KARACHI: Naya Nazimabad Ramzan Cup’s cricket fever will light up Ramazan in 2018 and people will get to see quality cricket marches through thrilling games.
These thoughts were expressed by Javedan Corporation Limited CEO Samad Habib and Naya Nazimabad while announcing the tournament details in at the inaugural press conference.
The event will be getting underway at the Naya Nazimabad Lawai Stadium on May 14, 2018, and will continue till June 04, 2018 where 12 teams will play a total of 25 thrilling matches.
“The Lawai Cricket Stadium in Naya Nazimabad, having floodlights and many other facilities, remains occupied throughout the year. Our objective is to make Sports City at Naya Nazimabad, whose facilities could be utilized by the inhabitants of the city,” Samad said.
“The Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup Cricket Tournament 2018 offers record prize money of Rs 2.085 million, including Rs 1.2 million for the winners, while the runners-up would receive Rs 0.6 million,” said Tournament Director Riaz-ud-din.
This year, 12 teams have been divided in 3 groups. Group A includes Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Brighto Paints and Rehman Foundation; Group B contains Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SSGPL), National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Omar Associates and Sindh Police and Group C contains Dollar East, K-Electric, Pakistan Customs and Civil Aviation Authority.
