BSS
Bangladesh Blue came up with yet another stellar performance as they romped to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh Green in the final of the Bangabandhu ninth Bangladesh Games women’s cricket discipline at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
In doing so, they created a history by becoming the champions of Bangladesh Games in which cricket was introduced for the first time.
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) secretary general Syed Shahed Reza distributed the medals as the chief guest. BOA vice-president Bashir Al Mamum, BCB director Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel and Sylhet District Sports Association’s general secretary Mahiuddin Ahmed Selim were present as special guest.
The BCB formed three teams with the players of Bangladesh national women’s team and Under-19 team to take part in the maiden cricket event. While Blue won the gold, Green, the runners-up acquired silver and Red, the other team of the event obtained bronze.
“The medal for the cricket discipline was distributed already,” Bashir Al Mamun told the BSS. “Everything like the design of the medal, the number of players for cricket discipline was planned one year ago. Just the format was T20 but it was turned out to be 50-over format as Bangladesh women will play a one-day series against South Africa later this month.”
