New York: The U-19 Cricket Summer Tournament officially started under the New York Police Department (NYPD) at Queens Ground.

The tournament was kicked off by throwing the first ball on the pitch from the son of police officer Adeeb Fayyaz, who died in the firing incident a few days back.

The Under 19 Cricket Summer Tournament started under New York Police Department. Ten different teams from the community are participating in the tournament.

Kits have been provided by the New York Police Department to the players participating in the summer tournament.

Before the start of the tournament, the players of all the teams also had net practice in the ground.

Deputy Commissioner of Community Affairs, Mark Stewart, who participated in the opening ceremony, said that seeing the youth participating in the tournament reminded him of his childhood. “It is the field in which you can develop excellent relationships with other people by participating. This league will not only lead to healthy activities but will also help in the training of the youth.

Adeel Rana, the first Pakistani American Deputy Inspector in the New York Police Department, said that this league is very important not only for the community but especially for the youth and future generations. We planned for this league in 2007. Youths need to benefit from this league.

The successful players of the league will have the opportunity to move to the big teams in the future while the message of this league is that we are all one and united.

Food was also arranged for the players of the cricket teams participating in the tournament. At the end of the ceremony shields were presented to the officers who provided services to the community.

It should be noted that Adeel Rana founded this league in 2008 as a police officer in community affairs. Unfortunately, the league was suspended for three years due to the restrictions of the global deadly epidemic, Covid-19.

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