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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Khawar, Sanuth receive top prizes at Oman Cricket’s annual awards night

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MUSCAT: Khawar Ali and Sanuth Ibrahim of Enahnce received the Premier Division’s best batsman and best bowler prize respectively on Wednesday as Sultanate’s cricket fraternity came together at Oman Cricket’s Annual Awards Night to acknowledge the achievements of leading teams and players at Al Falaj Hotel.


Ayaan Mohammed Khan of Muscat CT was adjudged the best all-rounder for excellent performance in his first season in Oman. Leading the honours for Omani cricketers playing for more than one team, Shuaib Ismail al Balushi (OCT Muscat and White Lotus) and Sufyan Mahmood (Enhance and Oct Seeb) won the best batsman and best bowler awards respectively. Shuaib Ismail also collected the best all-rounder award.


The teams and players received their awards from Shaikh Saad bin Mohammed al Saadi, Minister of Sports Affairs, who was the chief guest, in the presence of Kanak Khimji, OC Chairman and other Board members. The awards gala was also attended by foreign diplomats, local dignitaries, leading businessmen and community leaders.


Announcing the salient features of the previous season, Oman Cricket briefed the audience on the achievements of an eventful year in its annual report. It also highlighted its future plans and long-term goals.


Assarain had won the Premier Division League title last season while Muscat CT ended up as the runner-up. The T20 League trophy went to Passage to India with Assarain ending up second.


A whopping 117 teams are taking part in the current season (2018-19) that started on September 14 at various cricket grounds in the Oman capital.


List of winning teams and award-winning players for the season 2017-18:


Premier T20 League


Winners: Passage to India


Runners-up: Assarain CT


Premier division: Sponsored by Muscat Pharmacy & Stores


Winners: Assarain CT


Runners-up: Muscat CT


‘A’ division: Sponsored by Khimji Ramdas LLC


Winners: MDC Enhance


Runners-up: Salman Stores


‘B’ division: Sponsored by Al Ansari Group of Companies


Winners: Platinum Services Diamond


Runners-up: Zawawi Power Tech


‘C’ division: Sponsored by Raha Polyproducts


Winners: OCT Seeb


Runners-up: Basta CT


‘D’ division: Sponsored by Enhance


Winners: Trust Oilfield Services


Runners-up: Waves Engineering Consultancy


‘E’ division


Winners: National Bank of Oman


Runners-up: Fahad Express


‘F’ division


Winners: Khalsa United


Runners-up: RAHRC


‘G’ division


Winners: Unique Elegant


Runners-up: Classic Cricket Club


‘H’ division


Winners: Maxitech International


Runners-up: Global United Business


‘I’ division


Winners: Ibn Blasters


Runners-up: Danmark Cricket Club


INDIVIDUAL TOPPERS


Omani nationals playing for 1 team


Best batsman: Mohammed al Balushi – OCT Al Nahda


Best bowler: Issam al Balushi – OCT Seeb


Consolation bowling: Zubair Akbar al Balushi – OCT Muscat


Best all-rounder: Mohammed Ali Akbar al Balushi


- OCT Muscat


Omani nationals playing for more than 1 team


Best batsman: Shuhaib Ismail al Balushi- OCT Muscat & White Lotus


Best bowler: Sufyan Mahmood – Enhance & OCT Seeb


Best all-rounder: Shuhaib Ismail al Balushi- OCT Muscat & White Lotus


PREMIER DIVISION


Best batsman: Khawar Ali - Enhance


Best bowler: Sanuth Mohammed Ibrahim – Enhance


Best all-rounder: Ayaan Mohammed Khan


– Muscat CT


‘A’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Pranav Mehta – MDC Enhance


Best bowler: Batagoda Ranasinghe – Renaissance


Consolation batting: Jahanzeb Asgar Ali – Salman Stores


Consolation bowling: Ahsan Fonseka – Sinha CT


Best all-rounder: Batagoda Ranasinghe – Renaissance


‘B’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Muhammad Nadeem Ashaq – White Lotus Intl


Best bowler: Chadith Lakmal – Platinum Services Diamond


Consolation bowling: Nazish Mohammed – White Lotus Intl


‘C’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Sufyan Mahmood – OCT Seeb


Best bowler: Sufyan Mahmood – OCT Seeb


Consolation batting: Abdul Naveed Abdul Majeed - PDO


Consolation bowling: Rajesh Khetani- PDO


Best all-rounder: Batagoda Ranasinghe – Renaissance


‘D’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Kamaljot Singh- Waves Engineering


Best bowler: Satham Hussain – Al Fairuz


Best all-rounder: Satham Hussain – Al Fairuz


‘E’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Vijesh Nair – Fahad Express


Best bowler: Sooraj Raj- Fahad Express


Consolation batting: Syed Irfan Ali -NBO


‘F’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Imran Syed – Ahli Bank


Best bowler: Arvind Singh – Khalsa United


Consolation bowling: Haneef Hodekar – Mehul Ent


Consolation bowling: Kishore Namboothri – Mustafa Sultan Ent.


‘G’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Suketu Manilal Limbani – Unique Elegant


Best bowler: Irtaza Ahmed – Unique Elegant


Consolation batting: Sohail Khan – Unique Elegant


Consolation batting: Mohammed al Balushi – OCT Al Nahda


‘H’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Ibrar Hussain – Global United


Best bowler: Gopakumar Gopal – FHD Crazy Challengers


‘I’ DIVISION


Best batsman: Abhimanyu Bhati – Danmark CT


Best bowler: Mujahid Surve – Taurus XI


Consolation batting: Doresh Devender – Danmark CT


Best all-rounder: Vibin Panaparambil – Ibn Blasters


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