Red Wings lifts APL trophy second time in row

The much awaited Aloysian Premiere League (APL) was held at the Aloysian Student Hostel at Someshwara on April 10 and 11.The event consisted of 15 leagues, 2 qualifiers, 1 eliminator and 1 final match.

In the final match of the APL Season 4, Red Wings scored 63/5 in 5 overs and successfully managed to defend Brothers Aloy who could only score 47/5 in 5 overs.

The following students were selected for the man of the match award:
Dhawan (Red Wings), Prajwal Kumar (Brothers Aloy), Indrajith (BNB), Charan (Red Wings)
Darshan (Challengers United), Prajwal Achar (Blazing Phoenix), Nitish Gowda (Blazing Phoenix)
Narahari (Red Wings), Gowtham (Brothers Aloy), ChetanShetty (Red Wings), Mohammed Ismail (Blazing Phoenix) and Abhilash (Brothers Aloy).

Red Wings won the qualifier 1 match against Blazing Phoenix to enter the finals, while Brothers Aloy won eliminator 1 against team BNB and qualifier 2 against Blazing Phoenix to enter the finals.

Red Wings won their 2nd APL trophy in 4 Seasons while Brothers Aloy was the new team this season and won their 1st runner up trophy.

• Dhawan Shetty was awarded the final man of the match award for his 39(18) (2 fours, 2 sixes). He was also awarded the best batsmen of the tournament for scoring 165 runs (10 fours, 19 sixes).
• Prajwal Achar (Blazing Phoenix) was awarded the best bowler for bagging 15 wickets.
• Gowtham (Brothers Aloy) was awarded the man of the tournament for his brilliant all round performance of 142 runs (16 sixes, 8 fours), 6 wickets, 4 catches and 1 run out.
• Sourav Naik (Southern Sultans) was awarded the emerging player award, Nitish Gowda (Blazing Phoenix), Akash Shetty (Blazing Phoenix), Sagar Kotari (BnB), Alfaz Sheik (Challengers United), Nishant Poojary (Southern Sultans) were the other emerging junior players in APL.

The event committee members Anoop, Sanjay, Tanuja Pawar and Shashank Rao were seen working hard throughout for the success of APL 2021.

Ravi and Shreyas from Mangalore officiated the tournament and Prajwal was the commentator for all the matches.