JB Bangladesh Premier LeagueMahtab Uddin From Ctg
Chittagong fans enjoyed a splendid opening programme of the ninth edition of Bangladesh Premier League on Wednesday at the MA Aziz Stadium.
Chittagong city Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin announced the opening at the presence of Hundreds of fans in the galleries.
The spectators were amazed at the laser show, fireworks, dance performances and rhythms of drum bits, music and songs.
Dance of model Nirob and Mehjabin was an especial attraction of the programme.
The twelve BPL participating teams and the skippers were introduced before the fans.
Bangladesh Football Federation president and Swadhin Bangle Football Dal player Kazi M Salahuddin, Saif Powertec managing director Tarafdar Ruhul Amin, BPL brand ambassador prominent folk-singer Momtaz Begum MP and DC of Chittagong Mezbah Uddin were present in the programme.
With the colourful opening ceremony, city dwellers got a message about the new-look BPL which will be played in four different venues for the first time.
JB BPL will began with a opener between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd, the Bengal yellows and Arambagh Krira Sangha on July 24 at 4:00pm at the same venue.
Saif Power Tec, which brought the title right of BPL form Bangladesh Football Federation for next five years, is willing to bring back the golden past of local football and for that they wanted to hold the matches of the league in venues out of Dhaka.
Like the people of other countries, people in Bangladesh also love and adore football. Once, football stadiums in the country used to witness arguments and huge clashes among the club fans after or during matches. But, the scenario changes day by day with the fall of quality of local footballers.
The port-city was once famous for arranging different football events. But, the city dwellers had not gotten the flavour of any sort of international or big football events for about twenty years until Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup which was held in there in October last year.
The club cup event was the first ever international club cup event in Chittagong as well as in Bangladesh.
As it succeeded to gain attention of football fans, many former and renowned footballers delineated it a new chapter of local football.
The BPL rights holders knew how the people of Chittagong love football. The presence of a large number of sports lovers in the galleries during the club cup matches, especially in the final match was a remarkable matter.
So, they chose Chittagong as the venue for the opening ceremony.
Beside Chittagong, the matches of BPL will be held at three more venues including Sylhet District Stadium, Mymensingh District Stadium and Bangabandhu National stadium in Dhaka which is the primer football venue in the country.
In the meantime, a colourful logo unveiling and trophy display ceremony was held in Dhaka on July 18 through which JB Bangladesh Premier League initiated its voyage officially.
The first three round matches will be played in Chittagong. The first round will be finished on July 26 while the second round is to began from July 28 and end on July 30. The third round is scheduled for August 1 to 3.
Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra, the Bengal blues are to counter Uttar Baridhara boys in the second match of the first round in the same day at 7:00 pm.
