The 32-team Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) Media Cup Cricket Tournament '24, exclusively for the journalists, began Sunday (Jan 14) morning at the Outer Stadium here.
Eight teams---Kaler Kantho, The Business Standard, Bangladesh Pratidin, ATN News, Bangla Vision, Somoy TV, ATN Bangla and Desh Rupanthor--made good start by winning their opening matches.
Earlier, BCB Director cum chairman of the Media Committee Tanveer Ahmed Titu inaugurated the tournament Sunday morning, Powered by Bashundhara Group.
Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, renowned sports organiser Tarafder Md Ruhul Amin and Deputy Secretary General of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Ashiqur Rahman Miku were also present at the function as the special guests and later distributed the man of the match awards.
In the day's matches, Kaler Kantho outplayed Boishakhi Television by 71 runs, The Business Standard crushed Bangladesh Television by 94 runs, Desh Rupantor beat Maasranga Television by 30 Runs, ATN Bangla defeated Daily Sun by 9 runs, Somoy TV beat Dhaka Post by 97 runs, Bangla Vision outplayed Dainik Janakantha by 73 runs, Bangladesh Pratidin beat DBC Television by 11 runs while ATN News defeated Dainik Kalbela by five wickets.
Thirty-two teams from different newspapers, news agencies and electronics media, split into eight groups, will participate in the tournament on a knock basis competitions.