In continuation of the 28th All
India Postal Cricket Tournament, two Semi-final matches are held
on the fourth day of the tournament i.e. on 22.01.2015
Semi-Final – I: Andhra Pradesh Vs. Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Team batted first and scored
133 runs for 9 wickets in 40 overs, whereas Andhra Pradesh
Chased the score in 26 overs only with loss of 4 wickets
and entered into Grand finale to be held on 23.01.2015.
Sri Nishant Yadavfrom A.P. Scored 35 and remained not out and
Sri T.S.S. Prasad took 4 key wickets giving away just 16
runs.
Semi-Final- II : West Bengal
Vs. Tamilnadu
West Bengal Team batted first and scored
250 runs for 9 wickets in 40 overs. Tough match was
held and finally Tamilnadu team won the match by 3 wickets scoring
253 runs in 39.3 overs losing 7 wickets.
From Tamilinadu team, Sri Santhosh scored 52 runs in
51 balls and Sri S. VivekAthiram took 4 wickets by giving away 50 runs.
Both the players played keyroll in winning of Tamilnadu Team.
With today’s matches, all the league
matches and Semi-Finals were over. Andhra Pradesh to
face Tamilnadu in the grand finale to be held at Port
Stadium at 09-00 AM on 23.01.2015.Uttar Pradesh will battle with West Bengal
for the third and the fourth place in the match to be
held at Steel Plant (Ukku) stadium at 09-00 AM on 23.01.2015.
Valedictory function will be held at 4
PM on 23.01.2015 at Golden Jubilee outdoor stadium (Port Stadium). Sri
M.T. Krishna Babu, I.A.S., Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port Trust
will grace the occasion as the Chief
Guest. Smt. Sharda Sampath, IPoS, Postmaster
General, Visakhapatnam Region, Sri LalitenduPradhan, Postmaster
General, Siluguri & North East
Region, Dr.Sri Vennam Upender, Director Postal Services, Visakhapatnam
Region and Sri Pawankumar Singh, DPS(Hqrs), Odissa Circle
will also present.
