BENGALURU: The playground off 9th Cross, Indiranagar 1st Stage, saw a diverse group of cricket players on Sunday morning: Police officers software engineers , civic agency officials and residents, happy to take up cricket bat and tennis ball, under a warm sun.Using sport to bring the sprawling Indiranagar community together, IchangeIndiranagar, a federation of resident welfare groups, organized the tournament spanning four weekends, open to residents and officials.“Indiranagar is a vast area, made up of several wards. We believe a tournament like this will go a long way in building a friendly neighbourhood and a sense of community among those who live and work here, and help them get to know each other better,” said Ravi Kumar, who helped organize the tournament.The 9-a-side, softball, six-over tournament started on Saturday and will feature 17 teams from different parts of Indiranagar, nearby Binnamangala, the local law and order police team, a traffic police team from Jeevan Bima Nagar, Bescom team from Domlur, besides company employees in the area.Sub-inspector Ajay Kumar, captain of the Indiranagar police team, was delighted to win his first match. “We were told about the cricket match last week. For the past few days, we have been practicing at the ground near Jain College. Apart from bonding with residents, it’s fun playing the game again,” he said.But it isn’t just cricket on their mind; it’s also the overwhelming commercialization and its ill-effects. Of late, residents here have given civic activism a sharp thrust, and are working to rid the area of illegal business establishments. There is also some satisfaction over the Supreme Court liquor ban bringing down weekend noise in a few parts.Raghunath Beerala, former BCCI match referee and a new Indiranagar resident, was present, but as a spectator. “Almost all the civic agencies are involved. Bescom and police officials are participating, and the BBMP cleared up the ground,” he said.Every weekend, 9-10 matches are scheduled, with 31 matches being played in all. The finals is slated for July 23.