BCA Reds defeated Blues by 9 wickets here at Bijbehara Higher Secondary Ground, today in the historical U-12 cricket match which was attended by native international cricketer Parvez Rasool who later praised participants.
Batting first, BCA Blues posted a meager total of 117 runs in the alloted 20 overs. Faisal Naseer Vaid top scored with 41 runs for Blues while as Faizan scalped 4 wickets for Reds.
BCA Reds batsmen replied in style as they chased down the total in 18 overs by losing just one wicket. Faizan and Mueed scored 38 and 36 respectively. Faizan was named player of the match for his all-round performance.
Star cricketer Parvez Rasool attended the match and was highly impressed with the way kids performed,
“It was nice to see these kids playing and their parents applauding each moment of it. These type of events are highly fruitful for betterment of cricket.” Parvez told KSW.
It was for the first time that children got to experience turf cricket on recently laid wicket of Bijbehara,
“We all know that even adult cricketers of Kashmir dream to play turf wicket, so it surely was something really special for these kids. By producing such kind of events BCA wants to provide budding cricketers a platform to grow as players,” Parvez added.
Bijbehara Cricket Association is planning to organise more such events in future,
” We are planning to organise same type of events for U-16 and then U-19 cricketers shortly.” Parvez who is President, BCA confirmed.