Patna: On Saturday, St Karen's High School emerged as champions in the three-day inter-school cricket tournament hosted by St Michael's High School. St Xavier's High School, Loyola High School and St Dominic Savio's High School also took part in the tournament.
In the final match played between St Karen's High School and St Michael's High School on Saturday, the former was on fire right from the beginning after winning the toss and deciding to bat first. The team set a target of 168 runs in 20 overs for the St Michael's team, which was all out at 116.
While Harsh Vardhan of St Karen's High School clinched the Man of the Series Trophy, Malay Raj, Krishna and Amit Kumar of St Michael's High School were adjudged the best bowler, the best fielder and the best wicket keeper of the tournament, respectively.
Additional superintendent of police, Bihar Police Academy, Ramashankar Rai was the chief guest on the occasion, while additional superintendent of police, vigilance investigation bureau Bina Kumari was the special guest.
The principal of St Karen's High School, Seema Singh, and her counterpart of St Michael's High School, Father Edison Armstrong, were among the other dignitaries present on the occasion.
The captain of the winning team, Harsh Vardhan, said: "I'm very happy. Our hard work and teamwork resulted in this win. We're glad to have coach like Manoj Sir. After winning the toss, I was confident about winning the game. The fall of early wickets proved detrimental for the opposition team," said Harsh.
The coach of St Michael's High School, Amrish Kumar Jha, said: "We lacked in fielding and coordinating but next time we'll come up with more hard work and will win," he said.
The vice-principal of St Michael's High School, Francis Chinnappan SJ, said winning and losing were part of the game and players should never get overexcited or disappointed by the results of one match, rather they should seek inspiration from each match they play. "Losers are never losers always and cannot be winners all the time," he said. The programme ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
