ERCA T20: SAB Warriors CC, Blue Star CC emerge victorious

Syed Danish Irfan

December 4, 2018

After six weeks of continuous cricket, we have now reached the Semi finals stages, Before we move further towards the summary of both the Semi Finals, I would really like to enlighten our readers about the hardwork that ERCA executive committee has put up in bringing forward some better and competitive cricket.

I would really pull off my hats for the tireless efforts of Mr. Ashraf Sheikh who is the incharge of ground works and takes care of all the grounds, has put his heart out to keep the grounds clean and well maintained so that the teams could enjoy some good and better cricket. Not only has he maintained the grounds, but along with the efforts of ERCA Vice President Mr. Imran Rasheed, he has laid the foundations of two more grounds as promised by the association. The efforts speak for themselves without a doubt in shape of the infrastructure provided to the players to play some basidc cricket. In the coming weeks ERCA is planning to launch “One Day Champioship League”, and with the number of teams increasing, new grounds were surely required. As of now we know that the foundation of two new grounds have been laid and we nevertheless more to come.

Now, lets move towards the story of our 1st ever Al Tuwairqi T20 Championship Semi Finals. The first semi final was played between SAB Warriors C.C & Eastern Arabia C.C with Eastern Arabia C.C truly the favorites. SAB Warriors C.C started their campaign for the first time with season cricket ball, with a win against Britam Arabia Mavericks C.C. On the other hand they were facing a very well experienced and a balance side led by Captain Imran Rasheed, is considered to be one of the best side in the game, but who knew that SAB Warriors would hold up their nerves and play some extra ordinary cricket to emerge as winners, end of the day.

The toss was won by Eastern Arabia. The weather was a bit overcast but beautiful for batting. Eastern Arabia started very well, with their openers Abdul Rehman & Imran Rasheed hitting the ball all around the park, but they soon lost their first wicket when Captian Imran Rasheed was caught by Shoaib on the steaming delivery of Balu Biju George at the total of 49 runs. At one end some resistance was shown by Abdul Rehman but KLV Khodari Eastern Arabia, kept loosing wickets in succession at the other end. They lost 5 wickets in quick succession with an addition of only 35 runs on the board and at a stage they were 96/6. In desperate moment when the pressure was built from all the sides on Abdul Rehman, and in order to release that pressure, he wanted to go big, but a very good delivery beated his bat and he was bowled on 39(29) runs. He was the prominent socrer from KLV Khodari Eastern Arabia’s innings. He hit a total of 4 fours and a towring six beforme falling a victim to some outstanding bowling by Abdul Muthalif. KLV Khodari Eastern Arabia was 97/7 and it seemed as if they will be bowled out on their lowest total ever, but Mohammad Ilyas held his nerves and kept the score board ticking till the last ball of the innings. At the end of the innings the total score of KLV Khodari Eastern Arabia was 132/9 with Mohammad Ilyas and Ashraf Shaikh coming not out with 24(26) & 2(7) runs respectively, giving Eastern Arabia boys something to fight for. Mohammad Muthalif was the pick of the bowlers from SAB Warriors C.C who took 5 wickets by just giving away 18 runs only.

With 133 the target set on board, it always looked easy for SAB Warriors C.C, but early in the start of second innings, SAB Warriors C.C lost their Captain Salahuddin Salman on a steaming delivery of Abid caught by Afwan. It was an early set back for SAB Warriors C.C which brought Balu Biju George on the crease. Balu had been a consistent performer for SAB Warriors C.C since the start of the tournament. KLV Khodari Eastern Arabia has been well known for playing crunch matches and it was game on, but Balu Biju George, once again played a gem of an innings and carried his bat with a sense of responsibility to see his team victorious at the end. Balu played an unbeaten knock of 81* runs on just 38 deliveries with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. Abdul Muthalif who had been brilliant with the ball also helped Balu from other end by scoring a useful 30 runs before falling a victim to Zubair Jafarullah. In the end the target was easily chased down in 14.1 overs and SAB Warriors C.C became the first ever team of ERCA to enter the Finals of Al Tuwairqi T20 Championship. Man of the match was awarded to Balu Biju George of Sab Warriors C.C for his brilliant unbeaten knock of 81* runs and 2 cuicial wickets.

The 2nd Semi Final was indeed a crunch game which went till the last ball. It was played between Blue Star C.C and Kites C.C. Blue Star C.C won the toss and elected to bat in cloudy conditions.They lost their openers Muhammad Nazeem and Haider Ali early in the innings and they were 24/2, when their Captain Javed came at the crease. Javed always tried building a solid partnership but kept loosing wickets at the other end in quick successions. Javed Akhtar is known for his fearless batting, but he too had to play carefully and sensibly. He ended up scoring 40 runs on 39 deliveries. Blue Stars C.C ended up 138 runs in 20 overs. Shabeer Ali & Tariq Khan picked 3 wickets each for Kites C.C.

In reply, to the target of 139, Kites C.C had a very shakiy start and they were 1/1 in the second over, and then 32/2 and 52/3 respectively, when Abdul Raoof took the charge and played a sensible innings before getting a victim of some tight bowling from Abdul Naseer on 44 runs on 33 balls. Even the sensible knock from Abdul Raoof could not save them from a 3 runs defeat in the Semi Finals. It was a great effort from Kites C.C but Blue Star fought very well to defend 139 runs target. The spectators witnessed some beautiful run outs and outstanding catches which are just amazing to watch for any cricket lover. Man of the match was awarded to Javed Akhtar for scoring a useful knock of 40 runs in desperate times for Blue Star C.C which ensured they had something to fight for at the end.

So we have our two finalists, SAB Warriors C.C & Blue Star C.C. It will be a crunch Grand Finale. Both teams had crossed each others paths in the group matches where Blue Star C.C had defeated SAB Warriors C.C complrehensively. Will they be able to do the same again or will it be the disciplined boys of SAB Warriors C.C, who have always overcome their weaknesses and came back strongly each time and become the 1st ever Champions of this tournament, only time will tell us.. Do join us for the Grand Finale of our 1st ever T20 Championship and witness the crowning of the Champions.

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

Flight chartered by Thumbay Group and BCF repatriates 186 Kannadigas stranded in UAE

Media Release

July 25,2020

In a humanitarian gesture to help fellow citizens in distress, the first in the series of chartered
flights arranged by Thumbay Group, UAE and the Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) Trust,
Mangalore to repatriate stranded Kannadigas in the UAE took off from Ras Al Khaimah
International Airport in the wee hours of 21st July 2020. The flight was fully occupied, with 186 passengers, all of them desperate to fly back to India for various reasons.

The initiative was conceived and implemented under the leadership of Dr. Thumbay Moideen - Founder President of Thumbay Group & Founder Patron of BCF and Dr. B K Yusuf, the
President of BCF. The flight was organized on a purely charitable basis, with all necessary
steps and precautions in place to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers. Thumbay Group assigned its fleet of buses to transport the passengers free of charge from their residences in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman to the airport. The organizers also provided free meals and refreshments to the passengers, in addition to PPE kits and face-shields distributed free of
charges.

The passengers on the first flight included many elderly individuals, people with serious
illnesses like heart-related health issues and diabetes, pregnant ladies and little children as well as people who had lost their jobs and those with expired visas. Dr. B K Yusuf – BCF President, Dr. Kaup Mohammed - BCF General Secretary, other office bearers of BCF, as well as Thumbay Group’s representatives Mr. Farhad C – Director of the Hospitality Division of
Thumbay Group and Engr. Farwaz P. C. – COO of the Construction Division were present at
the airport to see off the first group of passengers.

Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Thumbay Moideen said, “This joint initiative of Thumbay
Group and BCF is to support our fellow Kannadigas desperate to fly back home. We are happy that we have been able to reach out to many of them, to help them fly home to their families. We thank the Governments of the UAE and India, and the Indian Consulate, Dubai, for their support in making this happen. In the coming days, many more stranded Kannadigas would be repatriated under this joint initiative.”
Dr. B K Yusuf thanked Dr. Thumbay Moideen and the office-bearers and members of BCF for
their efforts to make the initiative a success.

“We are proud that this initiative has brought relief to many Kannadigas and their families today. BCF is grateful to Thumbay Group for its support and partnership for all our humanitarian programs for the support of the needy.”

Dr. Kaup Mohammed said that it was a matter of pride that the much-awaited Thumbay-BCF
repatriation flight had been carried out successfully. “Measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the flight and its passengers throughout the journey,” he said. He also thanked all the social organizations including Bhatkal Jamath, BCCI, BWF, KCF, DKSC, Kodagu Kannadigas,
Kannadiga Help Line, Dubai Konkans and KSS, for their support. He specially thanked Mr.
Syed Hassan Razeen, the owner of ARISTOCRAT Travels for his support in the ticketing,
boarding and related processes. On behalf of Milano Optics Group and Maxcare, free gift
hampers were distributed to selected passengers.

The passengers were received at Mangalore airport under the leadership of Mr. Mumtaz Ali - patron of BCF and other distinguished personalities of Mangalore including Mr. Moidin Bava - former MLA, Mr U. T. Ifthikhar, Mr. S. M. R Rashid - President of BCCI central committee and many others. The passengers were transferred to the hotels where they had registered for the mandatory quarantine.

The second flight under this joint initiative is scheduled to take-off from Ras Al Khaimah airport to Mangalore on 24th July 2020. A few more similar repatriation flights are to soon follow, in the coming weeks.

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

Kuwait: India Social Forum holds blood donation camp

Media Release

August 9,2020

Kuwait City, Aug 9: Indian social forum organised Blood Donation Camp in association with central blood bank kuwait on Friday, 7th August 2020.

The forum organised camp to support the high demand of blood in the context of COVID-19.

All arrangements to maintain COVID-19 protocol were made in the camp including segregation of donors as branch wise batches along with strict safety measures of participants.

Forum also had donated blood to many patients during the lockdown period.

Hundreds of people donated blood in the camp. The camp organised in Blood Bank, Jabriya was successfully managed by Dr. Asma Rafat and leaders of Indian social forum Vice President Aslam, Secretory Sayyid Bukhari Thangal, Moideen Koya, Khaleel, Aseem, Mohammed Sha, Shihab, Naushad,
Indian Social Forum expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to the doctors, staff and management of blood bank, forum’s members and donors.

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh holds blood donation camp

Media Release

January 27,2020

Riyadh: On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN on the 17th Jan 2020 at KING SAUD Universities King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.

This is one of KWARs Prestigious Humanitarian EVENT every year, as we are indebted to serve the society for a Great Cause.

The campaign began at 08:30 am with a theme of Republic Day Celebrations and went on till 3:30 pm. Irrespective of Friday being a weekend and holiday people came in good numbers to donate Blood. The Hospital Staff, The Doctors and the Blood Bank Technicians and others at King Khalid University Hospital were more than happy to serve all those who have participated in this campaign.

KWAR Thanks all the Hospital Staff especially Mr. Salman Baqsh for his introduction of KWAR to Blood Bank and all the arrangements for this campaign, without his support this could not been done. Dr. Zafar Mahmoud for his wonderful support during the campaign and Mr. Abdullah Al Saman for his outstanding Hospitality throughout the campaign. KWAR also thanks all the donors who came all the way voluntarily for this Great Humanitarian Cause. As a token of gesture KWAR awarded Certificate of Appreciation to all the participants.

And KWAR would like to thank specially Mr. Nasir, Representative of Blood Helpline Karnataka, who encouraged many donors and made them to actively participate and donate blood for this noble cause.

KWAR’s core activities was on display on the screen, with most of the Committee members were present at the venue to serve the donors. KWAR thanks all the members, the Executive committee and all those who took their valuable time to organize this event successfully and thank all our well-wishers who supported us for the BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN. We in KWAR wish every Donor and the participants a healthy life ahead, and we need everyone's active participation in all our Future events.