Media Release

Kuwait, Dec 11: After the last three months of matches played by the city's ten most powerful subcontractor companies namely FDH Project, IMCO, NSH, FDH, DAEWOO, SUNGBO, SEOBON, AL-HANA, ALGHANIM INTERNATIONAL and NBTC, the teams recently held their final cricket match at Global Village Stadium, Al Zou.

The Mangaluru-based youth players, SEOBON Construction Company Kuwait, beat NSH team by 93 runs in the semi-finals while the FDH Red team defeated Al-Hana by 62 runs in the semi-finals to enter the finals.

SEOBON won the toss in the final match. Yusuf Imran's century helped the SEOBON team score 206 in 15 overs. Yusuf Imran 116 (57), Usman 66 (27), Diwakar 15 (5)Tamim Ullal not out 4 (1) Muttu 0 (0) Not Out (0).

The defending champion, FDH Red also chased the score finally closing in on 8 wickets for 160 runs. SEOBON emerged as the new champions with a 46 run victory.

Yusuf Imran, who scored 332 runs in 5 matches, won the Man of the Series and Man of the Match in the finals. FDH Red Team's Habib Sri Lanka was honoured for Best Batsman Award.

Members of the FDH International Committee, Margaret Skene South Africa, Danny D'Souza Mumbai, Somnath Das Tamil Nadu, Ashraf Ismail Sri Lanka and Anibesh Azra were also present at the awards ceremony.

SEOBON Construction Company Co, Ltd Management team members S K Kang, Y K Kim, Song Pyo Gong and Y Y Lee appreciated SEOBON team's achievement.

Thameem Ullal serves as administrative manager at the South Korean-based SEOBON company. In this company, majority of the workers are from south Karnataka; Thameem is also a popular social worker in Kuwait.