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Howzzat! Dons play gentleman’s game
It was a high-pitched contest. There were thrills and spills, catches and sixes. The bowlers tried to curb the shower of shots. The event had all the ingredients of a high-octane T-16 match — with a difference.
It was a high-pitched contest.
There were thrills and spills, catches and sixes. The bowlers tried to curb the shower of shots. The event had all the ingredients of a high-octane T-16 match — with a difference.
Playing the gentleman’s game, donning white tees and dark trousers, were dons of all shades.
Two convicts stood next to an under-trial in the slips and a Maoist extremist, included in the playing 11, carried out an athletic run-out.
More than 2,000 prisoners converged at Patna’s high-security Beur Central Jail for the finals of the T-16 championship. “Never have the jail premises seen such excitement. The prisoners snatch every minute from their regimented life for the strategy sessions,” said Jail Superintendent O.P. Gupta.
Ajay Jha, convicted of kidnapping and murder, led the Saraswati team and under-trial Naushad, charged with kidnapping, was the Jamuna skipper. Saraswati put up 97 in 20 overs.
In reply, Jamuna could score just 60.
The winner was humanity, said Praveen Kumar, the commentator, implicated in a kidnapping case.
