Riyadh, Oct 20: Seven Star won the prestigious ‘Karavali Cricket Trophy–2013’ by defeating Eagle Friends Padubidri in the final match played in Riyadh on 11th October 2013. The winning team Seven Star defeated the runner up team Eagle Padubidri by 28 runs.
Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted this tournament as part of its annual sports program as the association will be celebrating its Annual Day on November 22, 2013. A total of 12 teams participated in the tournament and two Mangalorean teams emerged at the top to fight it out for this trophy. Seven Star and Eagle Friends Padubidri, both of which registered splendid performances in the initial matches, fittingly reached the finals.
Seven Star Captain Shabir won the toss and elected to Batingfirst. His decision of defending the score seemed wrongly because they finished the innings only 106 runs, with help of Nazir (Munna) (23 Runs)&Imran scored 35 Runs & took 4 wickets eventually awarded him man-of the match and Man of the series.
While chasing the modest target of 107 to win, Eagle Friends started badly by losing the wickets in regular basis. Eagle Padubidri winner of Karavali Cricket Trophy 2011 took pressure of playing in the finals. Eagle were able to score only 79 in the stipulated 12 overs which ended their dreams of winning the cup. In the middle overs Prashanth of Eagle played some good shots it’s showed some hope of reaching the target to Eagle Padubidri.
A number of Karavali members and lots supporters from both the side enjoyed the final match.
Karavali President Royston Pabhu hand over the Trophy to Seven Star, Gen. Secretary Muzafar handover Runnerup Trophy to Eagle Padubidri, Ex-President Ramesh Shetty, Treasurer Rajesh Kumar, Cultural Secretary PrakashShetty, Sateesh Amin Sports Secretary distributed Man of the match(Final), Best Batsman, Best Bowler and Player of the tournament accordingly.
Nazir, YathiRaj, Nelson, Hussain Shafi, Jayanth Salian, Santhosh Shetty, Eric Desa, Salman Noor, Bhaskar Salian, Jayakar, Rajiv Kamath, Rajesh Rao, Stanly, Godwin, Shashidar, Uday Rodrigus, Jaganath Kotian distributed trophies to the players.
Prakash Shetty gave some entertainment while hosting the prizing ceremony program. Sports Secretaries Sateesh Amin, Bhasker Salian thanked players and committee members for helping to make the Tournament a huge success.
The main attractions of this chilly morning were traditional breakfast ‘Sajjige-Bajil’, Nelson and PM Bhasker entertained the crowd with his multi-language commentary.
Winner: Seven Star,
Runner Up: Eagle Padubidri,
Best Disciplined Team: New Star.
Individual Prize Winners:
Man of the Match (Final) – Imran (Seven Star)
Player of the Tournament – Imran (Seven Star)
Batsman of the tournament – Imran (Seven Star)
Bowler of the tournament – Javed (Eagle Padubidri)
Best Wicket Keeper: Rasheed (Eagle Padubidri)
5 wicket hold in a Match and Hatrick wicket: Nishap of SCFC.
Highest scorer in a match: Sharief (Jolly Boys)
Catch of the tournament: PrakashShetty (Jawahar Karkala)
Man Of the Match in each matches:
First Round: Azeez (New Star), Rasheed (Eagle), Sharief (Jolly Boys), Nasruddin (SCFC), Arif (MSCC), Yusuf (United Ullal). Q.Finals:Javed (Eagle), Kamar (Seven Star), Riyaz (SCFC), Asif (United Ullal). Semifinals: Prashnth (Eagle), Imran (Seven Star)
KWAR appreciated and awarded the Umpires for their good job: BhaskarSalian, Jaya Shetty, Khader Suralpadi, Ashraf Mukka, Nazir Scorer Jayakar And Gopi.
The tournament was organized by Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) on behalf of their annual festival “Karavali Parba 2013”, this grand event will be held on November 22-2013 in Riyadh. All Mangaloreans are requested to participate on the day.
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