The SUPER 8 Cricket
Tournament organized by the FORE Sports & Cultural Division came to an
enthralling finish with the Strikers beating the Packers in a nail-biting last
over finish. The Tournament held from July 23rd 2012 to August 4th
2012 in Sanjay Van saw participation of 12 teams that comprised of students
from 2011 and 2012 batches. The Tournament had 8 overs a side game and the
officials were the members of Team FSD. The 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams
each. The Tournament kicked off with a Round Robin stage and was followed by the
subsequent knockout stages.
The teams that competed
for the SUPER8 cup were The Strikers, Slam Dunkers, Fighting underdogs, Hangover
boys, B-FORE, Draconion, FORE players, Revengers, Team Relapse, The Packers, Huyton
Hammers and IMG-6.
The inaugural match
took place on July 23rd between FORE players and Team Relapse. The
league stage was over by 28th July and the top 2 Teams from each
group competed in the knockout Quarter Finals Stage. The Packers and Hangover
Boys made it to the first Semi-Final while the second Semi-Final saw the
Strikers battle it out with IMG-6. The
Final Match was played between the teams led by Utsav Basu ‘The Strikers’ and
‘The Packers’ led by Sandeep Singh. The Strikers set a target of 73 but the Packers fell short by 4 runs.
The tournament brought
the students of both the batches together and helped in finding new talents for
the college cricket team for upcoming inter college tournaments.It was the
first tournament organized by FSD in the
2012-13 academic year and was a grand success. The credit for which goes to
Team FSD led by Nitin Gandhi. The Tournament was successful in keeping up the
motto “Energising the FOREians “.
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