Gujranwala cricket team defeated Multan division by 9 runs to win Khelta Punjab Games Inter-Division cricket title at the NPSC Cycling Velodrome on the third day of the games on Saturday.
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar was the chief guest on this occasion.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry, Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed, Ataur Rehman and other officials were also present on this occasion.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry also distributed prizes at the final competitions of Khelta Punjab Games table tennis and badminton events.
Talking to media, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that the participating athletes of Inter-Division phase of games have emerged from grassroots level. “The toppers from this stage will have opportunity to represent the country at international level.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry further said that best facilities including food and residences are being provided to all participating athletes and team officials of Inter-Division phase of Khellta Punjab Games.
In Khelta Punjab Games Inter-Division cricket event, Gujranwala scored 108 runs in six overs for the loss of three wickets. Salman hammered a knock of 64 runs and later was adjudged man of the match. He smashed 10 sixes in his whirlwind knock.
In reply, Multan division cricket team managed to score 99 runs for the loss of four wickets. The winning team was awarded a cheque of Rs 3 lakh while the runner up team got a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.
In Badminton Boys final, Lahore defeated Multan Division by a margin of 2-0 while Rawalpindi Division emerged winners by 2-0 against Multan in the Badminton Girls final match at the NPSC Gymnasium Hall.
In Table Tennis boys’ title clash, Lahore thrashed Gujranwala Division by 3-0 while in the girls table tennis final, Gujranwala defeated Faisalabad by the same margin.
In Khelta Punjab kabaddi event, Sahiwal defeated DG Khan by 44-20 while Faisalabad outplayed Gujranwala by a huge score of 54-30.
The Khelta Punjab athletics competitions were concluded at Punjab Stadium on Saturday. Rawalpindi's Pakeeza Amjad took first position in the High Jump Girls event followed by Faisalabad's Manahal and Bahawalpur’s Saira Latif who clinched the second and third positions respectively.
Ammar Ahmed of Faisalabad, Abu Bakar of Sahiwal and Usman Ghani of Bahawalpur got first, second and third positions respectively in Boys High Jump event.
M Yousuf of Lahore took first position, M Iftikhar of Bahawalpur second and M Dawood of Faisalabad took third position in Discus Throw event.
Khadija of Faisalabad was declared first in the Girls’ Discus Throw event. Mahnoor of Lahore and Gujranwala’s Samia finished second and third respectively in this contest.
Alam Ali of Sahiwal took first position in Boys’ Long Jump event while M Noman of Sargodha and M Hassan of Bahawalpur took second and third positions respectively.
In the Girls’ Long Jump event, Lahore's Kinza Sarfraz took first position, Faisalabad’s Azka and Sargodha's Munazza Javed were remained second and third respectively.
In Girls 400 meters, Kinza Sarfraz of Lahore took first position, Gujranwala's Malaika second and Sahiwal's Insha took third position. In the 400 meter race of Boys, Haseeb Ahmed of Lahore, Usman Munir of Faisalabad and Arsalan Ahmed of Sargodha were declared first, second and third respectively.
In Football, Lahore defeated Multan Division by 1-0 in the first match while Gujranwala defeated Rawalpindi Division by 3-0 in the second match of the day.
In Taekwondo Boys -50kg category, Faizan Hassan of DG Khan Division defeated Multan's M Aqeeq. Rohan Arshad of Lahore defeated Kashan Bukhari of Bahawalpur in -58kg category fight. M Bilal of Lahore defeated Haroon of Gujranwala in the 63kg category while M Rehan of DG Khan defeated M Shahzeb of Gujranwala in -67kg category.