Karnataka Muslim Cultural Association organises 12th annual blood donation camp
Doha: Karnataka Muslim Cultural Association, a non-profit Associate Organization to the Apex Body, Indian Cultural Centre under the aegis of Embassy of India, successfully organised their 12th Annual Blood Donation Campaign, on January 15th, 2021 at Blood Donor Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha-Qatar.
This year’s Campaign was organized in Association with South Kanara Muslim Welfare Association (SKMWA) and supported by Highland Islamic Forum - Qatar (HIF-Q) and Family Friends Circle - Qatar (FFC-Q).
The drive which was held-from 7 am to 11 noon witnessed 69 successful voluntary blood donations after routine check-ups.
KMCA President Mr. Fayaz Ahmed welcomed the Chief Guest Mr. S R H Fahmi, First Secretory, Embassy of India, Qatar, who spoke on the occasion and congratulated the organizing committee and Indian community at large for taking up such humanitarian causes. ICC President, Mr Babu Rajan, ICBF President Ziad Usman, affiliated organisation Office bearers, members & KMCA senior patrons. Dr. Rajeet Shetty from Elite Medical Center, enlightened the donors and the gathering about the health benefits through blood donation.
KMCA also took the opportunity to felicitate a long timer Indian resident of Qatar, a spearheading personality in social works, active member of community organizations and has held positions in apex bodies, Mr. Diwakar Pujari. All attending Presidents and prominent personalities of Karnataka based organizations took part in the same. Mr. Ravi shetty presented a brief talk highlighting Mr. Pujari’s contributions during his tenure in Qatar.
On behalf of the Executive Committee Members of KMCA, SKMWA, HIF-Q & FFC-Q,Mr. Abdul Majeed (of SKMWA) presented the Vote of Thanks and
KMCA Vice-President Zia ul-Huq coordinated the day’s presentation events.
The Donors were presented with a “Certified Life Saver ” recognition certificate endorsed by all Four Organizing Bodies.
Patrons, Leaders and Members of various ICC Affiliated organisations:
Baburajan, ICC President
Ziad, ICBF president
Abdulla Monu Moidin
Ravi Shetty, ATS
Ibrahim Beary,
Ahmed Saeed Assadi
Saquib Raza Khan
Shuhaib Ahmed
Mohammed Yunus
Ismail Abubaker
Shakeel
Suhaim
Khaleel
Ibraiz Khan
Syed Qasim,
Diwaker Pujari,
Subrahmanya ICC MC
Dinesh Gowda, ICBF MC
Avinash, ICBF MC
Nagesh Rao,
Deepak Shetty,
Chaithali Shetty,
Sunil Dsilva,
Raghu Anchan,
Nazeer Pasha,
along with Rizwan Ahmed, President HIFq and Javed Shariff President FFCq were present on the occasion.
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Prasidh, Kuldeep limit South Africa to 270 after De Kock's hundred
Visakhapatnam (PTI): India fought back gallantly through Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav after Quinton de Kock struck his 23rd hundred, keeping South Africa to a manageable 270 in the third and series-deciding final ODI, here Saturday.
India won the toss after judging the spin of the coin incorrectly 20 times in a row. They had little hesitation in inserting the Proteas into bat, a clear indication of dew factor dominating the thought.
After Arshdeep Singh sent back Ryan Rickelton early, De Kock (106, 89b, 8x4, 6x4) struck his seventh century against India and put on 113 runs off 124 balls with skipper Temba Bavuma (48, 67b) as the visitors moved to a healthy position.
De Kock was severe on Prasidh (4/66), who erred on length continuously in his first spell (2-0-27-0). The left-hander biffed the pacer for 6, 6, 4 in his second over to milk 18 runs.
The 32-year-old quickly pounced on anything that was short, and pacers Prasidh and Harshit offered him plenty of feed on his pet areas.
Bavuma was more sedate, and made runs through those typical dabs and jabs, occasionally unfurling a drive of elan.
De Kock moved to fifty in 42 balls, and never let the tempo down reaching his hundred in 79 balls.
India found temporary relief when Ravindra Jadeja induced a false slash from Bavuma to get caught by Virat Kohli at point.
The tourists got another move on through a 54-run partnership between De Kock and Matthew Breetzkle for the third wicket, and at 168 for two in 28 overs they were in a good position to press on.
But Breetzke's punishment of part-time spinner Tilak Varma forced a rethink in the Indian camp, as skipper KL Rahul brought back Prasidh for a second spell.
What a masterstroke it turned out to be! The Karnataka man broke the back of South Africa’s top and middle order in an exceptional second spell (4-0-11-3).
Breetzke was the first man to go, trapped plumb in front with a straight one and four balls later Aiden Markram uppishly chipped a fuller delivery to Kohli at short covers.
Prasidh soon castled De Kock, whose ugly cross-batted swipe failed to connect a full length delivery from the pacer.
All of a sudden, SA found themselves at a shaky 199 for five, losing three wickets in the space of three overs.
Once Prasidh was done away with the top and middle-order, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep (4/41) took over and mopped up the tail as SA fell short of even a par total on this track.
