NEW DELHI: India won the inaugural edition of the 'International Tennis Cricket Tournament 2022', a T-10 format seven-match series played between the visitors and the host nation Cambodia at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on August 20-21.
The series was hosted by the Cricket Federation of Cambodia under the aegis of the India-headquartered International Tennis Cricket Federation. India lifted the trophy after winning all their seven matches, but the Cambodian team gave some tough fight to the visitors after losing a couple of games by a close margin.
India's Pintu Adhikary was awarded the 'Man of the Series' for his all-round show - 203 runs and four wickets. Rohit Kundu and Anubhav also shone bright, scoring 175 runs and 144 runs, respectively. For Cambodia, Karthi Kumar scored 163 runs and took six wickets, followed by Arunagiri Chandra Kumar (144 runs; six wickets) and De Selva (seven wickets).
The tournament was supported by the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia, Embassy of India in Phnom Penh and Indian Association Cambodia. The opening ceremony was graced by his Excellency, Yi Vesana, Advisor to Royal Government of Kingdom of Cambodia, and secretary general National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia, Tamal Haider. Kiran Reddy, a leading Cambodian businessman of Indian origin was invited as a special guest.
This was the first experience for Cambodia to play cricket at an international level. Kanhaiya Gurjar, Founder of the International Tennis Cricket Federation (ITCF), expressed his gratitude to the Cambodian government for supporting such events and thanked his Excellency Yi Vesana for his tremendous support to give warm welcome to the Indian team and for supporting the development of tennis ball cricket in Cambodia.
