A journey through APL 2015. All is well that ends well!
Cheering, aggression, DJ mixing it up, energy and excitement flowing all around the ground. It was all happening at Air India Kalina grounds as 22 teams fought for the ultimate Glory – The APL Marketing Ops 2015 Title. It was a great sight to see relatives, families and kids supporting their teams and enjoying the event despite the super-hot weather on both the days.
The objective of this tournament was to bring together the entire unit of Marketing Operations, promote team work and fitness, signify the importance of female players in a team, understand pressure handling (Super Over), make new friends and play some good cricket. Some teams won the knock offs on 25th April, some lost. But it was participation that counted the most. As they say, winning or losing, part of the game, what matters most is participating and giving your best shot.
11 teams made to the qualifiers showcasing some of the best team efforts. The perception that cricket is a male dominated game, took a changer where female participants made people applaud with their performances at par and sometimes much better.
The introduction of unique and thrilling Super Over (Tanatan) was purely to signify the one make or break chance that we get. Some capitalized on it, some perished. It was a game changer for lot of teams and kept the excitement on till the last ball of the tournament.
One win at a time, step by step, It was Fiat Ek number (M3) climbing the charts from one end and Super XI (PG DPDS M3) from the other. Patience, precision, team work made these two teams overcome the entire 20 teams that participated. Finals witnessed a tough fight between Fiat Ek number who finally seized the glorious APL Marketing Ops 2015 Title. Congratulations to the team on their win.
Finally, we would like to say a Big Thank you for all the teams that participated in this event and the Top levels for leading it from the front.
A Big Thank you to all the volunteers – Praveen Gomes, Bharat Varhadi – Astrazeneca, Harshit Asthana, Ajinkya Dalvi – UBS, Irshad Khan – RSA, Andrew Celestine – Mobilization, Manoj Patil, Siddharth Saire, Neha Gupta – PnG DPDS for helping in smooth functioning of the entire event.
Swapnil Panchal and Hardika Jani – PnG Virtual Solutions for all the creative and teaser work done.
Last but not the least, A Big Thank you to Alhad Nimbalkar and Sameer Shaikh helping us out in materializing this entire event. It was just a concept otherwise.
Looking forward for similar participation – until next season : APL Marketing Ops 2016
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Article by Zafar Khan
