Nagpur cricketer Sanskar Gour emerges as a single-win champion at the national level
Nagpur: Promising city cricket player Sanskar Gour, a Podar International School alum, recently won 10 lakh Skoda Single-Wicket Cricket tournament national prize money at Mumbai.
More than a thousand budding cricketers from across the country took part in the tournament, which was organized for the first time in the under-12 andUnder-14 categories.
The competition was conducted in 49 different cities, choosing the winner from each city for the mega-finals that took place on the ground of the Air India Complex.
“All the finalists were divided into twelve groups of four members each. Those players who won all their three league matches were qualified for the knockouts. All twelve group toppers were pitched against each other to pick the final three,” Sanskar said while addressing the press conference here Friday.
Rajkot boy Aryan Savsani defeated in the final Sanskar. Sanskar scored seven runs in two overs while batting first. His opponent lost his wicket three times in response and was able to score only three runs.
Sanskar, who has already played VCA Under-13 matches, said, “I hadn’t expected to win the title at all. I participated in the trials in Nagpur just for fun before qualifying for the mega finals in Mumbai,” he said.
Sanskar was awarded the winning trophy by Unmukt Chand, who led the IndianUnder-19 cricket team to win the 2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He also got the Organizers ‘ certificate and kit bag.
The press conference also included his father Manoj Singh Gour and mother Vaishali.
