IA&AD inter zonal football tournament begins today
   Date :19-Apr-2022

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Principal Correspondent
ACCOUNTANT General Recreation Club (AGRC) of the Office of the Accountant General (Audit) II, Maharashtra, Nagpur will be hosting Inter-Zonal Football tournament under the Patronship of R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy, Accountant General (Audit), Nagpur from April 19 to 21.
Addressing a press conference at Audit Bhavan, Civil Lines, Pallavi Holkar, Senior Accountant General (AMG-II) said that the matches will be played at South East Central Railways, Motibagh Stadium, Nagpur and at Nagpur District Football Association’s Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Football Stadium, Suyog Nagar.
“Maninder Uppal, Divisional Railway Manager, South East Central Railway, will inaugurate the tournament on Tuesday 9 am,” said Holkar.
“The prizes will be distributed by Radhkrishnan B, Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, on April 21. Praveer Kumar, Accountant General (A&E)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur will be Guest of honour. Prof Vijay Barse, founder of Slum Soccer will be guest of honour for the prize distribution function.” Holkar added.
The zonal tournament will see teams from West Zone (AG Maharashtra, Nagpur; AG Rajasthan East Zone (AG West Bengal, AG Meghalaya), North Zone: (AG Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi Audit) and South Zone (defending champions AG Kerala, AG Tamil Nadu) fight for the title.
“All four matches of quarter-finals will be played on 19 April 19 while the semi-finals would be played on April 20, The final is slated to be held on April 21,” informed Naresh Kumar Manne, Deputy Accountant General (AMG-IV).
“For the first time, among all the IA&AD offices in our country, we are trying to live stream all the football matches on YouTube,” said Holkar. A CAG team will also be selected from this tournament which will be the last of several taken place around the country.
Devendra Mishra, President (AGRC), J Vijaykumar, Publicity Committee, Rajendra Negi, Welfare Assistant and Mangesh Dudulkar, Secretary AGRC were present during the presser.
AG Maharashtra team: Anirban Paul (Captain), Alim Sheikh, Shoeb Rizwan, Gopal Singh, Anil Chaudhary, Francis David, Naqeeb Akhtar, Akar Dhanu, Suryabali Yadav, Vijay Hooda, Sumit Pundir, Shaikh Mohammad Bilal, Nachiket Palav, Sukhdeep Singh Sahota, Pawan Singh Rawat, Ashi, Afzal Akhtar and Momin Hashmi. Coach: Mohammad Rafique. Manager: Dhanraj Yetta.