Media Release
Kuwait, Feb 15: Billava Sangha Kuwait (BSK) successfully conducted their 11th season of cricket tournament ‘Billava Trophy’ on Friday, February 7 at TRC New Ground, Reggai, Kuwait for men, women, and kids.
The day-long sporting event commenced with the prayer and breaking of the coconut by advisor Raghu C Poojary.
President Amarnath Suvarna in his welcome speech conveyed his best wishes to the participating teams.
Under kids category two teams, Tulunadu Tigers and Tulunadu Kings took part in the tournament. Both teams played very well and finally Tulunadu Kings beat Tulunadu Tigers to win the trophy.
Following sportspersons won award under kids’ category:
Player of the series: Nish K Poojary - Tulunadu Kings
Player of the final match: Nikilesh R Poojary - Tulunadu Kings
Best batter of the series: Tejas P Poojary - Tulunadu Tigers
Best bowler of the series: Tanuj P Poojary - Tulunadu Tigers
Best fielder of the series: Leshanth - Tulunadu Tigers
Under women’s category two teams namely White Panthers and Black Panthers participated in the tournament. Both teams had tough competition and finally White Panthers emerged as the winner.
Following sportspersons won award under women’s category:
Player of the series: Shwetha S. Kotian – White Panthers
Best batter of the series: Raksha Sujith – Black Panthers
Best bowler of the series: Mamta Sandeep – Black Panthers
Under men’s category, the following ten teams participated in the tournament:
1. Billava Tigers - A
2. Billava Tigers - B
3. Abbasiya Cricketers
4. Mangalore Cricketers
5. Old is Gold
6. Billava Brothers
7. Tulunadu Cricketers
8. Karavali Cricketers
9. Golden Eagles
10. Phoenix Squad
After having tough fights and challenging competitions in the league matches followed by two semifinals, Billava Tigers - B and Tulunadu Cricketers faced-off in the finals.
Finally, Tulunadu Cricketers clinched the trophy and Billava Tigers - B settled for runners up.
Following sportspersons won ‘Man of the Match’ awards under men’s category:
1st Match: Prashanth Poojary – Billava Brothers
2nd Match: Sujeet Amin – Mangalore Strickers
3rd Match: Vijay Poojary – Karavali Cricketers
4th Match: Sandesh Amin – Billava Tigers - B
5th Match: Sudhir Suvarna – Old is Gold
6th Match: Kiran Rama – Tulunadu Cricketers
7th Match: Vijay Poojary – Karavali Cricketers
8th Match: Naveen Poojary – Tulunadu Cricketers
9th Match: Akshay Kumar – Billava Tigers - A
10th Match: Anul Pradhan – Billava Brothers
11th Match: Prashanth Ramakrishna – Billava Tigers - A
12th Match: Yathish Kutti Poojary – Billava Tigers – B
13th Match: Sunil Sundara Poojary – Billava Tigers - A
14th Match: Hema Chandra – Phoenix Squad
15th Match: Prathap Poojary – Tulunadu Cricketers
Final match:
Player of the match: Naveen Poojary – Tulunadu Cricketers
Man of the series: Sudheer R Poojary – Tulunadu Cricketers
Best batter of the series: Sunil Sundara Poojary – Billava Tigers - A
Best bowler of the series: Dinesh R Poojary – Tulunadu Cricketers
Best wicket keeper: Sandesh Amin – Billava Tigers - B
All the teams exhibited great sportsman during the tournament and thoroughly entertained the spectators with tough competitions.
The MC for the award ceremony, Rajesh Kukian welcomed chief guest Manoj Kumar and all the BSK members. Chief guest was welcomed with the bouquet of flower by president Amarnath Suvarna.
Chief guest Manoj Kumar, BSK president Amarnath Suvarna, sports secretary Anish Kotian and other BSK members presented the trophies and medals to the winning teams and the players.
Medals for the men and kids category were sponsored by Chitrek Bangera while for women category medals was sponsored by Anish Kotian. Design and printing of BSK Cricket flyer, stickers, etc. was done by Manoj Kumar. Other sponsors for the event were by BSK members Amarnath Suvarna, Suresh Kunder, Jyothi Sudheer, Jayalakshmi Vishwas, Jagadeesh Suvarna, Kiran Raj, Amith Sanil, Venugopal, Sukumar Karkera, Chethan Poojary, Mithun Vishwanath and Sharath Poojary.
The matches were fairly umpired by Antony Vijay, Dian Fernandes, Naveen, Santhosh Kunder and Sujay Naik while overall match progress was coordinated by Royal Pradeep D’Cunha. The scores were efficiently monitored and recorded by Ashok Acharya.
BSK committee honored the sponsors, coordinator, umpires, and the scorekeeper.
The best moments of the action-packed event were captured by Wilson. BSK served tasty lunch from M/s Mughal Tandoori restaurant.
President Amarnath Suvarna congratulated the winners and thanked all the teams for their participation. He offered his special thanks to the sports secretary Anish Kotian & joint secretary Chetan Poojary, committee members for organizing the tournament flawlessly and all the BSK members for their support in making the event successful & memorable.
The event concluded with the vote of thanks by sports secretary Anish Kotian. An invitation was extended to all the BSK members to attend the ‘BSK Family Sports Meet’ on February 28.