AEC has won the Engineering Masters League cricket tournament title beating TKM by 5 wickets in the final. This was the first season of the tournament where 4 teams participated – TRACE and hosts MES apart from the finalists.
The tournament was held at the impressive JMR Sporting facility across 4 weeks.https://jmrsporting.com/
The tournament was played in a round robin format with each team playing the other 3 teams, with the top 2 teams qualifying for the final. There were some close games and in the end, AEC came out on top.
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Best batsman and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the competition.
For AEC, Abdul Samad was the outstanding player with impressive performances throughout the competition. He won 3 Man of the match awards, including the final. He was also adjudged the best batsman and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the competition.
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The final provided a fitting culmination of the competition with a thrilling high-scoring game. In the end, the splendid partnership between Samad (122*) and Zakeer (64) proved to be the game changer and helped AEC triumph against a spirited TKM.
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It was a display of great team spirit and commitment from the AEC team with players travelling long distances as well as some braving injuries to contribute to the team’s win.