|| CF Correspondent ||
Prime Bank Limited and Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday launched the new edition of the annual school cricket tournament ‘Bangabandhu National School Cricket Tournament 2019-2020’ in honour of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Logo of the tournament that is organized each year to promote school cricket was unveiled at a press conference held at SBNSC press conference area on Saturday.
Around 556 schools coming from country’s 64 districts will take part in the national age-level tournament that is organized by BCB and presented by Prime Bank Ltd with11 thousand young talents taking part in the competition that is scheduled to start from January 20.
BCB game development chairman Khaled Mahmud believe that school cricket that have a glorious past is again moving towards earning a name for itself and in the process making a huge impact behind developing the sports in the country
“School level cricket is gradually regaining its past glory. Four cricketers from this year’s under-19 team have previously played in the Prime Bank sponsored school cricket tournament. There are many players in the age group who have previously played in school cricket,’’ said Mahmud at the logo unveiling ceremony.
Prime Bank CEO Rahel Ahmed said that had taken the initiative of renaming the competition to mark the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
‘’Many programs have been initiated across the country. We have also renamed the cricket tournament this year to celebrate the occasion. It will be memorable event for everyone. We are proud to be a part of the celebrations,’’ said Rahel.
Champion teams from 64 districts will take part in the divisional championship, while winners of the seven divisions along with the winners from Dhaka will take part in the national championship. 960 matches of the Bangabandhu School Cricket 2019-2020 will take place in 70 stadiums across the country.
Prime Bank has been sponsoring the tournament for the last four years. Cumilla High School were the defending champion in last edition while Police Line School and College, Bogura were the runners-up.
Among others, Prime Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Rahel Ahmed, Executive Vice President Mohammad Nazmul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladesh Cricket Board Director and Chairman of Game Development Committee Khaled Mahmud Shujon and BCB Chief Executive Officer Nizam Uddin Chowdhury Shujon were present during the event at Mirpur,.