Baseball Tourney: Manipur, Maha lift winner's trophy
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 03 2013:
Host team Manipur defeated Maharashtra by 14-3 runs in the final match of the 23rd Sub-Junior National Baseball Championship 2013 being organised by Manipur Amateur Baseball Association at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex here today.
Rebica scored the first run for the Manipur team soon after the match started.
Later, team mates Kabita Shanta scored one run each one after another.
Ranjita, Menakshi, Karishma, Premi, Sushitra and Sophia also contributed 1, 1,2,1,2 and 1 run respectively in ensuring a big win of their team.
Dhanshri, Sayali and Shreya of team Maharashtra could score 1 run each for their team.
In the Sub-Junior Boys Final, team Maharashtra lost to Delhi by 10-3 runs.
Players of winning team namely Arshad, Sakil, Pushkar, Amarjit, Naveen and Abale fetched 1, 1,2,1,2 and 1 runs respectively to lift the winner's title.
Among the players of Maharashtra, Dhiraj, Abhijit and Shandal were the only players who could score 1 run each for their team in the final match.
Players of Maharashtra really tried hard from the very beginning and they stood tall with pride even in the moments of losing the match.
Janvi of Maharashtra was awarded Best Pitcher.
Suchitra of Manipur begged the award of Best Catcher.
Best fielder award went to Rebika of Manipur while Asmika of Chattisgar was awarded best hitter in the girl's category.
In the boy's category, Saishir of Chattisgarh was awarded Best Pitcher, Shubham of Maharashtra begged Best Catcher award while the Best fielder award went to Gopinath of Odisha and the Best Hitter award to Arshad of Delhi.