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It was a great tribute to the legendary actor Dr Vishnuvardhana evolved Sneha Loka` cricket tournament inauguration on Sunday morning. Toppers such as Dr Shivarajakumar, Puneeth Rajakumar, Dhuniya Vijay graced the Sneha Loka` cup event inaugural at Jayanagar National College grounds.

One minute prayer was offered to Dr Vishnuvardhana and in his name the tournament cup is given to one among the 16 teams that is contesting.

Dr Bharathi Vishnuvardhana the current head of Sneha Loka` released the colorful costumes for the playing teams. Shiv, Puneeth, Vijay on stage released the pigeons and balloons in air to mark the beginning after offering flower petals to Dr Vishnuvardhana portrait.

Shivaramanna, Ravi Chetan, Bhavya, Anirudh Jathakar, Shobaraj, Ravikiran, Ravishanker Gowda, Thriller Manju, Edakallu Chandrasekhar, Muralidhar Halappa, NS Rajakumar were present at the inaugural.

At Sneha Loka Cricket cup tournament power star Puneeth Rajakumar batted so well and he hit two six for the bowling of Dr Shivarajakumar. One wondered why such a power house was not in the Celebrity Cricket League of Karnataka Bulldozers.

The inaugural contest of this Sneha Loka Cricket cup evolved by Dr Vishnuvardhana was played between KTV and Media. Ravi Kiran and Sadashiva Shenoy were team captains. KTV winning the toss elected to bat in the first contest.