Perhaps taking a cue from the Tihar jail in Delhi, a T20 cricket match was organized for the first time ever at the biggest jail in Telangana. And it wasn't just a game. It was played in the most competitive spirit. The pitch was soggy considering the rain in Hyderabad but there was enough play area in the expansive jail to go ahead with the finals of the T20 match. "Because of the better weather conditions in the morning, the pitch also got dried to facilitate play," a prison official said. Central Prison, Cherlapalli is Telangana's most modern prison located on 120 acres near Hyderabad.
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"When the Warangal team, which batted first went on a scoring spree, it received a lot of support from the inmates who cheered them. The prisoners were not divided on whom to support. They were simply enjoying cricket," a prison official said. There are 943 convicts in the prison and that was a huge crowd of spectators for the players. The end result was that the Warangal central jail team triumphed lifting the T20 cricket cup. The winners in all the games were given away prizes on Tuesday evening.
With the IPL 2015 also being underway, there was much enthusiasm amongst the prisoners for the game - not just for the prisoners selected as teams but also the other inmates who cheered.
The teams competing for the honours were the Central Prison, Warangal and Central Prison, Cherlapalli. Cricket matches were organized in various jails in Telangana in the last few months. Warangal and Cherlapalli entered the finals to battle it out for the cup, which was introduced for the first time.
Sports and games including volleyball, chess and caroms are otherwise organized regularly by the prisons department but cricket was never organized. According to prisons department officials, the players who got selected to play in the finals were also giving coaching by professional coaches whose help was taken.
In the T20 fixture organized in Tihar Jail in Delhi, Jail no. 3 had lifted the trophy in the inter-jail cricket tournament in January last year was attended by cricketer Gautam Gambhir.
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