Indoor Uni cricket from Feb 22
Three popular former cricketers took a unique initiative for university students of the country by arranging an eight-a-side indoor cricket tournament, the first of its kind in Bangladesh. The week-long cricket carnival named Clemon Indoor Uni Cricket will start with thirty-two universities at Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur from February 22.
The tournament was the brainchild of Akram Khan, Athar Ali Khan and Khaled Mashud, who arranged this tournament under the banner of 'THE 3 CRICS'.
“It's a long-cherished dream for us. We thought about it back in 1998 during the tour of New Zealand where we saw that people had great fun playing eight-a-side indoor cricket. We are happy that we are going to arrange it for the first time in the country. It would be sheer entertainment for univer-sity students and may also help us unearth some talent,†said former Bang-ladesh captain-turned-chief selector Akram.
Mashud, also a former Bangladesh skipper, disclosed the details of the tournament during a press conference at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. “We got a huge response and a university can enrol its name till February 10. The match duration will be little more than an hour and one bowler can bowl a maximum of two overs. I believe this tournament will create huge enthusiasm among the students,†said Mashud.
He also informed that the champion team will receive Tk 5 lakh and the runners-up will get Tk 2 lakhs, while there will be also be a cash reward for the best player of each match.
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