With the grace of Almighty Nirankar the Youth from the West Midlands Branch organised a Charity Cricket Match on the 19th of April 2009 in celebration of Human Unity (Manav Ekta). In the month of April, in particular on the 24th day, the Nirankari Mission across the globe pay tribute to the magnificent contribution that Satguru Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji and so many others made for the upliftment of Humanity.

The match was arranged with Penkridge Cricket Club who are a semi-professional team based in Cannock and the Nirankari Youth team comprised of players from different cities of UK. The principal objective of the event was to promote and demonstrate our values like Brotherhood and community harmony whilst also raising awareness on significance of blood donation as this is also given significance during Manav Ekta as well as raising funds for the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty against Children. (NSPCC). The youngsters have managed to raise in excess of £500.00 for this worthy cause.

The match commenced at 3pm at the Penkridge Cricket Club and was to be a 25:25 match. The weather turned out perfect for the day with temperatures of 18C for the middle being wonderful for both players and supporters. The Nirankari Youth won the toss and opted for Penkridge to Bat first who scored an inspiring 243 runs. In response to this the Nirankari Youth being rallied with the sound of the Dhol Drum beat reached 106 runs within 19 overs. The match ended on this note with celebration by all the gathered supporters who praised the efforts of the Teams. The Chairmen of the club Martyn Rylance was pleased to see so many people gathered, in excess of 200 supporters form the Mission and commented that he had not experienced such an amazing atmosphere at club as had seen on the day. He even commented that this match should now become an annual event at the club.

The warmth of the devotees in itself has a wonderful impact on anyone who come into their company and it was again apparent on this occasion. Food and refreshments had been arranged and all funds raised were to go to this noble cause. Maheshawar Singh the head of the Social and Welfare department was present together with Sukhjinder Singh. The publication department of the Mission was represented by Kuldeep Sanghera ji for any of the Club supporters and members to take away information about the Mission. It was in all, an extremely successful day in which everyone was reminded about the celebration of Human Unity and that the devotees should follow suit in keeping alive the principles that were given to the entire humanity by Satguru Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Maharaj.