{"id":261717,"date":"2025-03-30T00:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=261717"},"modified":"2025-03-30T00:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:12:51","slug":"rain-plays-spoilsport-in-babu-okep-tayeng-cricket-tournament-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/rain-plays-spoilsport-in-babu-okep-tayeng-cricket-tournament-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain plays spoilsport in Babu Okep Tayeng Cricket Tournament final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[ Mingkeng Osik ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NGOPOK, 29 Mar:<\/strong> Rain played spoilsport in the final match of the inaugural Babu Okep Tayeng Cricket Tournament, forcing the match to end without a result here in East Siang district on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final match was being played between Bogong Brothers Mebo and Lorging Cricket Team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Lorging Cricket Team set Bogong Brothers a 162-run target to win. The match was abandoned due to persistent rain without a single ball being bowled in the second innings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prize money was shared by the two finalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arun Tayeng was declared the player of the tournament, while Tani Tatin was named &#8217;emerging player&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Makpel Perme and Tayar Tako were the highest wicket taker and the highest scorer, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tournament was organised in honour of late Okep Tayeng, a visionary leader who dedicated his life for the welfare of the Adi community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty teams from across the Adi belt participated in the tournament, which was organised by the Ngopok Sports Association with the theme &#8216;Adi for a Drug-Free Society&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Mingkeng Osik ] NGOPOK, 29 Mar: Rain played spoilsport in the final match of the inaugural Babu Okep Tayeng Cricket Tournament, forcing the match to end without a result here in East Siang district on Saturday. The final match was being played between Bogong Brothers Mebo and Lorging Cricket Team. Opting to bat first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}