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"Sharjah is the Mecca of cricket with it being on top of the glory in the cricketing world in the 90s. With this tournament, the cricket fans revived their memory of the 90s when cricket was being introduced to the UAE and maximum ODIs were held here. We are overwhelmed with the love showered on the legends of the cricketing world by the spectators in Sharjah," announced Amin Pathan, the elated chairman of the recently held three-day star-studded Friendship Cup-UAE 2022 that featured cricket legends from around the World including former Indian Cricket Captain Mohammad Azharuddin, Bollywood star Suniel Shetty, former Pakistani cricket sensation Imran Nazir and Sri Lankan star cricketer Ajantha Mendis.The Friendship Cup - UAE 2022 has given a platform to the greats of Cricket during the 80s and 90s and the spectators adored seeing their favourite legends taking the field again. Cricket lovers still harbour memories of Sharjah Cricket ground with the splendid performances of cricketing heroes who are now in their 40s and 50s like Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Sharma, Saba Karim, Narendra Hirwani, Rajesh Chouhan and Pakistan's Mohammad Shaami, Yousuf Yohanna, Chamunda Vaz and Abdul Razak from Bangladesh who re-appeared after almost 2 decades including those who retired a couple of years ago, on the same ground where they created history. The spectators witnessed a tough competition and it conveyed a Universal message of Friendship and Brotherhood among the great cricketers across countries coming together to play.The Bollywood XI team consisted of Suniel Shetty, Sohail Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Saqib Salim, Sharad Kelkar, Salil Ankola, Apurva Lakhia, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Bhaktiyar Irani, Shailendra Singh and Raja Virwani. The Bollywood XI versus Indian Legends match saw the spectators equally supporting both the teams as both teams competed neck to neck making it the most thrilling match.It was the Pakistan Legends that won the Friendship Cup-UAE Championship by beating World XI by 14 runs to lift the first Friendship Cup - UAE that successfully concluded at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium last week.In the final match, Pakistan Legends piled up 133 for five in their stipulated 10 overs, contributed by Salman Butt (45 off 20 balls) and Mohammad Sami (36 off 10 balls). In response, World XI started off well aided by Phil Mustard's 50 off 21 balls and Tillakratne Dilshan with 34 off 16 balls who looked dangerous after putting up a 78-run partnership. However, Mohammad Irfan took the game out of World XI's hands by bagging a few quick wickets and stopping them short of 8 runs.Amin Pathan is the Vice Chairman of Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and the Chief Promoter of Rajwada Cricket League (RCL) that is a such a big platform for budding cricketers, having completed its 6 editions, many of whom are selected for even the IPL tournaments. He has also initiated a Cricket League in Bahrain for the first time in that country's sporting history. Cricket has always been the passion of this philanthropist and a top politician from Rajasthan, Amin Pathan who was himself a promising pace bowler playing state-level tournaments in Rajasthan during his college days.Amin Pathan further mentioned, "The local crowds were just thrilled with even the Bollywood team participating as this is the first time in history that Bollywood cricketers played against International Test cricketers, the Indian, Pakistani and World Legends on Sharjah's historical ground. The spectators consisted mainly of Afghanis, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian cricket lovers for whom UAE is like a second home.At the presentation ceremony, HH Sheikh Faisal bin Khalid Al Qassimi, Chief Guest and the Chief Patron of the Friendship Cup - UAE handed over the Friendship Cup to Champions Pakistan Legends, flanked by a number of dignitaries that included Abdelrahman Elbah, a representative of His Highness Faisal bin Khalid Alqasimi, Mohamed Magdy the Legal consultant, Dr Khalid Kanah, Qasim Almorshdi and General Mahesh Senanayake, former Chief of Army Staff of Sri Lanka, Aarefa Saleh Al Falahi, Member of Board of Director RAK Chamber, Eng. Aliya Al Kindi, Dr Bu Abdulla, Hamad N Al Hammadi and Head of Organisation Committee and Husaifa Ibrahim.The organizing team is led by Amin Pathan, Founder and chairman. Aslam Gurukkul Ceo of Arba Sports Services, Noufal Qudran & Anas Pathan Director of Arba Sports. Event & Media director was Naghma Khan & Azad Khan. Other team Habib Koya & Muneer Mohiyadeen and adviser Zaheer Ahmed, Asutosh Pattanayak the Chairman and President WSS London and Spokesperson for French Embassy was also present at the ceremony.The first edition of Friendship Cup - UAE was sanctioned by Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Faisal bin Khalid Al Qassimi. "Though the tourney is over, it is not the end, in fact it is a new beginning for the Friendship Cup UAE, that in all probabilities will be an annual fixture in the global cricketing schedule with a bigger next edition consisting of 6 teams while we had 4 teams in the first one gone by. I personally thank the Dubai Police for their earnest support and arrangements of the matches and Khalaf Bukhatir the CEO of Sharjah Cricket Stadium," Amin Pathan ended.This story is provided by PNN.will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/PNN)( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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