Ratia, 18 August:- The grand auction ceremony of AHB Dhamija Under-17 Cricket League, being organized with the aim of honing the young sports talents of the region and providing them a better platform, was successfully concluded. There was special enthusiasm among players, parents and cricket lovers regarding the auction.
In the programme, Rajiv Dhamija, Kuldeep Katipal, Satish Patwari, Sunil Patwari, Sandeep Jasuja and Mukesh Chugh participated as chief guests. The guests inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp and boosted the morale of young players. On this occasion, President Harpreet Bhullar, Aman Arora and Veerpal Kalotha were also specially present.
During the auction process, Praveen Maratha and Sukhjinder Samrat played the main role of referees and conducted the auction process in an organized manner.
The auction ceremony was also broadcast live through social media and YouTube. Through online broadcast, parents of players and cricket lovers watched live bidding of their children. Seeing their children becoming part of auction on such a big platform, there was an atmosphere of happiness and enthusiasm among parents and players.

*12 teams prepared their strong teams*
A total of 12 teams participated in the auction and prepared their respective teams from 156 players. A lot of enthusiasm was seen among the teams regarding players in the auction.
During the auction, Shamsher Yoda was included in its team by Gurjar Army, while Divyansh Goswami was roped in by Anand Royals. There was special enthusiasm among the teams regarding both the players.

*The 12 teams participating in the competition are—*
Anand Royals, Gurjar Army, Olympic Sports, Toofan 11, Ratia Eagles, Jeeva & UV, Chopra Brothers, Agarwal King, Satish Brothers, Tejas Blaster, Sharma Super Striker and Khokhar & Rupal Army.

*Cricket excitement will start from 30th August*
According to the organizers, the first match of the competition will be played on 30th August at the sports ground of Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School, Ratia.