The Pran-Frotoo BSJA Media Cup Cricket got underway at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium with ATN News, Manabzamin, Prothom Alo, Kaler Kantho, Channel i and Channel 24 registering victories yesterday.
ATN News (35/0) beat Naya Diganta (34/5) by five wickets, Manabzamin (98/1) outplayed Channel 71 (94/3) by four wickets, Prothom Alo (118/2) thrashed New Nation (60/5) by three wickets, Kaler Kantho (56/0) overpowered (New Age 54/2) by five wickets, Channel i (88/3) defeated BSS (60/5) by 28 runs and Channel 24 (105/2) routed Alokito Bangladesh (80/4) by 25 runs.
Rifat of ATN News, Samon of Manabzamin, Rony of Prothom Alo, Navid of Kaler Kantho and Sadman of Channel 24 were adjudged as the man of the matches in their respective games.
Sujan Mahmud, the media manager of Pran-RFL inaugurated the tournament as the chief guest. Khwaja Rahmatullah, the general secretary of Bangladesh Hockey Federation was the special guest. ATM Saeeduzzaman and Saidur Rahman Shamim, the president and the general secretary of BSJA, and tournament committee chairman Arifur Rahman Babu were also present on the occasion.