Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (MB) - Pic Dayanand Kukkaje

Mangalore, Sep 15: MAX, the premium movies and special events channel is back with another season of the real thing - Gully Cricket.

Max's Gully Cricket is making a stopover in the city after its very successful Nagpur and Kolkata visits. The southern port city, which was developed as a business and commercial centre, still retains its old world charm and is a reminder of the good times in life. The Max team consisting of business head Albert Almeida, Monika Bhattacharrya, cricket anchors Charu Sharma and Mandira Bedi  said they were happy to visit Mangalore, a city that hosts a summer camp for budding cricket enthusiasts every year.

Mandira Bedi, Charu Sharma and Albert Almeida

The addressed a press conference in Hotel Taj Manjarun on Friday afternoon.

On Friday, September 15, two rounds of Gully cricket in Mangalore in the following two venues"

Charu Sharma and Mandira Bedi

Venue 1 - WPT College, Bondel, Mangalore between 2.30 and 3.30 pm.

Venue 2 - MV Shetty College, Kavoor, Mangalore between 5 and 6 pm.

Charu Sharma

"So it’s that time of the year when 'Bachake Rakho' is the buzz word.  Bachao your window panes, car widescreens, and all else that is dear to you. It's that time of the year again when bricks become stumps, shopkeepers become wicketkeepers and balconies become galleries. MAX invites one and all to come out and play cricket in the gullies of Mangalore. Even if you do not play, you must be there to cheer the players on," said the organizers.

They are here to take cricket fever to the niegbourhoods and by lanes of the city.

Mandira Bedi

Commenting on the return of the innovative MAX initiative,  Albert Almeida, business head, said, "Cricket is not only for the select few rolling their arms and swinging their bats in the parks and fields. It is our national passion and there's no greater fun than playing the game on the streets. And with our MAX icons for company, I am sure Gully Cricket will make everyone go deewana all over again."

Speaking on the concept, Mandira said, "Haven't we all grown up playing cricket on the streets? Didn’t we all have our special rules of catching and bowling? I am glad that MAX has again given me the opportunity to be able to go out and play cricket with all of you. And by all of you, I mean the lovely women too who have shown in the previous years that they can be quite a handful on the cricket pitch. Come, let's show the men again that the streets belong to us!"