The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar - The Engineers Corporate Cricket Tournament, organised by the Keralite Engineers Forum (KEF), kicked off at the Ideal Oval in Al Hilal, Doha recently.
The tournament in which 12 corporate teams are competing, is sponsored by Louise Philip & Van Heusen at Airport Road, Qatar.
The tournament was inaugurated by Dr. Hassan Kunhi, Chairman of Ideal Indian School and Director of Kannur International Airport.
He lauded KEF for creating this opportunity for the professionals to come out and play the competitive game of cricket.
The participating teams are Galfar Al Misnad, L&T, Powerman International, Qatar Design Consortium, Mannai Corporation, Castle Constructions, Omega Engineering, Global Auto Parts, Coastal Qatar, Almoyyed Air-conditioning, Technosteel & Gulf Warehousing Company. Only the staff of respective companies are allowed to play in the tournament.
During the inauguration ceremony, KEF Chairman Sajeet George wished best of luck to all the teams and the tournament rules were presented by Sudheesh Gopalakrishnan and T S Sreenivas. Specifically designed team Jerseys were distributed by Prakash Nair and Kishore Nair. Manual and online scoreboard were managed by Rahul Rajan, Azhar, Farhad, Jacob Thomas and Dayan Anthony.
The tournament will be played on Fridays and spread over a period of five weeks.