Challenger Friends circle in Suralpady in association with Gurpur Block Youth Congress will be organising ‘Rajiv Gandhi Souharda Cup-2008,’ a flood lit cricket tournament from January 4 to 6 at Alva’s ground in Narlapadavu. Speaking to media persons here on Friday, Youth Congress leader Vishwas Kumar said that around 30 teams have already registered for the tournament which will be held throughout the night on all the three days. Each innings will be of 8 overs and will take around an hour.
The champions of the tournament is Rajiv Gandhi Souharda Cup and a cash award of Rs 60,000 while the runners up will receive a cash award of Rs 30,000 along with the cup. There will be man of the match and other individual prizes too, Mr Kumar added. Organising committee members Abdul Khader, Zakir and Haneef were present