All India Shiv Prasad memorial T-20 cricket tournament was inaugurated on Sunday in BS College stadium by chief guest Shefali Sahu, SP Rajkumar lakra, ex Rajya Sabha MP-cum-President of district Cricket association Dheeraj Prasad Sahu and the MlA Sukhdeo Bhagat.
The inaugural matches played between Sorepur MP versus RDCA and Dhanbad versus lohardaga.
In the first match Sorepur MP was defeated by RDCA by nine runs and in the next match Dhanbad was defeated by lohardaga by two wickets.
On the occasion the ex Rajya Sabha MP-cum-President of district Cricket association Dheeraj Prasad Sahu said, “The tournament is being organised first time on T-20 IPl basis. Many dignitaries as news channels anchor Nameeta Sachdeva, the artist of Dance India Dance and other TV artists and the cheer girls have come to encourage the players. In clung ceremony the actress Mahima Choudhary would grace the occasion.
The names of pavilion have been given in the visting sites of the district as Nandini dam, Dhardharia fall, and 27 no. railway bridge etc.”
The winner team would be given Rs 2.51 lakhs with gold trophy whereas the co-winner team would get Rs 1.5 lakhs with trophy. The prizes for man of the matches, man of the series and best baler would also be provided.
The audience would also get prizes per day, told Sahu. Before it cultural programmes were performed by the students of Divine Spark’s public school lohardaga.
On the occasion secretary of the association Alok Ray, in-charge president Bhaskar Das Gupta, municipal chairperson Pawan Ekka, district council head Sunaina Kumari, Sanjay Sahu, Satish Verma, Saroj Prajapati, Durga Prajapati, Sukhair Bhagat, Ashok Yadav, Alok Sahu, Kishor Kumar Verma, Arun Verma, Nishith Jaiswal and many games lovers were present.