Fiber@Home Corporate Cricket Tournament 2017: TRNB stunned by BTRC in opener

DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Telecom Reporters’ Network of Bangladesh or TRNB  suffered a shock defeat in the inaugural match of the Fiber@Home Corporate Cricket Tournament 2017 as the country’s telecom regulator beat the professional body of journalists by eight wickets at the Gulshan Youth Club Ground in capital Dhaka on Saturday.

Batting first, TRNB set a target of 118 runs in their allocated 20 overs losing seven wickets.

Riding on 36 runs from Faruk Hossain of Inqilab, TRNB set the fighting target in which Manab Zamin’s Kazi Shohag contributed 23 runs.

From the TRNB side, the day’s most successful player was Faruk Hossain as he took two wickets.

Riding on crucial 31 runs from Abdur Razzak and …… runs from Touseef Shahriar Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) chased down the target losing merely two wickets.

Zakir Hossain Khan,  senior assistant director of BTRC, grabbed highest three wickets for the telecom regulator.

BTRC scored 119/2 in 13 over.

TRNB Captain Kazi Hafiz won the toss and elected to bat first against the BTRC in the opening match of the Fiber@Home Limited organized first-ever corporate cricket tournament.

Local lawmaker AKM Rahmatullah inaugurated the tournament earlier in the day. Fiber@Home’s Chairman and Managing Director Moynul Haque Siddiqui, among others, were present at the inauguration ceremony of tournament.

Ten organizations — Posts and Telecommunications Division, ICT Division, BTRC,TRNB, GRAMEENPHONE, Robi, Banglalink, ISPB,Summit Communications Limited and the hosts Fiber@Home — are participating in the tournament.

Abbas Faruque,head of PR, Gov’t Relations and Regulatory Affairs, in a statement had earlier said the tournament is aimed at helping the telecommunications and ICT sector to build unity within themselves for the betterment of this sector and to ensure government vision of “Digital Bangladesh”.