police (SP) Prashant Agarwal as Vice President, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) P Prasad as Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Zila Panchayat Samir Vishnoi as Convenor.