Gurgaon societies play cricket to celebrate Father’s Day
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Gurgaon societies play cricket to celebrate Father’s Day

Mahindra Aura, Sector 110A, and Raheja Atharva, Sector 109, decided to play a friendly match to mark the day.

Gurgaon societies play cricket to celebrate Father’s Day

Residents of Mahindra Aura, a residential society in Sector 110A, and Raheja Atharva, a residential society in Sector 109, celebrated Father’s Day by playing a friendly cricket match at Gyananda Secondary School in Sector 109, Gurgaon. Most of the players had children.

Raheja Atharva’s team won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mahindra Aura set a target of 145 runs for Raheja Atharva’s team. However, Raheja Atharva were all out at 123 and Mahindra Aura won the match by 22 runs.

Ankit Vohra, captain of Mahindra Aura’s team, became the Man of the Match. He had hit four sixes and one four. He also took two wickets and two catches.

Vohra said, “After losing the toss, we batted first. The target proved a bit hard to chase by Atharva team. We won due to our good fielding and tight bowling.”

Vikram Tomar, another player of the winning team, said, “After losing the toss and scoring just 144, we were a bit apprehensive about the outcome of the match. But our captain motivated us and we won the match.”

With little children cheering for Mahindra Aura’s team, the society also won the best cheerleader team award.

“Today's match was played with good sportsmanship and hence each player enjoyed the game” said Yashesh Yadav, manager of Mahindra Aura team.