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Uchila Friends lift KWAR’s Karavali Cricket Trophy-2014

[email protected] (Media Release)
December 30, 2014

Riyadh: Riyadh’s prestigious cricket trophy of the year sponsored by ABC Cargo ‘Karavali Cricket Trophy’2014’ was won by ‘Uchila Friends’, after beating last year’s champion ‘Raigad Kings Aftab’

The winner bagged an attractive trophy and a cash prize. Raigad Kings Aftab managed to score only 72 Runs in 10 overs as Uchila Friends never allowed them to take-off by taking wickets at every interval and later chasing out easily.

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Organized by the Karavali Welfare Association-Riyadh, (KWAR), the cricket tournament started on December 12, 2014 with following 20 teams fighting for the trophy in a knock-out format.

Group 1:  AL JAZEERAH, RAISCO FRIENDS, ARROWS CRICKET TEAM, NEW STAR, UNION GUYS AZIZIA, LULU CRICKET TEAM, SCFC, SEVEN STAR, UCHILA FRIENDS and EAGLE RIYADH.

Group B: BMR BADIAH, CLASSIC FRIENDS PUTTUR (CFP), UNITED ULLAL, HANA CRICKET TEAM, LAGAAN UDUPI , X1 STAR KARKALA, RTCC, RAIGAD KINGS AFTAB (RKA), SALUMCO XI and  STAR CRICKET CLUB(SCC).

Last year’s runner up ‘Seven Stars’ failed to progress from second round while many strong teams failed to impress. However, ‘Uchila Friends’ were cruising nicely throughout the tournament. Their crucial win was in the first round match against ‘Eagle Riyadh’ and in the semi-finals they won the match with ‘last ball’ sixer.  

In the final, man of the match prize was won by Rauf Uchila, whose brilliant batting helped the Uchila Friends. Player of the tournament and best batsman title was won by Hussain of Uchila Friends, who was presented with a trophy and cash prize thanks to his consistent all-round performance.

United Ullal and ‘Al Jazeerah’ fought for the 3rd and 4th place. United Ullal prevailed over Al Jazeerah by beating them with 5 wickets.  

The main attraction of this chilly morning was traditional breakfast ‘Sajjige-Bajil’ served in banana leaves.  “Nadec” company provided the crowd with free juice packets. Umesh shetty entertained the crowd with running commentary. A lovely Friday morning welcomed the cricket fans who flocked the ground to watch the finals.

Prize distribution ceremony was conducted on the ground and Mr. Parvez Ali compered the whole programme. KWAR president Rajesh Kumar addressed the crowd and thanked all the participating teams for their support to KWAR. Guest of the day was Mohan Nethrakere, Warehouse Manager of Nadec Company. KWAR former president Royston Prabhu, Gen. Secretary Nazeer Ahmed, Sports Secretaries Sathish Amin, Umesh Shetty and Prashath Shetty were present. ABC Cargo Riyadh was the main Sponsor of this tournament.  

Best Wicket Keeper, Fair Play Award, Best Bowler, Best Batsman etc prizes were given away. There were prizes also for luckiest Spectator and Special KWAR Volunteer award.

List of Prizes:
Best Keeper                    Riyaz (Uchila Friends)        
Best Catch                    Sharjil (Al Jazeerah)        
Highest Individual Score in a match    Dawood (Seven Star)        -    
Highest Wicket in a match        Thameez (United Ullal)        
Man of the match Semi Final 1        Anwar (Uchila Friends)        
Man of the match Semi Final 2        Sarfraz P. (RKA)        
Man of the match 3rd & 4th place    Sharief (United Ullal)            
Man of the match - Final            Rauf (Uchila Friends)        
Best Bowler                    Sarfraz P. (RKA)        
Best Batsman                Hussain (Uchila Friends)        
Trophy for 4th place            Al Jazeerah            
Trophy for 2nd Runner up        United Ullal                        
Player of the Series (Trophy+Cash)    Hussain (Uchila Friends)    
Fair Play Award                Star Cricket Club, Shifa
Runner up (Trophy + Cash Prize)    RKA (Raigad King Aftab)        
Champions (Trophy + Cash Prize)    Uchila Friends            

Felicitations:
Umpires:  Jaya Shetty, Abdul Khader, Abdul Aziz BK, Symonds, Prashanth, BhaskerSalian&Umesh Shetty
Scorers:  Gopi, &SohanKotian                            
Ground Curators:  ShamsuddinBailur&Shammy

Special Prizes
Luckiest Spectator            ArifUchila        
Special KWAR Volunteer        Shrikanth (Kanthanna)        

KWAR is a non-profit social organization established in Riyadh in the year 2008 with the aim of doing socio-community services for the welfare of the people in the Kingdom and back at home of twin districts, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. It has been successful in reaching out to help and address the grievances of the people in their needs. KWAR is conducting various cultural, sports and charity events throughout the year. This year KWAR they have already conducted successful events like “Karavali Annual Event” and “Food Festival”. For the year 2015, KWAR has planned many events like “Sports Day”, Mega Event of the year “KaravaliParba 2015”, Food Festival, Cricket Tournament etc.

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Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

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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.

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

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Shodhan Prasad
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Dubai, Aug 7: ‘Nama Tuluve’ Purushotham Salian, a staunch stalwart who always supported humanity and a strong pillar for Tuluvas in Dubai, passed away August, 4 at Al Tawam Hospital Al Ain. He was suffering from cancer and was admitted to Al Tawam Hospital Al Ain some time ago. He was on the last stage of illness which was not detected earlier.

His funeral last rites were conducted on Thursday August 7 at Jebel Ali cemetery in Hindu rites with a few of his family members present. Due to Covid pandemic, neither his body was able to be flown back to hometown nor could his two children come down to attend the funeral. However, it was said that his wish was to be cremated here in Dubai which unknowingly sometime back he whispered to one of his friends.

Purushotham had few years ago, survived a heart attack and fought back his life, though it had a minor paralytic effect on him. Even though, till recently he used to do his day-to-day work normally. He was a hard working personality and owned a readymade garment shop in Ajman and Dubai mostly taking care of clients with requirement of uniforms and coveralls. His dedication towards work was always appreciated by his clients who used to get their things delivered on time always.

He was never a publicity person and was helping the poor and needy in whatever ways he could silently. He strongly supported the community and was associated with Nama Tuluveru and Billawa community with commitment. He used to voluntarily come forward for the ground work of various functions of the community and used to be there until it was done perfectly.

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