Village Warriors, Raja XI and Selicon XI to fight for title

South Warriors - winner of the BACS Camps. (AN photos)

Selicon XI - winner of the Saudi Oger camp.

Raja XI - winner of the Al-Seif Camp

RIYADH: MoneyGram Cricket Ke Badshah teams grouping of over 5,000 players have been fighting it out over the last four weeks for the right to represent their camp in the grand final.
With the competition’s main prize of SAR 10,000 and cheerful support of thousands of viewers, the teams have been taking this rivalry seriously and the matches have showcased this with many close encounters.
South Village Warriors, Raja XI and Selicon XI have entered the finals, which will be played in the Al-Seif Camp.

In BACS camp, the standout team was South Village Warriors who have been unbeaten in the competition and claimed a famous victory on Sunday against the arch rivals BACS Zanbaz. They were in no mood to let go and restricted Zanbaz to only 120 off 20 overs. They achieved this score after 18 overs to be crowned Champions of BACS.
In Al-Seif, Raja XI qualified for the final with a last-over win over Thurman.
At Saudi Oger Camp, the hosts lost to Selicon XI in the final.
Surely there will be huge rivalry at camps as all teams wish their camp to become the next Champion of Riyadh. The final will be witnessed by for Indian player Irfan Pathan, who will coach the teams and handover the trophy along with SAR 7,000 cash prize to the winner.
“MoneyGram is excited about the prospect of the finals with the teams unbeaten during the league stage,” said Andrey Afanasyev, MoneyGram’s Marketing Director for Middle East, Pakistan & Afghanistan. “Surely we are going to witness huge passion and fierce competition as players fight for the right to be named the best cricket team among the Labour Camps in Riyadh.
This tournament will compliment MoneyGram’s association with the International Cricket Council (ICC) where MoneyGram has extended its sponsorship with the ICC for an additional eight years in an agreement, which will see the global provider of money transfer and payment services sponsor all tournaments until the end of 2023. MoneyGram is the only ICC sponsor to activate cricket in Saudi Arabia and support the labor camps.