Sheikh Nadeem
Anantnag: The Wheel Chair Cricket Association of Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with Shah Bakers Nagum (Shah Iqbal) organised a cricket match for persons with disabilities at Cricket Stadium Palpora Dialgam of Anantnag District.
The match was held as a mark of respect to the contributions made by the persons with disabilities to the society and to keep them motivated to perform their best in life.
Played under the theme “know me for my abilities, not my disability”, the idea was to bring these persons as much closer to the society as possible and break the stigma if any associated with the disability.
The match was inagurated by Mohammad Iqbal Shah who welcomed and honoured both teams for their participation.
The match was played between Srinagar Cricket Team and Budgam Team.
Srinagar Team won the toss and was elected to bat first. They scored 245 runs in the allotted 15 overs.
In reply, chasing a target of 245 runs to win, Budgam Team secured only 230 in 15 overs and lost match with 15 runs.
Roomsar Wani was the highest scorer for them who Secured 165 not out declared as Man of the Match while the Budgam Team side, Mohammad Shafi Secured 58 and Naseer ul Gafar secured 98 Runs.
The winner and runner up teams were awarded with momentos and trophy besides a large number of locals were present on the occasion.
