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[MarvinDaMartian]

Saw this picture online and thought sharing it with you folks.





The first Bangladesh National team. Bangladesh vs MCC, Dhaka staidum, 1977 January. Team captain Shamim Kabir introducing then president Ziaur Rahman to team members. Ershad can be seen on the back as well.

[playmaker]

ei ershad betar shomoi cricket shuru hoise bole ite bole I AM THE FATHER OF CRICKET. asta chagol ekta

[bujhee kom]

Marvin bhai, I have a genuine print of this photograph on an old Agfa paper!

[MarvinDaMartian]

If you have a good resolution original print, I think for the sake of BC you can scan it for us bhai.

[Zeeshan]

Excellent share!

[MarvinDaMartian]

Although Dhaka Stadium is no longer involved with cricket, it started as a cricket stadium.



You can see the old DIT Building at the background.

[Rifat]

a picture is indeed worth a thousand words. Thanks for sharing mate

[MohammedC]

I have shared this pic during BPL. I have seen few more old pictures but this one is probably one of the oldest. I will start sharing few of the old pics i saw.

[MohammedC]

This page is a good place to see many old picture of Bangladesh mainly Dhaka. I only see auntu from my list of FB friends. You guys should check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/37077904176/

[Zunaid]

Please keep this thread active. I've been looking for old Bangladesh cricket pictures.

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by MarvinDaMartian
Although Dhaka Stadium is no longer involved with cricket, it started as a cricket stadium.



You can see the old DIT Building at the background.

I'm gonna take a WILD swing and say they defo had a better parking lot then.

[godzilla]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
I'm gonna take a WILD swing and say they defo had a better parking lot then.

True say

[MohammedC]

Old picture relating Bangladesh Cricket.

1-Rokibul Hasan with Father of Bangladesh Cricket

2-Rokibul Hasan with ????? is that Bagh Mama

3-ICC qualifying 1986

[MarvinDaMartian]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
Old picture relating Bangladesh Cricket.

1-Rokibul Hasan with Father of Bangladesh Cricket

2-Rokibul Hasan with ????? is that Bagh Mama

3-ICC qualifying 1986

Looks like baaghmama to me. Thanks for posting those pics.

[Sohel]

I went to that match with my mom and uncles. Yusuf Babu scored 78 and Nazrul Quadir Lintu took 4. Clark was MCC's captain and they had a good fast bowler named Merry.

[Zunaid]

Here is some we have on BC itself. All courtesy of Nazim Shirazi, the national cricketer from the early 80s. The words are Nazim's own:

Returning to the Pavilion at tea time on the second day of the un-official match against India which ended in a draw. The other batsman is my cousin Jahangir Shah Badshah. Other BD players are Rafiqual Alam and Hira along with couple of kids who entered the field some how.

Totally forgot to post this picture from 1982 ICC match in England between BD and Bermuda.

Being introduced to Ex-President General Ershad, prior to the first match of the season for Abahani in 1981. Others in the picture from left are; Azam, Tamin, Belal, Hasan Jr. Misha, myself, Dipu and Rafiqul Alam. Also seen in the picture first captain of BD Shamin Kabir, Commodore Mojibur Rahman, the main man currently in charge of the facts finding committee (probe committee) for the WC debacle.

[lamisa]

good to see pics from the time when i wasn't even born

[TigerEz]

whaooo you guys are amazing. thnx for those pics

[MarvinDaMartian]

Courtesy to Raqibul Hasan. Photo of Raqibul Hasan (R) and Shaheed Jewel (L) with England's Basil Lewis D'Oliveira. Dhaka (then Dacca) stadium, 1969.

[firstlane]

^ Thanks for sharing the photo. never saw a photograph of Shaheed Jewel before. He seemed to be a fashionable guy.

[Tigers_eye]

Wasn't it Dacca and not Decca?

[MarvinDaMartian]

Thanks. Corrected.

[mufi_02]

I don't know why but for some reason these old pictures of Dhaka looks very elegant and players and politicians also look well dressed. Dhaka stadium with with spacious parking, players wearing nice team blazers, and politicians with their sunglasses all looks classy. Maybe its the black and white effect. The Dhaka I grew up in and remember is very chaotic, messy, and full of genjams.

Thanks to all for these pics.

[Navo]

^^ Black and White or sepia photos tend to have this nostalgic effect on us. (If not our own memories, we recall the stories that our parents told us about how much cleaner and less congested Dhaka was in the 70s and early 80s.)

[Mahir]

Excellent posts in this thread. Thank you all. A must-see for every Bangladeshi cricket fan, especially for those of us who weren't born yet, like Lamisa said. Just hoping that this thread doesn't get buried under the piles over time...