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A CIMP batsman defends a delivery playing against LN Mishra Institute at Moinul Haque Stadium in Patna on Friday. CIMP won by 29 runs, reaching the semi-finals. In the second match of the Rukmani Buildtech Social Premier League between AIIMS-Patna and BIT-Patna, the budding techies won by 26 runs. The tournament powered by Airtel, is being organised by Young Indians, a wing of the Confederation of Indian Industry. Eight participating teams are promoting different social causes. Apart from trophies for winner and runner-ups, there are gift prizes for the most exciting team from media partner The Telegraph and t2. In the third elimination match, IIT-Patna defeated Amity by 34 runs. The elimination round’s fourth match will be played on Saturday between IIM-Ranchi and NIFT-Patna. The dignitaries present during the matches were SP Sinha, chairperson, CII Bihar State Council, Toni Sharma, chairperson, Yi-Patna chapter, Ajeet Azad, co-chairperson, Yi-Patna chapter, Dr GK Singh, director, AIIMS-Patna, Sanjay Srivastava, director, NIFT-Patna, CBP Srivastava, director, Amity-Patna, Deepak Kumar Singh, head, Bihar State office, Vijay Bhuller, CII-Yi secretariat and others. During the occasion, students of Yi NIFT also performed a skit on domestic violence, a social cause selected by NIFT-Patna for the tournament. Text by Roshan Kumar, picture by Ranjeet Kumar Dey |