DHAKA, Oct 11, 2020 (BSS)- Nazmul XI won the toss and elected to bowl first against Mahmudullah XI in the first match of the BCB President’s Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.
Ahead of the match, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of cricket personalities who passed away in recent months and fatal victims of Covid-19 in the country.
After that, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon declared the tournament open.
The three-team 50-over tournament in which another team is Tamim Iqbal XI is a part of the continuing initiatives of the BCB aimed at a gradual resumption of normal cricketing activities which have been disrupted since March this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The tournament is expected to provide leading and upcoming cricketers the opportunity for some quality competitive cricket in the current situation.
Each team will face each other twice with the top two on points featuring in the final on October 23. All the games will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur and will be day/night.
However both the Nazmul XI and Mahmudullah XI included 12 players in the team as per the rules of the tournament but 11 players can bat and field for both of the teams at a time.
Mahmudullah XI: Mahmudullah Riyad, Naim Sheikh, Liton Das, Mominul Haque, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Sabbir Rahman, Imrul Kayes, Ebadot Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Abur Haider Rony, Rakibul Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob
Nazmul XI: Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Saih Hassan, Afif Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Ridoy, Irfan Shukkur, Taskin Ahmed, Muqidul Islam Mugdho, Nayeem Hasan, Rishad Ahmed, Al-Amin Hossain.