Sports reporter
GUWAHATI, April 1 - The diamond jubilee celebration of the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) got off to a colourful start today.
The eight-month long celebration began with a mass jogging here this morning, which was flagged off, by former Indian Test and One-day international player Maninder Singh at the Nehru Stadium here. The mass jogging was followed by ACA’s flag hoisting and paying homage to the departed souls who were associated with the State cricket body.
In the flag-off function the former Indian cricketer, who captured 88 wickets in 35 Tests and 66 wickets in 59 ODIs, lauded the efforts of ACA in improving the standard of the game. He, however, advised the organisers and the players, particularly the youngsters, to emphasise more on days matches than the limited over ones. He said, the ACA has all the required facilities for preparing quality players. But due to lack of adequate exposures and match temperaments the Assam players have not been able to make it to the senior Indian squads despite having talents.
The left arm spinner, who had been a popular and most useful player of the Indian team in 80s and early nineties, assured the ACA to help in coaching if his service is sought for. Singh also hoisted the ACA flag in the function.
Along with Singh former State cricketers like NK Bhuyan, who was the member of the first Assam Ranji team in 1948, Dibyahas Goswami, ACA officials like Bikash Baruah, Brajen Gohain, Chandan Bhattacharyya, Bishnu Ram Nunisa, Pradip Hazarika etc. , Sports Director Sanjeeb Gohain Baruah, Joint Director Rajib Prakash Baruah were also present as guests. A good number of sports persons, players and well wishers took part in the mass jogging which was culminated at the RG Baruah Sports complex after crossing through Guwahati Club, Dighalipukhuri, Gauhati High Court.
The function was also held in all the forty affiliated units of the ACA.
In the evening former organisers and State cricketers of above 60 years of age were felicitated by the ACA in a function held at the Pragjyoti ITA Centre. The organisers and players felicitated were: Organisers-Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi, Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, Nurul Amin, RG Baruah, KD Hazarika, Rameswar Tripathy, Annaram Baruah, Surendra Nath Das, NN Bhattacharjee, SP Baruah, JK Barooah, CK Sarma, Nilimoy Choudhury, Nandan Bezbaruah, Dilip Sarmah,, Girin Baruah, RL Singhania, Hari Prasanna Das, Priya Bezbaruah, Nabin Ch. Baruah, Pankaj Deb, Dr. Kanak Ch. Baruah, Badan Saikia (all posthumously). Pulin Das, Prafulla Kr Mahanta, Sahajananda Ojha, Rana Goswami, Abdul Matin, Asadur Rahman, Prasanna Kalita, Sradhananda Dourah. Umpires: Suren Ram Phookun, Niloy Dutta. Scorers: Priyalal Pathak, Moloy Sen Gupta. Players: Dwipen Thakur, Madhab Talukdar, Pradip Ch. Phukan. Anup Kr. Ghatak, Dipu Choudhury, Bimal Bharali, Sunil Bhattacharyya, Parimal Bhattacharjee, Tapan Sarma, Dhiraj Das, Naren Sabhapandit, Anwar Hussain, Dilwar Zaman, Munin Bora, Masud Rasid, Jyoti Borpujari, Munin Sarma, Amal Dey, Dibya Has Goswami, Amulya Has Goswami, Ashok Medhi, Sankar Dutta Lahkar, Umesh Sarmah, Dr. Soumen Kalita, Tapan Baruah, NK Bhuyan, Probodh Choudhury, Ratul Das, Kalyan Baruah, Sashi Barkakoti, Bhabani Saikia, Ratna Has Goswami, Khagen Deka, Nurul Hussain Preetam Konwar, Jaydeep Baruah, Arun Choudhury. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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