Teams for the 2013 Victory Day Exhibition Match

[Zunaid]

DHAKA, Saturday, 14 December 2013

Media Release

Teams for Victory Day Exhibition Match

The Victory Day cricket match between Shaheed Jewel XI and Shaheed Mushtaque XI will take place at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on 16 December. The game is scheduled to start at 10am.

TEAMS

Shaheed Jewel XI
Naeem Islam (Captain), Shamsur Rahman, Anamul Haque, Roqibul Hasan, Soumya Sarker, Zunaed Siddique, Farhad Reza, Mohammad Elias, Mukhtar Ali, Robiul Islam, Sajedul Islam, Arafat Sunny, Mehrab Hossain
Coach: Dipu Roy Choudhury
Manager: Hannan Sarker

Shaheed Mushtaque XI
Shahriar Nafees (Captain), Imrul Kayes, Muminul Hoque, Marshall Ayub, Saikat Ali, Sabbir Rahaman, Md Mithun, Shohag Reza, Enamul Haque, Alauddin Babu, Shuvasish Roy, Shahadat Hossain, Sanjamul Islam
Coach: Waheedul Gani
Manager: Hasibul Hossain

BACKGROUND

The traditional Victory Day cricket match was first organized in 1972 in memory of Liberation War martyrs Shaheed Abdul Halim Chowdhury Jewel and Shaheed Mushtaque Ahmed.

Brief profile of Shaheed Abdul Halim Chowdhury Jewel:



Shaheed Jewel was an attacking right-handed opening batsman for Azad Boys Club who had earned quite a reputation for his attractive horizontal bat shots. His consistent batting form was taking him closer to his dream of earning a Test cap when the War of Liberation broke out in 1971. He was one of the first active cricketers of erstwhile East Pakistan to take up arms and join the fight for freedom. After a heroic nine months in the battlefields he was captured by the Pakistan army towards the end of the War and was killed days before Bangladesh became independent.

Brief profile of Shaheed Mushtaque Ahmed:


A devout cricket organizer Shaheed Mushtaque was an inspirational official of Azad Boys Club. He dedicated his life to the betterment of his club and its cricket aspirations. On the blood-splattered night of March 25, 1971 Mushtaque was shot dead by the Pakistan army near his beloved Azad Boys Club which was at that time situated in Dhaka’s Gulistan.

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