faridabad , jantantra today / The 18 th Edition of Manav Rachna Corporate Cricket Challenge 2025 Inaugurated by Hon’ble Dr. Prashant Bhalla, President & Chancellor, MREI alongwith Dr. Amit Bhalla, Vice President, MREI ,Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, MRIIRS, Dr. Deependra Jha, Vice Chancellor, MRU, Dr. N.C.Wadhwa, DG,MREI, Dr. Rajiv Kapoor, MD, MREI, Dr. Pradeep Kumar, PVC, MRIIRS,Mr. Naresh Grover, PVC,
MRIIRS, Mrs. Sangeeta Banga, PVC, MRU, Mr. Ramesh Nair, Registrar, MRIIRS, Mr. R.K.Arora, Registrar,
MRU, Mr. Agam Talwar, Director – Sports Collaborations & Initiatives, MREI, Mrs. Sunitha Nambiar,
CEO,MRIS, Mrs. Rashima Verma, Director MRIS-IB, Col V.K.Gaur, in the presence of Mr. Atul Kalra,
Director, Admin, MREI, All Deans & Directors & Mr. Sarkar Talwar, Director Sports, MREI were also
present. 24 teams like Maruti Suzuki, ACE, NHAI, Media-XI, JCB, Aaj Tak , Indian Oil (R&D), Honda
Motorcycle, SEC-RJMT Engineering,TCS ,Sarvodaya Hospital, Sony India, Hero Motocorp, Accord
hospital, Knorr- Bremse,Wave Infratech, Jagran Group, Manitou Equipment,Honda Car, Spark Minda,
Larsen & Toubro, Damco Solutions,Sunlife Global and MREI, are part of this tournament.
The 1st match of the tournament was played between NHAI and Sunlife Global. Sunlife Global team won the
toss and elected to Field First. NHAI Scored 354/5 runs in 20 Overs. For NHAI team, Mr. Shantanu Played a
brilliant inning he made 113 runs in just 46 balls (9 Fours, 9 Sixes), Mr.Ritesh Dahiya Scored 72 runs in 18 balls
(11 Sixes) , Mr.Nilesh made 45 runs in 18 balls (2 Fours, 5 Sixes) & Mr. Sandeep Dahiya made 37 run in 9
balls (6 Sixes) respectively.
For Sunlife Global team Bowling Mr. Vinay Sharma (4-0-26-2), Karan (2-0-30-1) Narender (4-0-58-1) and
Kumar Saurabh (3-0-70-1) for his team
In reply Sunlife Global team made only 241/10 in 19.1 Overs and Loose the match by 113 Runs. For Sunlife
Global team Mr. Dev made 71 runs in 27 balls (10 Sixes), Mr.Anil Khatri made 41 runs in 11 balls (2 Fours, 5
Sixes), Vinay Sharma made 37 runs in 17 balls (5 Sixes) and Mr. Karan made 32 runs in 16 balls (4 Sixes)
respectively.
The Successful bowlers for NHAI team were Mr. Harsh Gupta (4-0-35-4), Nilesh Tagad (4-0-38-3) Ritesh
Dahiya (3-0-50-1), Sandeep (3-0-32-1) for his team.
Mr. Shantanu of NHAI team was declared ‘Man of the Match’ for his brilliant performance. He Scored 113
runs in just 46 Balls for his team. The Man of the match prize was given by Dr. Pardeep Kumar, PVC, MRIIRS
alongwith Mr. Sarkar Talwar, Director Sports,MRIIRS.
