Delhi & NCR is buzzing with Upcoming Festivities & Navratri everywhere, worshipping is the Only way to reach the Next level of life, that’s being understood by Delhi Veteran Cricket Association, which is newly affiliated Association by BVCI -Board for Veteran Cricket in India, they worship Cricket Day in Day out, they have got a reason to start their day with Worshipping Maa Durga, each day with her blessings Organized a Friendly Match with Skylark Cricket Club- SCC at Delhi Kerala School Cricket Ground, one of the Oldest grounds at Mandir Marg ,Central Delhi.
It was a well organized Match with many Good Delhi Veteran Cricketers, & Senior Coaches Cricketers, Officials of DDCA alongwith President of DVCA (Delhi Veteran Cricket Association) Former International Cricketer, Surinder Khanna, Finest Indian cricketer from Delhi, who played 10 One Dayers from 1979-1984. Wicket Keeper Batsman, represented Ranji Trophy too from Delhi, he was being Lucky in 1979, while India team was touring England for the 1979 world Cup, he was the designated wicket Keeper, His power Packed Performance was noticed by all cricket fans across the globe, when he was adjudged man of the Series, during 1984, for his 2 brilliant half centuries against Sri Lanka & Pakistan,he has 5000 First class runs, with a highest of 220 not out against Himachal Pradesh in 1987-88.
DVCA’s Secretary- Praveen Shrivastava, who was the main source for organizing this friendly tie- A very well attended Event with having presence of many dignitaries to name a few were – Ms. Sunita Sharma, who is India’s First women Cricket coach, under her proud guidance many first Class & International Cricketers were nurtured, she is also the proud recipient of Dronacharya Award from President A P J Abdul Kalam in August -2005.
Senior Coach & Official for Indian Airlines Cricket- N P Singh (Nippi Paaji) Coach of International Cricketer- Ishant Sharma, Mr. Shravan Kumar, International Cricketer- Gursharan Singh- Gush Paa, a finest batsman of his time and many other Officials of DDCA, Chief of Navratan Foundation- Ashok Shrivastava, & Many others enjoyed the festivities of cricket during Navratri.
Match Report:
SCC Won the toss & Chose to Bat First, they had scores 179 all out in stipulated 25 Overs, Target for Delhi Veterans was 180 in 25 overs, they had started very well with Pradeep Chawla & Suresh Kohli doing some fine stroke Play, but somehow, when Captain Sidhant (A Businessman and very Passionate cricketer) introduced the spin Attack from both the ends, Rajat & Mayank Nigam, both of them shown some fine Peace of bowling.
but at one Stage, they were 99 in 13 overs with the loss of 3 Wickets, they were requiring 81 Runs in 12 overs, that’s when, Captain Sidhant of SCC, did quick changes of her bowlers which did work for him, when he brought back Mayank & Rajat, Spin from both ends, that’s done the Damage for DVCA.
Finally, SCC won the Match in Style, each one enjoyed this game winning or Losing was never an issue, major point was to Meet & Greet friend during the Festivities also to Celebrate Latest Affiliation of DVCA.
More Entertainment to the Match being added by BVCI’s Executive Member & COO of BVPL, Alok Saxena entertained the Crowd with his Excellent commentary in Hindi & English, which was appreciated by each one at the Match, Surender Khanna did Special Mention for his best Commentary to made this entire event a grand success.
Praveen Shrivastava- Secretary -DVCA was also delighted when, BVCI’s Acting President- Sh. Praveen Tyagi, who is also Chairman of BVPL arrived for the Final Prize Distribution Ceremony, alongwith President UPVCA – Ravindra Tyagi, Vijay Bansal- Treasurer -UPVCA.
Chief Guest Praveen Tyagi who has been a live wire for getting Veteran Cricket in India on greater Heights, after the Sad Demise of Sh. Chetan Chauhan, who was the Founding President of -BVCI, which was started in the year-1988 by him, distributed prizes to the Best Performers of the match which were:
Praveen Tyagi Addressed the gathering with his candid words & with great Joy he ” I am really Happy that, Delhi Veteran Cricket Association with Surinder Khanna & Praveen Shrivastava being the Top Officials ,I am sure Delhi Veterans will do wonders for Veteran Cricket, he further Informed that, BVCI is organizing a 6 Franchisee BVPL- Bharat Veteran Premier League in Dehradun, from 10th December, which will be telecast on Sony TV As well on other Leading OTT platforms in India & Abroad,
Further informs, Each Franchisee team will have -2 Indian International Players & 2 Foreign National International Players on the likes of Chris Gayle, Michel Clark, Chris Morsris, Sanath Jayasurya, Ferveez Maharoof,Dilshan Munaveera, Tilak Ratne Dilshan, Christopher Mpofu, Prasanna- Sri Lanka , Praveen Kumar,Suresh Raina, Rajat Bhatia, Sudeep Tyagi, and many others, apart from Many leading Ranji Trophy ,Dilip Trohpy etc Players from Veteran Board, this is one of its kind initiative , where Veteran Players are getting paid for the first time, while playing with world’s best Cricketers.
He was delighted to inform that, BVCI & BVPL’s endeavor, is to have BVPL as one of the Leading League in India after IPL.
He Distributed the Prizes to BEST Performers of the Match, some of the best performers were:
Pradeep Chawla scored 68 runs, by winning fighter of the Match alongwith Gaurav Verma from DVCA, Rajat Khurana scored 58 from SCC getting best knock Award, Mayank Nigam of SCC getting man of the Match for his All-round Performance of 48 runs and 2 Wickets. Rajat Bakhri- Best Fielder from SCC.
This friendly tie was made more interesting by the Presence of Two female Scorers Shikha Gupta & Neha Gupta, who did a finest job with their Online Scoring of this Friendly tie.
Team Time4star, wishes Delhi Veteran Cricket Association & Skylark Cricket Club all the Very best for their future endeavors, Wishing them a Happy Diwali & New Year too in advance.