Alok Mishra
Gopalganj: To apprise the people of the district about formation of Human chain, a cricket match was played between Gopalganj district administration team and journalists’ team at Minz Stadium on January 15. The match was of 16 overs.
Captain of District Administration team and Gopalganj DM Rahul Kumar decided to bat first after winning the toss. Opening from district administration team, Gopalganj SP scored 22 runs on eight balls. The team scored 167 runs for loss of four wickets in the stipulated overs. Bowlers of Journalists Team-Manish Kumar, Vikash Dubey and Atul Sagar bowled well.
The journalists’ team could score 134 runs in reply and was defeated. Man of the match award was given to Rajiv Kumar of district administration team while for better fielding, the award was given to Manjha BDO. Gopalganj DM Rahul Kumar gave the prize to runner’s up team to captain of journalists’ team Triloki Nath Srivastava. Coach of journalists’ team and Press Mens’ Union president Sunil Tiwary gave away the winning trophy to Rahul Kumar.