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DT 18 Sports WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 WHAT THEY SAID Drago Mamic, Abahani head coach This is normal. We can't be leader of the group and move to next stage. We must fight every game and show people that we are improving and one day we will come in the same level. This is our second match at home so it is our obligation to give our maximum and try all our powerful weapon to push for a win. We are trying with all our best. But it is the kind of competition that requires much more preparation. We are in a group with Bengaluru who are one of the best Asian clubs. That’s why I was not disappointed. Only I will be disappointed if I see players don’t give their 100%. Alberto Roca, Bengaluru head coach It’s always difficult to win away. Now in football, the distance between the teams is not so big. We have to be ready for that. Our expectation in this tournament is very high because we reached the final last year. [Today] is an important game. If we win [today] we have the possibility to shift to the next stage. It will be a completely a different game than the one in Bangalore. Mamum Miah, Abahani captain The situation we are now in is like there is no return. At this moment, we have nothing to lose. We will try to give our best and win the game. We have to take reality into consideration. We have nothing much to do in AFC Cup. We have Federation Cup ahead and now we have to give more focus on that. As we will represent the country in AFC Cup, we have to give our best and if we win the game, we may win the other two. Bengaluru’s Sunil Chhetri controls the ball during training at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday MD MANIK Abahani targeting first points in Bengaluru clash • Shishir Hoque With the mindset of nothing to lose, Bangladesh champion Dhaka Abahani Limited will be looking to bounce back from their losing streak when they host Indian champion Bengaluru FC in their fourth match of the AFC Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium today at 6:10pm. Abahani have almost no hope of advancing to the knockout stage after conceding three straight defeats and today's clash against the reigning AFC Cup runners-up will only be a mere formality for the Sky Blues. Even a draw will see the Sky Blues exit the tournament officially but it will give the Dhaka giant their first point in the group stage and a slice of confidence ahead of their first professional tournament – the Federation Cup – that kicks off on May 13. The transfer window of the Bangladesh Premier League closed on Sunday. With almost half of the squad’s key players leaving the club and replacements arriving in the last moment, Abahani are still in transition and currently struggling at the bottom of Group E without a single point. Bengaluru, in contrast, are marching confidently towards the knockout stage as they sit comfortably at the top of the table with nine points. While Abahani were sitting idle in the last four months, Bengaluru are going through busy times due to domestic fixtures. Since the first leg between the two sides on April 18, that Bengaluru won 2-0, the Indian outfit played two matches in the Indian League, winning 7-0 and 3-0. Abahani had to travel with only two foreign players in their last two matches due to visa complication of 37-year-old Samad Yussif but this time around, they will have the service of the veteran Ghanaian at the heart of the defence, along with Emeka Darlington and Jonathan David Brown upfront. Welshman Jonathan was kept out of the squad for the upcoming premier league season on the transfer deadline day to make way for Gambian midfielder Landing Darboe, who is ineligible to play in the AFC Cup. The Welsh forward is still in the club only to play in the AFC Cup. Abahani head coach Drago Mamic has another good news in the shape of midfielder Emon Babu, who has recovered from long-term injury. “Emon is back in midfield. We have three foreign players in the squad after two matches. Samad will also be here. We will be more competitive. Every player's fitness is improving. We have to be more clinical and not make same mistakes which we repeated in the last games. Then we can make positive result,” said Mamic. “For sure we can make some surprising results but we can’t have continuity of good results at this stage. This team is a new one. We Abahani captain Mamun Miah shakes hands with his Bengaluru counterpart at BFF House yesterday MD MANIK lost at least 10 players from last year and collected replacements just two months ago,” added the Croatian. Having only been established three years ago, Bengaluru, who already won two Indian top-flight titles, will be playing in Dhaka for the first time. The club have won their last six matches in all competitions scoring 16 goals but their Spanish coach Alberto Roca Pujol expects it to be a different encounter compared to the home leg. “It will not be same here. It would be tough here because Abahani are a good team and will try to put us in trouble. My players know about it and their ability. We are fully convinced. If we do things well, we can have good result even here,” said Alberto, adding that they have to play three matches in six days starting next weekend. Bengaluru rested some key players in their last league match against Churchill Brothers, including star captain Sunil Chhetri and defender Nishu Kumar, who scored against Abahani. They are likely to return but the visiting side will be without injured Serbian striker Marjan Jugovic. Alberto said, “we have enough depth in squad to compete.” •
92 RUNS IN FOUR BALLS INCIDENT Sports BCB slaps 10-year ban on bowler • Tribune Report Lalmatia Club bowler Sujon Mahmud was slammed with 10- year ban by the BCB for his bizarre protest during a second division game in the Dhaka League. Protesting the on-field umpires' allegedly biased officiating, Sujon gave away 92 runs in four deliveries to create headlines around the cricketing world. The Lalmatia cricketer leaked 65 wides and 15 no-balls in an over that eventually lasted 20 deliveries. Another cricketer in the same tier of the Dhaka League, Tasnim Hasan of Fear Fighters Club, was also slapped with a 10-year ban for similar act. The cricketer, also protesting allegedly bias umpiring during a game against Indira Road on April 10 this year, conceded 69 runs in 1.1 overs. The three-member committee formed by the BCB to investigate the incidents in the Dhaka second division league meted out the punishment to the two cricketers yesterday. The committee imposed life bans on Lalmatia Club and Fear Fighters Club for not preventing the cricketers from carrying out such acts which have tarnished image of Bangladesh cricket around the world. The captains, managers and coaches of the two teams were banned for five years each while the umpires from the two games were slapped with six-month suspensions. BCB director, acting chairman of the umpires' committee and chief of the three-member investigation team, Sheikh Sohel, announced the punishments to the media. “We held hearing involving many people regarding the two matches in question and understood that such acts were done intentionally and to stain Bangladesh cricket. Our cricket in the past few years has bagged applause from all over the globe for on-field performance,” said Sohel. “The results in those two matches would not have determined the champion of the league and had no questions of relegation too. The bowlers did wrongdoing deliberately, and tarnished our image internationally,” the BCB director added. The BCB director claimed that the two cricketers could never have done such actions if not backed by their respective teams. • 19 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 DT The results in those two matches would not have determined the champion of the league and had no questions of relegation too. The bowlers did wrongdoing deliberately, and tarnished our image internationally Fahad unbeaten champion in Nat'l Sub-Junior Chess • Tribune Report Mohammad Fahad Rahman emerged as the unbeaten champion in the opening round of the SGS 36th National Sub-Junior (U-16) Chess Championship yesterday. It was Fahad’s fourth consecutive national sub-junior title, and fifth overall. The country’s youngest Fide Master defeated Tahsin in the seventh and last round of the event at the chess federation hall-room to maintain 100% winning record. The boy from Pirojpur earned seven points to clinch the title. Subrato Biswas of Mymensingh finished runners-up with six points while Mohammad Nayem Haque of Sirajganj was placed third with 5.5 points. Meanwhile in the girls’ event, Nowshin Anjum of Narsingdi beat Moni in the final round to become unbeaten champion with 6.5 points. Jannatul Ferdous of Dhaka emerged runners-up with six Taijul Islam is the toast of his Mohammedan teammates following his six-wicket haul in their DPL game against Rupganj at BKSP 3 yesterday COURTESY DPL, ROUND 6 ABAHANI 161/4 in 30.2 overs (Saif 61, Mithun 30*) beat KALABAGAN 156 in 45.5 overs (Tushar 36, Shuvagata 4/19) by six wickets DOLESHWAR 181/3 in 45.2 overs (Shahriar 78*, Marshall 62) beat PRIME 180 in 49.5 overs (Zakir 52, Delwar 3/17) by seven wickets RUPGANJ 84 in 32.4 overs (Taijul 6/24, Sajedul 22) lost to MOHAMMEDAN 135 in 39.4 overs (Asif 4/19, Sharif 2/15) by 51 runs POINTS TABLE Teams M W L Pts Gazi 5 5 0 10 Prime 6 5 1 10 Abahani 6 4 2 8 Mohammedan 6 4 2 8 Doleshwar 6 4 2 8 Jamal 5 4 1 8 Rupganj 6 3 3 6 Brothers 5 2 3 4 Khelaghar 5 1 4 2 Kalabagan 6 1 5 2 Victoria 5 0 5 0 Partex 5 0 5 0 points. • Taijul six-for guides Mohammedan, Abahani win Fide Master Fahad Rahman and Nowshin Anjum pose for photographs after winning the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship COURTESY • Tribune Report Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam’s six-wicket haul guided Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited to victory in a low-scoring game against Legends of Rupganj in round six of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2016-17 season yesterday. Defending champion Abahani Limited got back to the winning ways against Kalabagan Krira Chakra while Prime Bank Cricket Club lost their first game in six attempts, against Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club. Mohammedan v Rupganj, BKSP 3 Asked to bat first, Mohammedan were unable to register long partnerships and thus managed to put up only 135 runs on the board losing all of their wickets in 39.4 overs. Captain Raqibul Hasan’s 24 was the highest while all-rounder Asif Hasan led the way for Rupganj bagging four wickets. Chasing a low total, Rupganj batsmen lost their way as just three batsmen reached double figures. They were all out for only 84 in 32.4 overs as Taijul single-handedly removed the first six Rupganj batsmen conceding just 24 in his quota of 10 overs. Captain Mosharraf Hossain’s 22 was the best for Rupganj as they fell short by 51 runs. Prime v Doleshwar, Fatullah Doleshwar secured a seven-wicket victory to inflict on Prime their first defeat this season. Batting first, Prime, propelled by wicketkeeper-batsman Zakir Hasan's 52, scored 180 before being dismissed with a ball to spare. Seamers Farhad Reza and Delwar Hossain picked up three wickets each for Doleshwar. In reply, national discard Shahriar Nafees’ unbeaten 78 and middle-order batsman Marshall Ayub’s 62 steered Doleshwar to the shore in 45.2 overs. Shahriar, in his 125- ball innings, struck five boundaries and a six while Marshall hammered half a dozen boundaries in his 85- ball knock. Kalabagan v Abahani, BKSP 4 Abahani tasted their first win in three matches when they defeated Kalabagan by six wickets. The game was yet another low-scoring affair with Kalabagan invited to bat first. Kalabagan ended up scoring 156 in 45.5 overs losing all wickets. A 60-ball 36 by Kalabagan captain Tushar Imran was the highest of the innings. Shuvagata Hom made the most damage with the ball for Abahani, notching four wickets conceding 19 in 10 overs. Later, inspired by Saif Hassan’s 61 off 62, with six fours and a sixer, Abahani chased down the target in 30.2 overs. Pacer Abul Hasan took two wickets for Kalabagan. •
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