Doda Administration organized a one day Cricket tournament with a view to promote sports in the district.The tournament was inaugurated by District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bhupinder Kumar in presence of DIG Batote-Doda Kishtwar, Range and SSP Doda.The inaugural match was played between DC Eleven Doda and SP Eleven Doda. In an interesting match, SP Eleven beat DC Eleven Doda by 7 wickets.The DC Eleven won the toss and elected to bat first and scored a total of 108 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs.
Umar Khan scored 40 runs not out and Bhupinder Kumar 15 runs, respectively.While chasing a modest target of 110 runs, SP Eleven Doda played exceptionally well and achieved the target in 18 overs with 7 wickets in hand.Ashiq Hussain of SP Eleven Doda was declared man of the Match for his excellent 60 runs and was given trophy by DDC Doda and SSP Doda.The DDC also interacted with the players who participated in the inaugural cricket match.