KOTAK MAHINDRA WINS INNAUGRAL KURUKSHETRA CUP (2015-16), THE TOURNAMENT WINS TRUST AND HEARTS

By CricketGraph Editor Last updated Jun 19, 2018

Kotak Mahindra clinched the season 1 of ‘Kurukshetra Cup(2015-16)’ , a Corporate season ball T20 Cricket Tournament, to conclude the tournament in style beating an out of touch Sodexo.

Mr. Piyush Rai(left) , Mr. Devashish Rai(right), with the umpires and Mr. Vishal Pendurkar( skipper Sodexo) and Mr. Premal Saraiya (Kotak Team)

The winners i.e. Kotak Mahindra bagged a whooping cash prize of 60,000/-.I.N.R. Sodexo, too, played really well throughout the tournament to make a place in the finals and took away a handsome cash prize of 40,000 I.N.R. The final was held at Vengsarkar Academy , Mahul on Sunday 20^th march, 2016.

The Tournament was organized by Beyond Infiniti a sports and educational events creating and organizing company. The company based in Mumbai has been founded by two brothers Devashish Rai ( CEO ) & Piyush Rai (COO).

The tournament had 11 participating corporate teams, namely; Kotak Mahindra , Sodexo, DTDC Express Ltd., RCC, Mycroyance, Weatherford , Axis Bank, Arbuda Agro.,Subsea Pro Engg. Pvt Ltd.,Digital Broadcasting & Omni Marines Cricket Club.

The Tornament was played in the right spirit through and through with each of the Corporate teams showing great competitive spirit and cricketing skills.

Man Of the Series award went to Vishal Pendurkar of Sodexo for his impressive all round performance throughout the tournament. Pendurkar scored 150 runs and took 6 wickets overall. Kotak bagged most of the awards with Man Of the Match on the finals going to Sagar Khatri who took 4 wickets, Batsman of the Tournament Rugved Chaudhari (Kotak Mahindra) who score 155 runs in total, Bowler of the Tournament was Premal Saraiya(Kotak Skipper ) who picked up 8 wickets in the tournament with some inspiring efforts with the ball.

After a successful season 1 , season 2 is lined up to be held from 2^nd of April 2016. Season 2 of the tournament will have 16 teams , where there will be 4 compulsory matches to be played by each of the teams.

Mr. Devshish (extreme left) and Mr. Piyush Rai(extreme right) with the runner-up Sodexo Team

For the glimpses of Kurukshetra Cup Season 1 visit http://www.facebooklogin.com/kurukshetracup or just Google kurukshetra Cup

Left to r Mr. premal saraiya(skipper kotak),Mr. Devashish( COO Beyond Infiniti), Mr. Mukesh Sharma ( Cricket Head at Kotak, Mr. Piyush Rai ( COO Beyond Infiniti )

Left to Right - Mr. Piyush Rai and Mr. devashish Rai with Umpires and Mr. Vishal Pendurkar ( Skipper Sodexo and Mr. Premal Saraiya (Skipper of Kotak ) — Left to Right – Mr. Piyush Rai and Mr. devashish Rai with Umpires and Mr. Vishal Pendurkar ( Skipper Sodexo and Mr. Premal Saraiya (Skipper of Kotak )