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Final leg of ERCA T20: Fours, sixes, all around, epic cricket

Syed Danish Irfan
November 25, 2018

The ERCA T20 cricket tournament has advanced into its final stages and SAB Warriors C.C, Eastern Arabia C.C, Hyderabad Green C.C, Blue Star C.C & Abbottabad Tiger C.C & Kashmir United C.C all emerged as winners in their pool matches of last leg.

Kashmir United came out victorious against their match with Al Tuwairqi C.C. Kashmir United having won the toss, managed to put up a mammoth total of 207/3 in their allotted 20 overs. Farrukh Hanif scored 91 runs facing 60 deliveries which was supported by Waseemullah who score 41 on just 34 balls. In reply, Al Tuwairqi C.C managed to put up a good fight but at the end was contained at 181/6 in 20 overs. Malik Asghar and Naveed Abrar scored 58(45) and 50(43) respectively. Muhammad Taufiq and Abdulwaheed were the pick of the bowlers bagging 2 wickets each. Farrukh Hanif was Man of the match for his wonderful knock of 91 runs. In another nail biter, Abbotabad Tigers C.C emerged victorious after defeating Baker Hughes GE C.C. 

The match went till the last ball of the innings and kept the spectators rite on the edges of their seats. Baker Hughes GE C.C batted first and scored 178/7 in their allotted 20 overs. Mohsin Butt scored 44(30) runs along with Waqas Akram who scored a quick 41(29) runs. Sajid Mehmood and Mohammad Ibrahim grabbed a wicket each for Abbottabad Tigers. In reply Abbottabad Tigers C.C start was shaky as they lost their opener and Captain Mumtaz Ahmed, early in the innings who scored only 24(16) runs. Once again Mohamamd Ibrahim, who was the man of the match in the last game against Pasha Eleven, took the responsibility and played an unbeaten innings of 36*(25) runs and made sure that their team emerge victorious by chasing down the total in 19.4 overs. Umar Farooq & Salman Habib grabbed 2 wickets each for Baker Hughes GE C.C. Mohamad Ibrahim was awarded Man of the match.

SAB Warriors C.C defeated Deccen Blues C.C with a huge margin of 63 runs and qualified for Semi Finals as the second team from group B. SAB Warriors batting first, posted a huge total of 215/7 in their 20 overs. Balu Biju scored 61(29) runs in a flash, which was well supported by Mohammad Muthalif who scored a brisk 60(24) runs. Down the innings, it was supported equally by Feroz Khan who also scored 55(45) runs. Naveed, Ibrahim Syed and Zafar Mohiuddin were the pick of the bowlers from Deccan Blues as they managed to grab 2 wickets each for their team. In response, Deccan Blues C.C could only manage to score 152/7 in their alloted 20 overs. Azeem Ahmed scored 60(39). Mohammad Muthalif was named match of the match for his marvellous innings of 60 runs in just 24 deliveries. 

In another game Blue Star C.C continued their unbeaten streak by defeating Britam Arabia Mavericks C.C. Britam Arabia after winning the toss elected to bat first, but were able to put up only 103/7 runs on the board. Umair Ali was the top scorer with 18(16) runs. In reply Blue Star chased down the total in in just 10.4 overs with six wickets in hand. Javed Akhtar scored a brilliant 50(30) runs. Tahir Mustafa was the pick of bowlers from Mavericks C.C who grabbed 2 wickets. Javed Akhtar of Blue Star C.C was awarded man of the matc for his yet another brilliant batting performance. 

On the final Friday it was a fight for the spot in Semi’s, for the top four teams of both the groups. Eastern Arabia carried their unbeaten streak and defeated Pasha Eleven in their final group match by a convincing 81 runs and qualified as the top team for Semis from Group A. Mohammad Harish was awarded man of the match for his excellent bowling. He bagged 5 wickets for just 13 runs. Kites C.C also defeated Abbottabad Tigers C.C by 4 wickets in a low scoring game, where they chased 112 runs target set by Abbottabad Tigers C.C in 16.4 overs and qualified for the Semis as second team from group A. Tauseef Abdul was awarded Man of the match for his brilliant unbeaten knock of 54*(41) runs. Blue Star C.C maintained their unbeated streak and defeated Deccan Blues C.C by 2 wickets to qualify for the Semi’s as top team from group B. They chased down the target of 130 runs set by Deccan Blues in 15.4 overs. Javed Akhtar once again showed his class with the bat and scored 33(27) runs. 

However the star performer was Altaf Sheikh who bagged 4 wickets for Blue Star C.C. So on 23rd Nov 2018, we will be having our first ever Al Tuwairqi T20 Cricket Tournament Semi Finals, where Eastern Arabia C.C will be taking on  SAB Warriors C.C and Blue Star C.C will be taking taking on Kites C.C. From here on, every thing will be supervised officially by the ERCA executive committee. ERCA President Mr. Majaz Qadri and Vice President Mr. Imran Rasheed, along with other committee members will be supervising both the matches, to ensure that optimum level of cricket is provided to all the teams. Till now this is Danish Irfan signing off, but I will be back with some more news for our keen readers for the Semi Finals by next week. Wishing best of luck to all the Semifinalist!

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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Agencies
August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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Sushma Bangera
June 4,2020

Kuwait: The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the whole world into a difficult situation and the situation of Indians in Kuwait is not any different. Many people have lost their jobs, have no salary, are deprived of food and are not able to pay rent. The appalling conditions of labourers, domestic workers, taxi drivers and low waged earners don’t seem to end in Kuwait. 

At this trying situation when many people were even afraid of leaving their houses because of coronavirus, Suresh S. Rao Neramballi, volunteer of the Food Kit Distribution at the ICSG (Indian Community Support Group) has helped many tremendously. He was ready to go around delivering food kits at any time possible by his car. However, after Kuwait imposed a full curfew from 11th May 2020, no one could take out their vehicles unless they had a curfew pass. 

This did not stop Mr. Suresh Neramballi, who then borrowed a bicycle from a friend and ended up going around in the cycle delivering the food kits in curfew break time (4:30pm to 6:30pm) to all those who registered in the ICSG website. This selfless service surely commands appreciation and applause. Mr. Suresh Neramballi has been a light for many families and bachelors in Kuwait and will surely garner the blessings of them who have been able to eat at this time.

He was also the one who could deliver the food kits to many Indian Muslim maids, bachelors, laborers and families previous day and right on the day of EID, as they were not able to go shopping for their groceries for EID, due to the curfew. They blessed him in EID dua. 

Mr. Suresh Neramballi hails from Mangaluru, India and is an Engineer in the Oil sector company in Kuwait. He has been dedicated to social service, achieved 'Aryabhata International Award' for his Kannada Service and Social service, served in many Associations and Distributor of Kannada and Tulu Movies in Kuwait. He wholeheartedly thanks the people and government of Kuwait for his bread and butter.

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Tanveer
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Friday, 5 Jun 2020

May Almighty Allah shower His mescifull blessing on you and your family... Your selfless service will always be remembered,,,

M SHARIEF SULTAN
 - 
Thursday, 4 Jun 2020

God bless you and your family

abdullah
 - 
Thursday, 4 Jun 2020

God bless you brother and keep you healthy plus happy always.   You will be in the prayers of those who receivec your timely regardles they are hindu or muslim or christian.   This is a slap on the face of hate mongers who are always trying to divide the socieity in the name of religion.    Such people are burden to this world and society.   We should clean our society from such dirt and bad people.   Well done brother.  May God bless you.

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