Kuwait City: The New Royal King Farwaniya won the Championship Trophy at the ISF Trophy Cricket Tournament organised by The Indian Social Forum (ISF), Kuwait on January 5 at the Sharq Grounds.
The day long tournament was formally inaugurated by Karnataka junior javelin champion Mohammad Ashraf at 7 AM and was concluded at 5 PM. A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament that was worked off on a knock-out basis.
The final match was reduced to 4 overs due to the fading light in which The New Royal Kings Farwaniya defeated the (United Kuwait Cricket Club) UKCC by 6 runs. The New Royal Kings Farwaniya won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 26 runs in 4 overs. The UKCC failed to sustain the pressure and wilted under it as it lost 2 important wickets in the beginning. Their reply culminated at 20 runs.
Team New Royal King Farwaniya emerged as the winners of the Maiden ISF Trophy Cricket Tournament and Team UKCC took home the runner-up trophy.
Abdul Razak, Manager, BADR-Al-Samaa Medical Center and Mustafa, ISF Kerala Chapter President presented the Winner and Runner-up trophies. Man of the Match was won by Farooq of Team Royal King Farwaniya. The award was presented by Amith Furtado.
Man of the series was won by Arif of Team UKCC for overall best performance. Ranjith of Team Royal King Farwaniya was declared as The Best Batsman of the tournament. The Best Bowler award went to Sathish of Team Royal king Farwaniya. Awards were presented to these individuals by Amith, Adil and Sharan respectively.
The tournament was sponsored by the Middle East World Co WLL and co-sponsored by Badr Al-Samaa Medical Center, Alex D’Souza (Cricket Enthusiast), Amit Furtado (owner of Friends Kuwait Cricket Team) and Waseem (owner of UKCC cricket team).
