Qalaco lift IBQ Masters cricket trophy

March 16, 2015

Doha: Qalco emerged as Champions in Division I defeating Asian Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the 10th IBQ Masters cricket tournament-2015. This is Qalco’s 4th consecutive victory in the finals.

At the finals prize distribution ceremony Andrew Ball, Head of Retail Banking was the chief guest and Ms. Mariam Abou Haider, Corporate Communications Manager of IBQ was the guest of honor.

Winning the toss Qalco put in Asian Cricket Club to bat which proved to be the right strategy. ACC continuously lost wickets and at the end of 10 overs were 16 runs for the loss of 5 wickets and were finally all out for 85 runs in 18.2 overs. The only batsman to resist was Feroze who scored 28 runs with 2 sixes and a boundary. None of the other batsmen could reach double figures.

Jonty bowled well to claim 3 wickets, Hilmy 2 wickets while Shahid, Aftab, Zahir, Tharaka, Intikab and Rifas took a wicket each. Ifzal from QALCO behind the stumps was outstanding claiming 4 catches and 1 stumping. This rightly earned him the Man of the Match award.

In reply Qalco chasing a target of 86 runs made it difficult for themselves and were 40 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the first 10 overs. Captain Shahid however stabilized the innings when wickets started falling. Qalco finally scored 88 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 14.4 over. Ifzal scored 20 runs with 3 sixes.

Abrar, Rizwan, Majeed , Sagir, Feroz, Appu and Azhar took a wicket each.

Man of the Finals: Ifzal of Qalco
Best Batsman: Rauf of Hanan XII
Best Bowler: Melroy of M Pallonji
Best All-rounder: Firoz of A.C.C.
Best Wicket Keeper: Neeraj of Pallonji

The prize distribution ceremony was attended by supporters and well wishers. A Sri Lankan band added colour and glamour to the festivities. They were especially awarded gifts by the organizers. Over 300 prizes were given away to various players in the tournament.

The prize distribution ended with refreshments and a lucky draw for spectators.

IBQ CRICKET TOURNAMENT 1

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ISF, Humanity Forum help cardiac patient from DK to fly back from Saudi Arabia amid lockdown

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20.

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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