ROTARY SCL 7.0

Rotary Club of Siliguri Metropolitan has been organizing Siliguri Cricket League (SCL) an “8 Overs Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament” where teams from various corporate offices, social organizations & local clubs participate. The 7th edition of SCL 7.0 concluded on Sunday, 13th April, 2025 at Kanchanjunga Stadium, Siliguri. The tournament was inaugurated by Chief Guest Shri. Sudhir Kumar, IG, SSB and Guest of Honour Shri. Ranjan Sarkar, Deputy Mayor, SMC along with Shri Deepak Mansingka of Dwarika Group on Friday, 11th April, 2025, where 10 teams were divided into 2 groups. There were 20 matches in the league stage and 2 teams from each group qualified for the semi finals. Rtn. Rakesh Garg, President of the Club welcomed all the dignitaries, teams, sponsors and other members in the tournament and he thanked SMC for providing this wonderful stadium for the tournament.

The closing cum presentation ceremony was attended by Chief Guest Shri. Gautam Deb, Mayor, SMC along with Guest of Honour Shri. Manik Dey, MMIC, SMC. The winning trophy was handed over by the Title Sponsor Shri. Rajesh Agarwal, Director of Siddhi Balaji Group. The awards and prizes were sponsored by Shiwalall Gupta & Sons. The Club President also handed over a cheque of Rs. 51000/- to the Hon’ble Mayor towards SMC Mayor Relief Fund.

The final match was played between College Para Jagratri Puja Committee, Siliguri and AAA Success, Jalpaiguri. In a nail biting final match, AAA Success defeated CPJPC by 18 runs. AAA Success batting first scored 75 runs in 8 overs while CPJPC could score only 57 runs for 9 wickets. Arvind Kumar of AAA Success was declared Man of the Match for taking 4 wickets in 2 overs, while, Bongo Pintu was top batter in the finals scoring 19 runs in 11 balls.

Best Batter of the tournament & Man of the Series were won by Vishal Akki of CPJPC for his all-round performance with bat and ball. He scored 144 runs and took 4 wickets. Best Bowler of the tournament was won by Arvind Kumar of AAA Success for grabing 11 wickets.

Rtn. Manish Jain (joint project chairman), Rtn. Jyoti Dey Sarkar & Rtn. Manish Agarwal (both project co-chairman), Rtn. Shiv Shankar Sarkar (past president), Rtn. Manoj Sovasaria (secretary), Rtn. Bhim Sen Goyal (treasurer) were the key persons without whom the tournament would not have been possible to be a grand success. The entire information was shared by Rtn. CA. Amit Goyal, Project Chairman of the tournament. He also thanked all the esteemed sponsors, teams, umpires, food partner, grounds men, live scorer, photographers, commentator, decorators, media persons and supporters for making SCL 7.0 a resounding success