2024-03-11 11:06:03
The ‘Walton-EMA Media Cup Cricket-2024’ organized under the auspices of Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC and managed by Electronic Media Marketing Association of Bangladesh (EMA) ended today on Sunday. Gun Bangla TV is the champion of this event. Deepta TV is the runner-up.
Gun Bangla TV won the championship by defeating Deepta TV by 6 wickets in the final held at the Shaheed Zayan Chowdhury playground of Banani. On this day, Deepta went to bat first and scored 105 runs, losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 10 overs. In reply, Gun Bangla secured the victory by losing 4 wickets in 9.4 overs by scoring 109 runs. Shaun of Gun Bangla was the man of the match with 3 wickets with the ball and 35 runs with the bat.
Champion team gets Gun Bangla TV trophy, medal and prize money of Tk 1 lakh. And the runner-up team gets Deepta TV trophy, medal and 50 thousand taka prize money.
At the end of the final, the mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation distributed the prizes as the chief guest. Atiqul Islam At this time, the senior deputy executive director of the sponsoring organization Walton. Rabiul Islam Milton, Gun Bangla Television Chairperson Farzana Munni, Chief Executive Kaushik Hossain Tapas, actors Zayed Khan and Nirav Hossain were present.
Tapas praised Walton for coming forward to sponsor this event. He said, ‘It feels good to be the champion. I will thank the organizers. Special thanks to Walton. Walton is a name known not only in Bangladesh but also in the world. Walton’s products are exported to many countries around the world. Big thanks to Walton for sponsoring this event. I hope that Walton will extend its patronage to such events in the future as well.’
The staff of 24 private television stations of the country participated in this year’s Walton-Ima Media Cup cricket tournament. 24 teams are divided into 8 groups in group stage. From there, 8 teams advanced to the quarter finals. Four teams played in the semi-finals. Two teams play the final.
Among the teams that participated in this year’s tournament were:
In ‘A’ group – Ekatar TV, Nagrik TV and News24.
In ‘B’ group – Gun Bangla TV, Nexus TV and Anand TV.
In ‘C’ group – Independent TV, Durant TV and Vijay TV.
Group ‘D’ – DBC News, Channel24 and Time TV.
In ‘E’ group- Jamuna TV, ATN Bangla and Mohana TV.
In ‘F’ group – Bangla TV, Channel I and Channel Nine.
In ‘G’ group – Green TV, Ekushey Television and SA TV.
In ‘H’ group – Global TV, Banglavision and Deepta TV.