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Sport in Bangladesh is popular and widespread. The most popular sport in Bangladesh is cricket, Bangladesh being the top 9^th team in the world,^[1] followed by football (soccer), and kabaddi. kabaddi is the national sport of Bangladesh.

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[edit] Cricket

Cricket is a game which has a massive and passionate following in Bangladesh. There is a strong domestic league which on many occasions also saw Test players from many countries (Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, England) gracing the cricket fields of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has now joined the elite group of countries eligible to play Test cricket. The Bangladesh national cricket team goes by the nick-name of the Tigers—after the Royal Bengal Tiger which too calls Bangladesh its home.

The Cricket-Culture is not at all a new phenomenon in Bangladesh. As elsewhere in the subcontinent, the game itself was first introduced to the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta region by the British rulers nearly two centuries ago. For the better part of the British rule, cricket remained a recreational game for the aristocrats, inaccessible to the common people because of colonial class distinctions and the complicated nature of the game which the locals did not make out so easily. Following the bloody freedom struggle which ended in Bangladesh gaining independence in 1971, cricket has continued to grow. It was slow to start, other things having priority at the beginning.

Timeline 1780: It stands established that organized cricket in India began in Calcutta (current Kolkata), a major city of Bengal. Early English expatriates banded together to form the Calcutta Cricket Club. The earliest mention of this club is found in the 48th issue of Hicky's Bengal Gazette, dated 'from Saturday December 16th to Saturday December 23rd, 1780' where the newspaper reported that the 'Gentlemen of the Calcutta Cricket Club are getting themselves into Wind, and preparing to take the Field, for a very active Campaign'' (sic). With its tentative year of birth at 1780, the Calcutta Cricket Club becomes senior to the Marylebone Cricket Club, which was established in 1787, by a clear margin of seven years. The London-based MCC, which was till a few years ago the parent body of cricket, still holds an eminent position in the world of cricket.

1792: Englishmen residing in the districts of Barrackpore and Dum Dum play a cricket match (Source: February 23, 1792, the Madras Courier). This particular cricket match was in all likelihood played on the "maidan" opposite the Raj Bhavan. The assumption is based on the reason that a scorecard of another match played in January, 1804, survives to convey to us that teams representing Old Etonians and Calcutta Cricket Club duelled on the same ground. Incidentally, the year 1792 is officially recognized by Wisden cricket almanac as the date of establishment for Calcutta Cricket Club, making it the oldest surviving cricket club outside the British Isles.

1926: (Unofficial) Test cricket comes to Eden Gardens in Calcutta on the last day of 1926 with Arthur Gilligan leading the MCC team; India was still not an official test nation. MCC had come at the invitation of Calcutta Cricket Club and the Bengal Gymkhana was one of its principal patrons.

1934: The Ranji Trophy, named after the famous Indian cricket player Ranjitsinhji, commences in India.

1935: The first Bengal team takes part in the second Ranji Trophy.

1947: After the partition of Bengal in 1947, matches of domestic cricket in Pakistan were conducted in four leagues. Regional East Pakistani teams regularly took part in the first-class Quaid-e-Azam trophy from 1954 through 1968.

1955-1969: Seven international test matches with Pakistan participating as the host team were played in Dhaka between 1955 and 1969.

The first test was held between Pakistan and India in January 1955. The match started on the first day of the year. The newly-built Dhaka Stadium then had the maximum capacity of accommodating 15,000 spectators. According to an old follower of Dhaka cricket, the full house crowd gave a standing ovation to both the captains, Abdul Hafeez Kardar and Vinoo Mankad, as they walked out to toss. The match was drawn.

The next match at the Dhaka Stadium was played between Pakistan and New Zealand from November 7 to 12 the same year. Legendary batsman Hanif Mohammad scored his second Test century (103). Besides, his compatriot Khan Mohammad returned with his career best bowling figures of 6 for 21. This match also ended in a draw.

The third Test was played at the Dhaka Stadium between Pakistan and West Indies in March 1959. In the low-scoring match, Pakistan recorded their only Test win at Dhaka by 41 runs, mainly because of their famous fast bowler Fazal Mahmood, who took 12 wickets, six in each innings, for 100 runs.

Then came Australia in the November of the same year under the leadership of Richie Benaud and they defeated Pakistan by eight wickets. This was also Pakistan's only Test defeat at Dhaka.

The fifth Test at the Dhaka Stadium was played in January 1962 between Pakistan and England. Although the match ended in a draw, it was a personal landmark for Hanif Mohammad who scored centuries (111 and 104) in both the innings.

The next match was also played between Pakistan and England after seven years in February 1969. The most notable feature of the match was the presence of all-rounder Basil D'Oliveira, who scored an unbeaten 114 in the first innings.

The last, but not the least, Test between Pakistan and New Zealand was played in November of the same year. Kiwi skipper Glen Turner hammered a century (110) in that match, which also concluded in a draw.

1972: The Bangladesh Cricket Control Board is established. Soon after, a cricket league commences in Dhaka and Chittagong. It is a slow start, other things having priority in the war-torn country. Early in 1975 the Dhaka (then "Dacca") stadium was still in disrepair, the square having sunk several inches and the the Press Club shell-torn.

1974/75: A national level cricket tournament begins in the country. 1st division and 2nd division cricket leagues start at the districts level. Other tournaments that were organised included National Youth Cricket, Inter-university Cricket, College & School Cricket, Shahid Smriti Cricket, Damal Summer Cricket and Star Summer Cricket.

1976/77: Robin Marlar writes Whither Bangladesh?, a detailed description of Bangladesh cricket's state of affairs and an yearning to see Bangladesh in the international stage. Bangladesh Cricket Board officials become more alert and enthusiastic after this international exposure.

After the completion of the 1975-76 domestic season, Bangladesh Cricket Control Board's acting secretary Reza-e-Karim writes to the International Cricket Council (then called the International Cricket Conference), requesting ICC membership status for Bangladesh. The ICC replies, suggests the BCCB to invite the Merelybone Cricket Club, and that their decision rests on MCC's post-tour report.

Reza-e-Karim drafts the first constitution of the BCCB and in May, 1977 invites the MCC to Bangladesh. In June, 1976, the membership of Bangladesh is discussed in an ICC meeting. The meeting decides to finalize Bangladesh's membership status after the MCC tours Bangladesh.

The MCC arrives at Dhaka for their first Bangladesh tour on December 27, 1976 and helps build the enthusiasm; over 40,000 people attends the representative match at Dhaka.

On July 26, 1977, Bangladesh becomes an Associate member of the I.C.C.

The BCCB seeks coaching help from the MCC. The MCC sends Bangladesh her first foreign cricket coach, an Englishman named Robert Jones.

1978: In January, Sri Lanka, yet to be a test team, tours Bangladesh.

In February, the Deccan Blues, an Indian team comprising of famous first-class cricketers, tours Bangladesh for a three-day match against the BCCB XI.

In December, the MCC arrives in Bangladesh for the second time in a tour that lasts until Jan 14, 1979.

1979: Bangladesh appears in the first ICC trophy in England. Bangladeshis win matches against Fiji and Malaysia.

1980: In January, Pakistan tours Bangladesh for a 2-day match in Chittagong and a 3-day sellout match in Dhaka. The crowd's misbehavior toward Pakistani players abruptly ends the Chittagong match, and the tour.

1980/81: The MCC tours Bangladesh for the third time.

1982: An Indian first-class team, the Hyderabad Blues, boasting five Indian test players, wisits Bangladesh in January.

In May-July, 1982, Bangladesh takes part in its second ICC trophy competition and finishes fourth among sixteen national teams.

1983: In March, 1983, a West Bengal team tours Bangladesh. In December, Bangladesh follows up with a visit to the Indian state.

1984: In January, 1984, Bangladesh hosts the first ever Sout-East Asia Cup; Singapore and Hong Kong participates. Bangladesh beats Hong Kong in the final to take the trophy.

In February, Bangladesh team tours Kenya for the first time.

Having returned from Kenya, in late February, Bangladesh hosts a series of cricket matches with Pakistan's PIA and India's the Hyderabad Blues.

1985: The Sri Lankan test team visits Bangladesh in March for a three-day match in Dhaka.

1986: In January, 1986, the Omar Kureishi XI containing Pakistani test cricketers visits Bangladesh.

In March, 1986, Bangladesh takes part in the Second Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, and plays its first ever one-day international match against Pakistan (Bangladesh was still not a full member of ICC). The tournament gives Bangladesh players international exposure.

In June, 1986, Bangladesh flies to England to take part in the third ICC tropy.

Later in the year, Bangladesh tours Pakistan for the first time.

1988: In January, Bangladesh takes part and wins the second South-East Asia trophy, defeating Hong Kong.

The Third Asia Cup takes place in Bangladesh in October-November 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participating as well as the host country.

1989: In August-September, Bangladesh U-19 team tours England.

In December, 1989, Bangladesh hosts the First Under-19 Asia Cup.

1990: The Deccan Blues, captained by Syed Kirmani, tours Bangladesh in January and February. On February 4, 1990, pyjama cricket comes to Bangladesh, as the first ever day-night match is played in the Dhaka stadium between BCCB U-25 and the Deccan Blues.

In February, 1990, a team from Denmark tours Bangladesh.

In March, 1990, Pakistan and India takes part in a two-match series. Bangladesh, the host country, is a surprising absentee.

In April, 1990, Bangladesh takes part in the Australasia Cup in Sharjah and plays against New Zealand and Australia for the first time in group matches.

In June, 1990, Bangladesh participates in the fourth ICC trophy held in Holland. Bangladesh finishes third in the tournmaent, losing in the semifinal against eventual champions Zimbabwe.

In December, 1990, Bangladesh visits India to take part in the fourth Asia Cup cricket along with India and Sri Lanka.

1990: West Bengal visits Bangladesh in February. A little-known West Bengal batsman Saurav Ganguly scores a century and a half-century to help West Bengal prevail in both matches.

1992: In June, Bangladesh takes part in the third South East Asia cup and wins the trophy again by defeating Hong Kong.

In December, 1992, Bangladesh hosts the first SAARC cricket tournament. But the tournament comes to an abrupt end with two matches to go, as tensions in Dhaka rise after the Babri mosque incident.

1993: In March-April, 1993, the Karachi Airport Gymkhana team tours Bangladesh.

1994: Bangladesh takes part in the fifth ICC Trophy and fails to qualify for the semifinals.

1997: Bangladesh wins the sixth ICC trophy in Malaysia. Bangladesh also becomes a regular ICC member with the right to play one-day internationals.

1998: Bangladesh posts its first ODI win against Kenya in India. In October, Bangladesh hosts (although did not participate in) the first ever "Mini World Cup", a knock-out ODI tournament featuring all the test playing nations.

1999: Bangladesh performs in the 7th Cricket World Cup in England. In a group match, Bangladesh defeats Pakistan.

1999-2000: A new first-class format National League is launched. The home and away tournament has divisional teams from Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Barisal and Rajshahi.

2000: Bangladesh attains the status of a test playing country on 26 June. Bangladesh's inagural test match takes place in Dhaka against touring India on 10-14 November, 2000

2004: In December, Bangladesh team wins its 100th ODI with a 15-run victory over World Cup Runners-up India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, It was Bangladesh's overall sixth win in one-dayers, but the first ODI victory on home soil. It was also only their third win against a Test-playing nation after defeating Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup in England and beating Zimbabwe in March, 2004.

2005: In January, Bangladesh records their maiden test victory with a thumping 226 runs win over Zimbabwe. This was the 35th test for Bangladesh. Bangladesh team also secures its first ever Test and ODI series wins.

In June, Bangladesh defeats world champions Australia in a Natwest Series ODI match. Mohammad Ashraful is the hero with a run-a-ball century. Early in 1975, the Dhaka (then "Dacca") stadium was in disrepair, the square having sunk several inches and the Press Club shell-torn. The M.C.C. tour in 1976/77 helped to build the enthusiasm; over 40,000 people attended the representative match at Dhaka. In 1977, Bangladesh became an Associate member of the International Cricket Council. Two further M.C.C. teams toured in 1978/79 and 1980/81.

The standard of cricket quickly rose, and soon Bangladesh was the top ICC associate country in the region, winning all ACC tournaments. This gave them the opportunity to play in the Asia Cup, against teams like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Third Asia Cup took place in Bangladesh in 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participating as well as the host country.

In 1989/90, Bangladesh played hosts to the First Under-19 Asia Cup. In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, qualifying for its first ever world cup appearance. Soon after, Bangladesh, along with Kenya were granted full ODI status by the ICC. Bangladesh posted its first ODI win against Kenya in India in 1998. In October of 1998, Bangladesh hosted—although they did not participate—the first ever "Mini World Cup", a knock-out basis ODI tournament featuring all the test playing nations. In 1999, in their maiden appearance at the World Cup in England, Bangladesh defeated fellow ICC associate Scotland, and then won a match from favorites Pakistan.

As a reward of bright performance in ICC and World Cup, Bangladesh was given the status of the 10th test playing nation on the 26 June 2000. As the famous ex-cricketer Ali Bacher of South Africa noted during his visit to Dhaka, 'the game of cricket has great prospects in a country like Bangladesh where there is cricket on the streets, cricket in the schools, in the villages, a competitive league, and Friday cricket—drawing crowds of spectators who love the game in all its forms.' The game, having shed its aristocratic restrictions, prospers at the very grass-roots of Bangladeshi society.

In the 2007 Cricket World Cup on March 17, 2007, Bangladesh beat India by a 5 wicket margin to advance to the Super 8 stage, where they beat South Africa by a 67-run margin on April 7, 2007.

[edit] Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a team game. Two teams of seven players occupy opposite halves of a field of 12.5m x 10m divided by a line into two halves. The teams take turns sending a "raider" across to the opposite team's half, where the goal is to tag or wrestle ("capture") members of the opposite team before returning to the home half. Tagged members are "out" and are sent off the field. The raider must not take a breath during the raid, and must prove it by constantly chanting (called 'cant' or 'dak') during the raid. Meanwhile, the defenders must form a chain, for example by linking hands; if the chain is broken, a member of the defending team is sent off. The goal of the defenders is to stop the raider from returning to the home side before taking a breath.

In 1980, Bangladesh became the runners-up in the first Asian Kabaddi Championship and India emerged as the champion. Bangladesh became runners-up again in the next Asian Kabaddi Championship held in 1985 at Jaipur, India.

Bangladeshi kabaddi team won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games.

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Football is popular in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is currently ranked 158th in the FIFA ranking. Bangladesh became the 2003 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) champion. SAFF includes Southern Asian countries and other countries from Asia.

The Bangladesh national football team is the national team of Bangladesh and is controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the AFC. The side has yet to qualify for a FIFA World Cup tournament. They were dismissed in the first round of their only Asian Cup appearance to date in 1980, and have been South Asian champions once, in 2003. As is the case elsewhere on the subcontinent, top-level football in Bangladesh is played somewhat in the shadow of the country's test cricket team. The team was founded in 1972, and joined FIFA in 1974.

Apart from wins over Indonesia and Thailand in their first ever World Cup qualification in 1986, Bangladesh has struggled to impose itself. At the regional level, they have also remained in the second echelon while in Asia, the team is constantly trying to avoid being the wooden spoon of their group.

However, the Association is currently working hand in hand with the Vision Asia programme which will see it restructuring its domestic league as well as initiating more youth programmes. These initiatives are coming at the right time for football in Bangladesh.

Football in Bangladesh has a huge following which was exemplified when the national team made history in their victory at the South Asian Football Federation Cup in 2003. The South Asia side won the final via penalties over Maldives before 50,000 home supporters.

Kazi Salahuddin is Bangladesh's most famous footballer, having played professional football in Hong Kong, the first Bangldeshi player to ever do so.

Another famous player is Chingla Mong Chowdhury Murruy. He is a renowned soccer personality in Bangladesh. He used to play before the liberation war. He coached brtc, was an advisor in bksp, and also received his national award in football. He also fought in the liberation war in 1971 for his country.

[edit] Sports organisation

Sports organisation in Bangladesh has undergone many changes in different periods before and after its independence. The Bangladesh Sports Control Board was established in 1972. There are 29 registered federations under this board. These include federations for popular games such as football, cricket, hockey, tennis, badminton, volleyball, handball, chess, and carom as well as for wrestling, weightlifting, squash, billiard, and snooker, which are less popular in Bangladesh. Other recognised sports organisations in the country are the district and divisional sports organisations, university sports organisations, and the sports bodies of the armed forces, police and ansar, as well as of public sector corporations, boards and departments such as Bangladesh Biman, BJMC, BTMC, PWD, and Bangladesh Railway.

[edit] Sports Clubs

Sport clubs have a significant contribution to the development of sports in the country. Prominent among the clubs of Bangladesh are Abahani Krirachakra, Arambag, Ajax, Azad Sporting, Brothers Union, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting, Dhaka Wanderers, Dilkusha Sporting, GMCC, Kalabagan, Muktijoddha Sangsad, Rahmatganj, Suryatarun, Victoria Sporting, and Wari. Some of these clubs are reputed for their glorious past while others earned a name by excellent performance at national level at present.

Abahani Krira Chakra Mohammedan Sporting Club Arambag Club Azad Sporting Club Brothers Union Club Victoria Sporting Club
• Wari Club

[edit] Arambag Club

Arambag Club was established in Dhaka in 1958. It was at first a football club, but later became active in other games like handball, basketball and volleyball. The club has had continued success in different tournaments. It became champion in the 4th and 5th Shital Women's Handball competitions. In 1980, it was champion in the Alpha Cup Football Tournament of Nepal and, in 1995, runner up in the eighth Chief Minister Gold Cup Football Tournament of Sikkim and in the Nagji Gold Cup Tournament of India. In 1997, the club took part in a football tournament at Agartala that marked the golden jubilee of the independence of India. In the same year, it became runner up at home in the Federation Cup Football Tournament.

[edit] Azad Sporting Club

Azad Sporting Club was founded at Dhaka in 1949. Main patrons of the club were the writers, poets, painters, actors, and publishers. Its football team was promoted from the second division league to the first division in 1951 and in 1958, it became champion of Dhaka's first division football league. Azad Sporting is not a prominent club now in terms of its performance in different championships, but it is given special credit because of its role as a school of training up young sportsmen. The club prepares not only football players but also athletes, cyclists, and the players of basketball, volleyball, hockey, cricket, and badminton.

[edit] Brothers Union Club

Brothers Union Club was established at Gopibag, Dhaka in 1949. The club, however, remained little known until 1973, when it first appeared in the third division football league and became its champion of that league. The next year, it played in the second division football league and as the champion of the season, it was promoted to the first division. Ever since the club has had continued success and, in course of time, it became the third most powerful football club of the country next to Abahani and Mohammedan. Brothers Union also performs well in cricket, chess and handball.

In 2004 and 2005 they became champion in senior division football league.Football lovers really want their beloved orange dream team to be the number one again in 2006.

[edit] Victoria Sporting Club

Victoria Sporting Club, named after Queen Victoria—the club was established by a group of zamindars of the Tejgaon and Kurmitola areas of Dhaka in 1903. Initially, it was a football club, but later, it started taking part in hockey and cricket in the 1930s. The club became champion in Dhaka's first division football league championship in 1948. In 1960 and 1961, it finished the same as runner up but, in 1962, it clinched the championship title in four major football tournaments of Dhaka, including the first division league. That year, it played with South Korea in the final match of the Aga Khan Gold Cup Tournament and defeated her by five goals to one. The club, however, failed to sustain its reputation of a grade one football team. It is now known as a medium class team in Dhaka's first division football league. But it performs well in games like badminton, boxing, wrestling and weight lifting.

[edit] Wari Club

Wari Club was established in 1898 by a number of enthusiastic sports organisers under the leadership of Roybahadur Surendranath Roy of the Wari area of Dhaka. The club, however, took a regular shape only in the 1920s, when it acquired a playground in the Paltan area of the city and also constructed an office near it. Wari is a special club known for its glorious achievements in football at different times. It became widely known in 1910, when it defeated the Royal Palace Football Team in a charity match. In a friendly match in 1917, Wari defeated Lincolin Club, which was the first division football league champion. In 1937, Eilington Corinthian, a famous European football team of that time, toured India, and the local team with 10 players of Wari stopped its rally of remaining unbeaten in a row. Even today, Wari is always considered a threat to big football teams, who often lose matches in encounters with it. Wari has a good record in other games also. It became champion in three consecutive years in the Dhaka cricket league (1951-1953) and in the Dhaka volleyball league (1972- 1974).

[edit] Traditional Sports

Traditional Sports of Bangladesh are still practiced mostly in rural areas. All are not equally favorite now because of the invasion of western games. "Hadudu"(also known as 'kabaddi') is the only internationally recognized traditional sport of Bangladesh. Besides "dariabandha", "gollachut", "satchara", "borofpani", "birinchi", "kutkut", "kanamachi", "tillo", "Sologuti", "Bagh-chagol" etc are still popular in sub-urban and rural areas.

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Kazi Salahuddin

Personal Life

Born in 1953, 23rd September
• Educated at Shaheen School, Dhaka College and Dhaka University
  

Playing Career

Started career in first division for Wari in 1969 Moved to Mohammedan in 1970 In 1971, joined War of Liberation by playing for the Swadhin Bangla Football Dal From 1972, he played for Abahani till 1984 From the Swadhin Bangla Dal, he played for the national team till 1983. He was captain in 1975 and 1979. Spent 1975-76 in Hong Kong as a professional for Caroline Hill FC.
• Retired in 1984
  

Coaching Career

Became the coach of Abahani in 1985, and won all the tournaments participated in that year In 1985 and 1988, coached the national team Coaching career was on and off Left coaching in 1988, but returned with Abahani in 1992 winning the league title unbeaten with the highest number of points Took over Muktijoddha in 1994, won the Federationn Cup, beating old team Abahani in the final Gave up coaching after the tragic loss of his father that same year
• Returned to football 11 years later as the vice president of the Bangladesh Football Federation
  

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Bangabandhu National Stadium

Bangabandhu National Stadium is the national stadium and main sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located at Motijheel at the heart of the capital city, Dhaka. The stadium is variously known as Number 1 National Stadium, Dhaka Stadium etc. Its current name was given to honour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, also known as "Banga bandhu" or "friend of Bengal".


Currently, the stadium is used for football. Total seating capacity is 36000. It was also home to the Bangladeshi cricket team until March 1, 2005.

The stadium has the unique distiction of being the only venue in the world to host the inaugural home fixture for two Test-playing nations. India were the visitors on both occasions: in 1954-55, when Dhaka was the capital of East Pakistan, and 46 years later, when Bangladesh became the tenth nation to attain Test status. The stadium is located next to National Hockey Stadium. Bangladesh registered its first win at home at Bangabandhu National Stadium against India on 26 December 2004.

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v • d • e Bangladesh
Test status granted	2000
First Test match	v India at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, 10-13 November 2000
Captain	Mohammad Ashraful
Coach	Jamie Siddons
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking	9th (Test) 9th (ODI) [1],[2]
Test matches - this year	49 2
Last Test match	v New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington, 12-14th January 2008in Adelaide at Adelaide oval
Wins/losses - this year	1/45 0/2
As of 19th January2008

The Bangladeshi cricket team, also known as "The Tigers", is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. It is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status. It played its first Test match in 2000 (against India at Dhaka), becoming the tenth Test cricket playing nation.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (known then as the Bangladesh Cricket Control Board) was established in 1972. Soon after, a cricket league commenced in Dhaka and Chittagong. A national level cricket tournament begun in the country in 1974-75. During this time the cricket league started at the district (regional) level. Other tournaments that were organised were aimed school, college, youth and university level.

Bangladesh's first official foray into international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, leaving the tournament with 2 wins and 2 defeats. Seven years later, on March 31 1986, Bangladesh played in its first One Day International match against Pakistan in the 1986 Asia Cup. Cricket has gradually become very popular in urban areas of the country. Although football was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained a momentum and soon surpassed football, especially after Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia in 1997. By winning the ICC trophy, the Tigers had qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup for the first time. Bangladesh performed admirably in the 7th World Cup and caused an upset by defeating Pakistan in a group phase match. In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play one-day internationals. It attained the status of a test playing country on 26 June 2000.

At the end of 2007, Bangladesh had played in 49 Tests, winning only once against a Zimbabwe team crippled by the exodus of its senior players. They have lost 43 of their matches, and 29 of these by an innings.^[1] Bangladesh's performance has led to repeated calls for them to lose their Test status.

[edit] History of Bangladesh Cricket In International Level

[edit] 1999

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 62 runs during the 1999 Cricket World Cup in the group match at Northampton. Bangladesh managed 223/9 from 50 overs. Pakistan could only manage 161 due to a few run-outs by wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud and some tight bowling by Khaled Mahmud, who took 3/31 from 10 overs. And Khaled Mahmud Sujan was judged man of the match. They did not qualify for the Super Six round after suffering heavy defeats in their other matches.

[edit] 2000

In 2000, Bangladesh made their debut Test appearance, hosting India in Dhaka. They were defeated by nine wickets.^[1]

[edit] 2001

Bangladesh played eight Tests in 2001. They toured Zimbabwe in April and lost both Tests. They lost two one-off Tests to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, both by an innings, before returning home for a two Test series against Zimbabwe. In the First Test in Dhaka, they escaped with a draw after no play was possible on the final two days due to rain. They had been 213 runs behind in their second innings, with seven wickets in hand. It was their first time they had avoided defeat, in their seventh Test. Zimbabwe then won the Second Test by an innings. Bangladesh then made their first Test tour of New Zealand, losing both Tests by an innings.^[1]

[edit] 2002

Bangladesh played four series of two Tests each, for a total of eight Tests in 2002, against Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the West Indies repsectively. They lost all eight matches, six of these by an innings.^[1]

[edit] 2003

In September, Bangladesh came very close to their first Test victory, when they lost to Pakistan by only one wicket.

[edit] 2004

In December, Bangladesh defeated India in their 100th ODI, this being only the third time that they beat a Test playing nation.

[edit] 2005

Early January, Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe in their 35th Test, their first ever Test match victory. In the first Test of the series, Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 226 runs in Chittagong Stadium. Bangladesh scored a huge total of 488 in the first innings. In reply, Zimbabwe was all out for only 312 for their first innings. Bangladesh's 2nd innings was declared after scoring 204 for 9 wickets. Powered by a spirited spell from Enamul Haque Jr., who took 6 wickets for 45 runs, Bangladesh wrapped up Zimbabwe's innings for only 154.

Bangladesh would have needed to get the fourth-highest fourth innings total to win in Test cricket history in the second Test of the series. They opted to play out the last four sessions playing conservatively and consequently secured a draw. This gave the team its first Test series win and triggered scenes of wild jubilation across the country. National coach Dav Whatmore was later quoted as saying that playing overly-aggressive cricket to try to win the Test would not have been a good idea.

Bangladesh also secured their first One Day International series win in the same tour. Despite losing the first two matches of the five-match series, they recovered to win the series 3-2.

On June 18, Bangladesh scored an upset victory over the mighty Australia in the NatWest Series. Australia scored 249 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Bangladesh reached 250 runs with 4 balls to spare. Mohammad Ashraful scored 100 runs off just 101 balls, his first one-day century, while Aftab Ahmed hit a huge six in the first ball of the final over, and hit a single for the next ball to win the game. This win was a triumph for a Bangladeshi team that had been criticised by Richie Benaud, Mike Gatting and others as incompetent and not good enough for Test or ODI cricket in the English media, just days before.Here is the scorcard[3] of the match:

[edit] 2006

The first home One-Day International series of 2006 began with some optimism for Bangladesh, who registered their first-ever win against Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the series. At the end of March, Bangladesh played four ODIs against Kenya, winning all four. Then in April, they came very close to beating Australia in a Test match, taking a first-innings lead of 158, and eventually losing by only three wickets after bowler Mashrafe Mortaza dropped what could possibly have been a catch to turn the match around. At the end of July, Bangladesh toured Zimbabwe as the ODI series favourites but lost by three games to two. However, in August, the team defeated Kenya in all three matches of a series and subsequently went on to whitewash Zimbabwe in an ODI series staged in Bangladesh. That year, Shahriar Nafees became the first Bangladeshi to score over a thousand runs (which included three centuries) in a calendar year while Mashrafe Mortaza became the leading wicket-taker in the world in ODIs staged in 2006.

[edit] 2007

Bangladesh prepared for the World Cup with three series wins, defeating Zimbabwe 5-0 at home and 3-1 in Zimbabwe. They then played a series of matches against non-Test playing nations, defeating Scotland 2-0 at home and winning a tri-series undefeated against Canada and Bermuda.

On 17 March, in their first match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh stunned India with a five wicket victory in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Bangladesh scored 195/5 in reply to India's 191 all out. On March 21, though, they lost to Sri Lanka 318/4 to 112 all out, Bangladesh losing by 198 runs. However, on 25 March, Bangladesh recouped its loss 96/3 to 94/9 win against Bermuda, advancing to the Super 8 round and cementing India's first-round elimination in the tournament. Bangladesh lost to Australia on 31 March and Ireland in that tournament and also to New Zealand on 2 April. On April 7 they won an outstanding game against South Africa by 67 runs. [4]

• For match details see Wikinews

On June 2, Habibul Bashar, who had previously resigned as ODI captain, though insisting that he would like to retain the Test captaincy, was replaced as captain by Mohammad Ashraful in both forms of the game. Mashrafe Mortaza was appointed vice-captain.

[edit] 2008

Bangladesh started their year of 2008 by being in New Zealand. They finished their ODI matches in December 2007 and started to play their Test matches against New Zealend. Their 1st Test with New Zealand was at Dunedin on January 4-6, 2008. The result shows that they had bad start in 2008 because New Zealand won by 9 wickets. Bangladesh 137 and 254; New Zealand 357 and 39/1. In the 2nd Test, New Zealand scored 393, whereas Bangladesh scored 143 and 133. The game took place at Wellington on January 12-14, 2008. Again, New Zealand won by an innings and 137 runs. [5] Against South Africa in the 2nd test, Mohammad Rafique became the first Bangladeshi to ever take 100 test wickets by having Robin Peterson caught at first slip by Junaid Siddique on the 1st of March.

[edit] Twenty20 World Championship 2007

[edit] The future

Bangladeshi former captain Habibul Bashar and former coach Dav Whatmore have said that they hope Bangladesh will become a serious cricketing contender by 2010. Cricket's enormous popularity with the Bangladeshi people has produced a mood of optimism that this ambition can be achieved. Bangladesh's U19 team, the stepping stone before the International Test scene, regularly performs well against established Test nation's U19 teams. In the recent 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh were one of the favourites to win beforehand, but fell in the quarter finals to England U19.

Many have criticised Bangladesh's elevation to Test Status. The country's supporters counter this by pointing out that it took New Zealand, now a strong international side in both forms of the game, many years to win its first Test match. Possibly due to these doubts about Bangladesh's ability to compete at the highest level, Bangladesh will only get the opportunity to play 41 tests through 2006 - 2012 (The least among full ICC members with the sole exception of Zimbabwe), according to the recently publicised ICC Future Tours Programme.

India, which strongly supported Bangladesh's bid for test status in 2001, is the only full member nation not to invite Bangladesh to play on its own soil, even though India is due to tour Bangladesh three times between 2006 and 2012. Bangladesh has yet to play a Test on Indian soil. Some have suggested that India, which will be one of the busiest cricketing nations during this period, did not schedule to play Bangladesh because of time conflicts and fear of player fatigue. However, this still strengthens the notion that Bangladesh is not on an even footing with other Test playing nations when it comes to securing regular international fixtures. For example, Bangladesh usually plays only two tests in a test series, while most other countries play three or more matches.^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Current squad

For following players were selected for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa

[edit] Tournament History

[edit] World Cup

1975: Not eligible - Not an ICC member 1979 to 1996 inclusive: Did not qualify 1999: First round 2003: First round
• 2007: Second round - Super Eight Stage (7th place)

[edit] ICC Champions Trophy

2002: First round 2004: First round
• 2006: 9th place

[edit] ICC Knockout

1998: Did not participate
• 2000: First round

[edit] Commonwealth Games

• 1998: First round

[edit] ICC Trophy

1979: First round 1983: 4th place 1986: First round 1990: Semi Finals 1994: 2nd round 1997: Winner
• 2001 onwards: Not eligible - Now an ICC full member

[edit] Asian Test Championship

1999: Not eligible - Not an ICC full member
• 2001/02: 3rd place

[edit] Asia Cup

1984: Did not participate 1986: 3rd place 1988: 4th place 1990/91: 3rd place 1995: 4th place 1997: 4th place 2000: 4th place
• 2004: 4th place

[edit] ACC Trophy

1996: Won 1998: Won
• 2000 onwards: Not eligible - Now an ICC full member

[edit] Australasia Cup

1986: Did not participate 1990: First round
• 1994: Did not participate

[edit] National Records of Bangladesh

[edit] Batting and Individual records

Test Matches

• Highest team total - 488 all out against Zimbabwe in 2005.

• Highest aggregate of runs - Habibul Bashar (3013) in 49 matches at an average of 31.38.

• Highest individual score - 158* by Mohammad Ashraful against India in 2004.

• Highest partnership - 191 for the sixth wicket by Mohammad Ashraful (102) & Mushfiqur Rahim (80) against Sri Lanka in 2007.

• Most number of centuries - Mohammad Ashraful (4) in 40 matches.

• Most number of half centuries - Habibul Bashar (24) in 49 matches.

• Most number of dismissals (wicket-keeping) - Khaled Mashud (87 dismissals) in 44 matches.

• Most number of catches (excludes wicket-keeping) - Habibul Bashar (21) in 49 matches.

• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) - Habibul Bashar (31.38)

• Most number of matches played - Habibul Bashar (49).

• Most number of matches as captain - Habibul Bashar (18) from 2004 to 2007.

ODI Matches

• Highest team total - 301/7 against Kenya in 2006.

• Highest aggregate of runs - Habibul Bashar (2168) in 111 matches at an average of 21.68.

• Highest individual score - 134* by Shakib Al Hasan against Canada in 2006.

• Highest partnership - 175* for the fourth wicket by Habibul Bashar (64) & Rajin Saleh (108) against Kenya in 2006.

• Most number of centuries - Shahriar Nafees (4) in 49 matches.

• Most number of half centuries - Habibul Bashar (14) in 111 matches.

• Most number of dismissals (wicket-keeping) - Khaled Mashud (126 dismissals) in 126 matches.

• Most number of catches (excludes wicket-keeping) - Mohammad Rafique (28) in 123 matches.

• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) - Shakib Al Hasan (35.85).

• Highest number of sixes in a match - Mashrafe Mortaza (5).

• Highest number of sixes in a career - Aftab Ahmed (47) in 72 matches.

• Most number of matches played - Khaled Mashud (126).

• Most number of matches as captain - Habibul Bashar (69) from 2004 to 2007.

[edit] Bowling records

Test Matches

• Most number of wickets - 100 by Mohammad Rafique at 41.13 in 32 matches.

• Best individual bowling - 7/95 by Enamul Haque Jr against Zimbabwe in 2005.

• Best bowling in a match - 12/200 by Enamul Haque Jr against Zimbabwe in 2005.

• Most number of 10 wicket hauls - Enamul Haque Jr (1).

• Most number of 5 wicket hauls - Mohammad Rafique (7).

• Best average (qualification 50 overs) - 38.87 by Mashrafe Mortaza.

ODI Matches

• Most number of wickets - 119 by Mohammad Rafique at 38.75 in 123 matches.

• Best individual bowling - 6/26 by Mashrafe Mortaza against Kenya in 2006.

• Most number of 5 wicket hauls - Aftab Ahmed, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza and Mohammad Rafique (1).

• Best average (qualification 50 overs) - 23.95 by Abdur Razzak.

Bangladeshi national cricket captains

Bangladesh national women's cricket team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bangladesh
Flag of Bangladesh
Captain	Tajkia Akhter
First recorded match	6 July 2007 v Thailand
As of 8 July 2007

The Bangladesh national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand in July 2007^[1] and are set to play in the ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia in July 2007. They are in the same first round group as China, Singapore and the UAE.^[2]

Bangladesh win the final match against Nepal, ACC tournament, Johor, July 18, 2007.

[edit] Tournament History

Women's ACC tournament

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Dabaru.com is a Bangladeshi chess site where you will find local chess news, international chess news, recent chess games, biography of the great chess players of Bangladesh and of the world.

Chess in Bangladesh

The plain of Ganges is the birthplace of chess. As Bangladesh belongs to this plain, the history of chess in this region is very old. A description of a game of chess could be found in the earliest specimen of Bengali literature called carya-padas (collection of lyrical poems composed by the Buddhist monks between 8th to 10th centuries AD.). Chess has been addressed as the name of 'Naubal' here. Here is a portion of such lyric poem:

If we translate it into prosaic English, it will be:

Sitting for a game of chess,
(I) won the game in the blessing of my Guru.
I moved my king,
"Kanu, Look Jinpur for move advice,"
First I took the Pawns,
My Bishop took five of them.
My Queen attacked the King,
And (I) won the game by paralyzing it.
Kanu said, "I always make good moves
By counting the sixty-four squares"

In the period of Moghal Empire, chess competition was mainly centered round the courts of the kings and the emperor. In the period of British Empire, Chess in the undivided Bengal mainly centered round Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), the capital of West Bengal. There grew up many chess clubs and societies there and they regularly arranged chess tournaments. There was hardly any chess tournament arranged in the East Bengal (currently Bangladesh). So players of this region had to go to Kolkata to take part in any competition. In one such tournament, arranged by the Nawab Wazed Ali Khan in the late 19th century, a young player Abdul Hamid Chowdhury from East Bengal took part and became champion. The Nawab was so impressed by the chess skill of the young man that he bestowed a title of "Maulana Sataranj" ("Lord of Chess") on him.

After 1947, the Indian subcontinent won freedom from the British Empire and became divided into two separate countries – Pakistan and India. Chess was a very popular game in East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh, which was then a part of Pakistan). In the undivided Pakistan, in a true sense, there was no governing body to lead chess in a proper way. In 1961 'East Pakistan Daba Sangha' was established under the initiative of Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain(1897-1981), a mathematics professor of Dhaka
University . It was also under his initiative along with Sayd Zahid Mansur, the 'All Pakistan Chess Federation' was established in 1970. Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain was its founder-president.

An unofficial chess championship began in the East Pakistan from 1947. Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain was its champion till 1961. After the establishment of 'East Pakistan Daba Sangha' in 1961, the task of organizing chess championship was conferred upon it. In the same year, the first East Pakistan Chess Championship began. Again, Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain came out as its champion and he kept the title untill 1962. In 1962 Qazi Muhammad Sakur defeated Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain and became the new champion of the East Pakistan. He kept the title till 1970.

After the independence of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Chess Federation was established in 1974. Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain was its founder-president. Due to his contribution in various fields of knowledge, Bangladesh government conferred the title of "National Professor" on him. He was also known as the "Daba Guru" ("Daba" is the Bengali word for "chess") to the people of Bangladesh. The Federation has been arranging the Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain International Masters Chess Tournament since 1985 in his honour. Bangladesh became the member of FIDE in 1979.

Among other proficient chess-players of the earlier period were Professor Abdur Razzaque, Akmal Hossain, and Mian Abdus Salek. National chess competition of Bangladesh has been arranged yearly since 1974. Niaz Murshed became champion in four consecutive years from 1979 to 1982. A national women's chess competition has been arranged annually since 1979, in which the only woman Master of Bangladesh, Rani Hamid, became champion 12 times. In 1986, Niaz Murshed wins his second norm in a Grand Masters tournament, in which 17 countries of the Asian Zone 3.1 participated. This made him the first Grandmaster of Bangladesh and Indian subcontinent. Ziaur Rahman became the second Grandmaster of the country in 2001.

Bangladesh Chess Federation has become a member of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 1979. Every year it arranges some 15 to 20 tournaments at the national and international levels. These tournaments include National Men and omen's Junior, Sub-junior, First Division, Second Division, International Master's and Grand Master's Chess Tournaments. About 26 local clubs are registered in the First Division. The Second Division comprises some 30 to 35 clubs. In the National Championship, a national B Group is formed with district champions and 16 persons from different corporations and cities. 14 of them are chosen through competitions and they appear in the National Championship competition.

Great Names of Chess

Chess is a very old game. Many great names are associated in the development of chess. In this section, we will try to give some information about the life and chess of some great masters of the past.

Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain

Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain was born on July 30, 1897, in his grandfather's (from his mother) house in Laxmipur under Kumarkhali sub-district, Kushtia, Bangladesh. His father Gawhar Uddin Ahmed's original home was in Bagmara of Pangsha sub-district under Faridpur. As Motahar's father was a Govt. official who had to change places frequently for job purposes, a great part of Motahar's life was passed in his grandfather's house in Kushtia.

Not much could be known of Motahar's earlier chess life. In the early 20th century, chess competitions in this region mainly centered round Calcutta (now Kolkata, India). There were hardly any competion arranged in the East Bengal (former name of Bangladesh). So, if any chess player wished to participate in a competition, he had to go to Calcutta for that, which was cost worthy task. For this reason, Motahar's participations in this period in tournaments were only to those arranged by his eduacational institutes.

As for his educational life, he passed Secondary School Certificate exam from Kushtia High School in 1915 and Higher Secondary Certificate exam in 1917 from Rajshahi Collage. He took his honours degree on Physics from Dhaka Collage in 1920 and masters degree on the same subject from Dhaka University in 1921.

In 1921, Motahar got appointed as a demonstrator in the Physics Department of Dhaka University. In 1923, he was appointed as the assistant lecturer in the same department. At this period, apart from his teaching profession, he began to play competitive chess. In 1925, he won the All India Chess Briliancy tournament arranged by Daily Indian Statesman of Calcutta. In around 1929, Motahar was the strongest Chess player in the East Bangal (former name of Bangladesh, which was then a part of British India).

In 1937, a literary circle named "Muslim Shahitiay Shamaz" was established under the initiative of Qazi Motar Hossain, Qazi Abdul Oadud and Syed Abul Hossain. It began to publish a megazine called "Shikha" and Motahar Hossain was its editor.

In 1947, India won freedom from British Empire and was divided into two separate independent countries - India and Pakistan. Todays Bangladesh was then part of Pakistan and known as East Pakistan. In Pakistan, there was no governing body of chess and no official chess championship organized. In East Pakistan, unofficial Chess Championships bagan to take place regularly from 1947 and Motahar was its champion from 1947 to 1961.

In 1949, the Mathmetics Department of Dhaka University under went some change and it was renamed as the Math and Statistics Department. Motahar Hossain was appointed as the lecturer in this department. In 1950, Statistics was separated from the Mathmetics department and came out as an independent department. In this newly formed department, Motahar Hossain got appointed as reader and department head. In the same year he undertook research in statistics which led to him being awarded a doctorate in 1950 from the Dhaka University. The title of his thesis was "Design of Experiments". In 1953, Dr. Motahar Hossain was promoted to the post of professor. In 1961. he took retirement from Dhaka University. Then fron 1964 to 1966, he worked as a director in the "Institute of Statistical Research" under Dhaka University. In 1969, he was appointed as emeritus professor in the Dhaka University.

Now lets get back to his chess life. In 1961, an unofficial governing body of chess ("East Pakistan Daba Shangha") was formed in East Pakistan and from then on it took the responsibility of arranging championship tournaments in the East Pakistan. From the year of its establishment East Pakistan Daba Shangha began to arrange East Pakistan Chess Championship regularly. In 1961, Dr. Motahar Hossain came out as its first champion. In 1962, Dr. Hossain was, however, defeated by the young Qazi Mohammad Sakur. This was Dr. Hossain's last participation in any chess tournament because he took retirement from competitive chess. In 1970, under the initiative of Dr.Hossain and Syed Zahid Mansur the first official governing body of chess in Pakistan, the "All Pakistan Chess Federation" was established and Dr. Hossain was its founding Chairman.

In 1971, East Pakistan won freedom from Pakistan and renamed as Bangladesh. In 1974, Bangladesh Chess Federation was established and again Dr. Hossain became its founding Chairman. Due to his contribution chess, Dr. Motahar came to known as 'Daba Guru' (Daba stands for 'chess') of Bangladesh.

Apart from chess and teaching, Dr. Hossain was also a man of letters. He wrote various books on miscellenous subjects. Some of these are- 'Shanchayan' (1937), 'Nazrul Kabbo Parichiti' (1955), 'Sympozium' (1965), 'Ganith Shastiyar Ityhas' (1970), 'Alok Bighayn' (1974), etc. He was a good friend of Qazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh (Nazrul was also a good chess player).

Dr. Qazi Motahar Hossain got many award for his contribution to various field of education. He was awarded 'Shitar-e-Imtiaz', the most prestigious title of Pakistan in 1960 for his contribution to educational field, Bangla Academy Crest for his contribution to literature in 1966, 'Shadhinata Award' for his contribution to science and technology in 1979, Other than this, due to his contribution to various fields of education, Bangladesh Government appointed him to the honourary post of National Professor in 1975. This great man was died on 9 October, 1981. Bangladesh began yearly Q.M.Hossoin International Tournament in memorium of Dr. Hossain.

Niaz Murshed (His Games in PGN) Niaz Murshed (nickname Gogo) was born in May 13, 1966 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was the second of the three sons of his parents Monzur Murshed and Nazma Ahmed. One day, while his older brother Mahbub Murshed was playing chess with his friend Farhad Ahmed, 6 years old Niaz got very much attracted with it. So, they taught him to play chess and soon Niaz was able to beat them. Chess became a obsession with the little kid. In those days, Niaz's family lived in the place called 'Eskaton' and it was a chess fans area. Niaz's neibour was Jamilur Rahman (who later became national champion). So, the whole condition was favourable for chess and in this favourable condition Niaz's learning of this magnificent game kept on going with the help of his brother. Niaz attended St. Josef School in Dhaka. In 1975, when he was 9 years old, Niaz entered his first chess tournament, the national chess championship prelimenary! Though he failed to qulify for the final, Niaz impressed all by his play. In 1976 Bangladesh Chess Federation arranges a chess training program for the leading chess players of Bangladesh under Russian GM Anatoly Lutikov. Among the invited leading chess players only exception was 10 years old Niaz. The reason for selecting him is a story. Before this training program, GM Lutikov participated in a simultaneous exhibition match against 30 players of Bangladesh and Niaz was one of them. Among the participants it is only Niaz who managed to draw his game against this GM. After the match, GM Lutikov told "One day that boy will be a Grand Master". By 1978, 12 years old Niaz was one of the leading chess players of Bangladesh and in the National Championship he shared first place with Yunus Hassan and Rezaul Haque, but in the tie-break he became 3rd. Niaz won his first of four Bangladesh Championships in 1979 (the others being in 1980, 1981, and 1982) at the age of 13. Niaz's first international competition was a minor tournament at Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, in 1979 (arranged by Alekhine Chess Club). In the same year he participated in the Silver King rating chess tournament held in Dhaka and shared second place with IM Manual Aron of India. In 1981, Niaz took 2nd place in the Asian Junior Championship held in Dhaka. In the same year he took 2nd place with 67% score in the zonal tournament held in Sharjah, U.A.E and earned his International Master title. In 1982, Niaz took 1st place in the Q.M. Hossain Memorial Chess tournament held in Dhaka. In this year he participated in the World Junior Championship. In this tournament though he failed to achieve any significant result but his game against Lars Schandorff of Denmark (now a Grand Master), which he won, was selected as the best game of the tournament. In 1983, Niaz's first major international tournament was Bela Crkva Open, Jugoslavia and in it he took 2nd place ahead of 7 Grand Masters. In 1984 Niaz took 2nd place in the Novag Commonwealth Chess Tournament, Hong Kong and earned his first GM norm. In the same year he won the Oakham Junior Masters Tournament (+5 -0 =4). It was a mirnor tournament, but the result was not. Among the participants, there were some future excellent players like Nigel Short, Kiril Georgiev, Igor Stohl, and Maxim Dlugy, and all of them were GM norm holders at that time. In 1985, Niaz won Capstain Internation Tournament held in Dhaka. In 1986, Niaz took 2nd place in the Calcutta GM Tournament (+7 -1 =5) and earned the essential second norm for the GM title. When FIDE awarded him the GM title in 1987, Niaz became the first ever player to have GM title in South Asia. After earning his GM title Niaz returned to formal education. He had already passed the SSC (Secondary School Certificate) exam from St. Joseph School in 1983 and HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) exam from Dhaka Collage in 1985. Now he went to USA to take honours degree in economics. At this time his participation in any tournament was very few. Among these few tournaments his significant result was in the British Chess Championship, where he took 2nd place. After finishing his education, Niaz returned to the world of chess. But things were not easy as they were before. In the new world of information technology he failed to cope with the new information chess. Though he failed to return to his past form, time to time Niaz earned some significant result in internatianal competition. Among them were- 1st in the Goodric, India in 1991, 2nd in the GM Tournament, Cebu, Philliphines, in 1992, 3rd in the Doha Chess Festival, Qatar in 1993, shared 1st place with two other contestants in the zonal tournament 1993, but lost in the tie-break, and finally, shared 2nd place in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2004. Niaz Murshed's style of play is positional. He likes to build up minute advantages that eventually lead to victory. Niaz's tallent was huge, but he failed to take full advantage of it. Had he gave more attention to chess, his results in the tournaments could have become more consistent. Niaz is still an active and one of the leading chess player of Bangladesh.

Rani Hamid
(His Games in PGN)

Rani Hamid was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh, in 1944. Though she learned to play chess from his father Syed Momtaz Ali at the age of five, but her father discouraged her to play chess. He got a false notion that chess is not suitable for childrens. Rani attended school in Sylhet and finished her educational life as a graduate.

In 1959, Rani got married with reknowned athlet Captain M. A. Hamid of Bangladesh Army (now retirered as Lt. Colonel). Under the encouragement of her husband, Rani began to play chess again in the friends and family citcuit. When Bangladesh Chess Federation arranged a training program under Russian GM Anatoly Lutikov in 1976, Rani participated in it and her performance increased hugely. She began to play competitive chess at 33 years of age in 1977 when she was already the mother of four children! Success came immediately as she won the unofficial Bangladesh Women Championship in 1977 and in 1978.

In 1979, Bangladesh Chess Federation arranged the first official Women Chess Championship in Bangladesh and Rani won the first of her 13 official national Women Chess Championships! Bangladesh became a member of FIDE in this year and began participating in the Chess Olympiads. At first, Rani began to participate for the men's team of Bangladesh in the Olympiads (this is a rare instance and she own this right by her performance in the national copetitions). She is now a permanent (her replacement is still unavailable!) member of Bangladesh Women team.

In abroad, Rani won the first of her 3 British Women Championships in 1983.

This International Women Master is still an active chess player. She has written a chess book also titled "Mojar Khela Daba". It's an excellent book and very famous in home and abroad in the Bengali speaking circle. Other than chess, Rani Hamid was a famous Athlet and Badminton player in her school days. She loves chess very much, but she gave equal importance to good education. According to her "one should play chess, but at the same time he/she should concentrate on their studies as well. It's equally important. No individual is complete without good education."

Bangladesh Sports

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Bangladeshi kabaddi team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bangladeshi kabaddi team won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games. In 1980, Bangladesh became the runners-up in the first Asian Kabaddi Championship and India emerged as the champion. Bangladesh became runners-up again in the next Asian Kabaddi Championship held in 1985 at Jaipur, India. Kabaddi is the national sport of Bangladesh.

[edit] List of Current Players

2006 Asian Games

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia (following Tehran in 1974) to host the games. There were 46 disciplines from 39 events scheduled to be contested.

It was the first time that all 45 member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia took part in this event. Also, Eurosport broadcasted the event, marking the first time that the European continent could watch this Asian sporting event.^[1]

The Games were marred by the death of South Korean equestrian rider Kim Hyung-chil in a fatal accident during competition.

[edit] Medal count

2006 Asian Games medal count
Rank	Country				Total
1	China	166	87	63	316
2	Korea	58	53	82	193
3	Japan	50	71	77	198
4	Kazakhstan	23	20	42	85
5	Thailand	13	15	26	54
6	Iran	11	15	22	48
7	Uzbekistan	11	14	15	40
8	India	10	17	26	53
9	Qatar (host)	9	12	11	32
10	Chinese Taipei	9	10	27	46
11	Malaysia	8	17	17	42
12	Singapore	8	7	12	27
13	Saudi Arabia	8	0	6	14
14	Bahrain	7	10	4	21
15	Hong Kong, China	6	12	10	28
16	DPR Korea	6	9	16	31
17	Kuwait	6	5	2	13
18	Philippines	4	6	9	19
19	Vietnam	3	13	7	23
20	United Arab Emirates	3	4	3	10
21	Mongolia	2	5	8	15
22	Indonesia	2	3	15	20
23	Syria	2	1	3	6
24	Tajikistan	2	0	2	4
25	Jordan	1	3	4	8
26	Lebanon	1	0	2	3
27	Myanmar	0	4	7	11
28	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	6	8
29	Iraq	0	2	1	3
30	Macau, China	0	1	6	7
31	Pakistan	0	1	3	4
32	Sri Lanka	0	1	2	3
=33	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
=33	Laos	0	1	0	1
35	Nepal	0	0	3	3
=36	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
=36	Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
=36	Yemen	0	0	1	1
Total	428	423	542	1393

The colour in the number indicate the medal added or stripped by one due to the failure of gender test.

[edit] Bidding process

On November 12, 2000, voting for the 2006 venue took place in Busan, South Korea. The voting involved the 41 members of the Olympic Council of Asia and consisted of three rounds, each round eliminating one of the bidding cities.^[2][3] After the first round, New Delhi was eliminated, with only two votes. The second round of voting, with three remaining candidates, gave Doha as the result.^[4]

2006 Asian Games bidding results
City	NOC	Round 1	Round 2
Doha	Qatar	20	22
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	13	13
Hong Kong	Hong Kong, China	6	6
New Delhi	India	2	-

Under the regulations of the OCA, a candidate which gains half of the available votes will automatically be selected as the host, and the remaining rounds of voting will be cancelled. When Doha gained 22 out of 41 votes this meant they were selected to host the 2006 Asian Games. Most of Qatar's votes came from the unanimous support from West Asian countries.^[5]

After the major upset, Malaysia and Hong Kong, China expressed their disappointment. Malaysia said that the selection of Doha was ridiculous and that the selection of Doha was influenced by Qatar's economic wealth.^[4][6]

[edit] Torch relay

The torch relay has been integral to the Asian Games since 1958. The plans for the Doha 2006 torch relay were revealed by the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee on January 20, 2006.^[7]

The relay itself started on October 8, 2006 with a brief ceremony at the Doha Golf Club "Flame of Hospitality".^[8] With the involvement of over 3000 persons, the torch is crossed eight former Asian Games host countries and four Gulf Cooperation Council member states.^[7] The first pit stop was in New Delhi on October 11, 2006. In total the relay passed through 13 countries and 23 cities.^[9][10] The relay, which has a distance of 50,000 kilometres in 55 days, is the longest relay in the history of the Asian Games.^[7]

Route of the torch relay

Below is a list of places visited by the torch:^[9]

The torch travelled back to Doha held by Sheikh Joan Bin Hamad AL-Thani, and the journey around the city itself started on November 25, 2006 and lasted until the opening ceremony of the Games.

[edit] Mascot

The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee chose "Orry", a Qatari Oryx, as the official mascot of the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006.^[11]

[edit] Opening ceremony

Main article: 2006 Asian Games Opening Ceremony

Fireworks display at the opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha

The Opening Ceremony of the Games was described by the media to be one of the most technologically spectacular multi-sports event ceremony, and as the best opening ceremony of any multi-sport event.^[12] It was viewed by 50,000 spectators in the Khalifa International Stadium, and famous guests such as the International Olympic Committee's Jacques Rogge, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Syrian President Bashar Assad.^[13] The opening ceremony was directed by David Atkins, who conducted the 2000 Summer Olympics opener.^[14]

The opening ceremony presented the culture of the Arab World as well as other Asian cultures and their histories. Several musical artists performed. The ceremony ended with the lighting of the torch on the Aspire Tower.

[edit] Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony featured the Arabic stories of a thousand years ago. It started with the same young boy as the "Seeker" in the opening ceremony. He flew on a magic carpet to a book of Arabian stories. "A Thousand and One Nights" featured stories such as Haroun Al-Raschid and the Dervish, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin and his Marvellous Lamp. The show used an array of dancers, horses, and special effects to portray the different stories. After that, the segment of "Land of the Oryx" was shown with the whirling of dance.

All 45 nations' athletes entered the stadium after the show's end. Park Tae-Hwan was announced as the best athlete of the Games, having won seven medals, three of them being golds from the swimming competitions. The ceremony also included a minute of silence in homage to the South Korean equestrian rider Kim Hyung-chil, who died during the competition.

After that, the OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah officially announced the Games closed and passed the OCA flag to the mayor of Guangzhou, Zhang Guangning, as the host of the next Asian Games in 2010.

A special 10 minutes in the final part of the closing ceremony showed a new China, known as "Oriental Charm", which featured Chinese culture.^[15] Afterwards, fireworks blazed around the stadium and brought the curtains down on the Games.

[edit] Criticism

Despite the spectacular opening ceremony, which received high praise, there was some criticism by some delegations and athletes. Heavy rain poured down just after the end of opening ceremony, and many believed that the organizers did not have plans to deal with it, creating a chaotic situation. Chef de Mission of the Philippines, Butch Ramirez, said that some of the members of the Philippine delegation, including athletes, were soaked in the rain because the organising officials did not allow them to re-enter the covered stadium for shelter; instead they had to stay in the heavy rain for more than 30 minutes. He went on to say that the breakdown in transportation protocols due to the rain caused the athletes to rush to the nearest bus station, exposing them to rain. Ramirez said that he himself was a victim of pushing and shoving due to this chaos, and that because of it, he suffered from an asthma attack.^[16]

According to one IOC insider who arrived back at his hotel soaked, this incident could hurt the chances of Doha hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics, which Doha officially applied for on 25 October, 2007; transportation is one of the crucial factors involved in the decision process.^[17]

[edit] Sports

The sport events contested at the 2006 Asian Games are listed below. Officially there are 46 disciplines from 39 sports in contention. All events listed started after the opening ceremony except Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Football (Soccer), Table tennis, and Volleyball, which had preliminaries before the opening ceremony.

[edit] Participating NOCs

Named and arranged after their List of IOC country codes, all 45 OCA members are participating in the Games. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that the National Olympic Committee contributed.

Participating countries in the 2006 Asian Games

Afghanistan (47) Bangladesh (74) Bhutan (21) Bahrain (228) Brunei (7) Cambodia (17) China (647) Hong Kong, China (282) Indonesia (140) India (387) Iran (250) Iraq (86) Jordan (98) Japan (631) Kazakhstan (338)

Kyrgyzstan (131) Korea (656) Kuwait (238) Lao PDR (15) Lebanon (138) Macau, China (203) Malaysia (244) Maldives (55) Mongolia (175) Myanmar (40) Nepal (51) Oman (81) Pakistan (157) Philippines (233)

Palestine (72) DPR Korea (164) Qatar (359) Saudi Arabia (155) Singapore (134) Sri Lanka (151) Syria (155) Thailand (378) Tajikistan (103) Turkmenistan (43) Timor-Leste (15) Chinese Taipei 1 (399) United Arab Emirates (131) Uzbekistan (243) Vietnam (247) Yemen (24)

Note 1: Chinese Taipei is the official International Olympic Committee designation the Republic of China

[edit] Athlete's death

Kim Hyung Chil and Bundaberg Black prior to the accident.

Tragedy struck the Asian Games when Korean equestrian athlete Kim Hyung-chil died after falling off his horse on the morning of December 7 during the cross country competi