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MSC-Sonali Bank opener

Green Delta League starts tomorrow

Sports Reporter
Holders Mohammedan will take on babes Sonali Bank in the inaugural match as the Green Delta
Senior Division Hockey League begins at the Moulana Bhasanl Stadium tomorrow.
Sixteen teams, nine in Premier Division and seven In First Division, will take part in the two-tier league which is expected to end by September.
Apart from Mohammedan and Sonali Bank. Abahani Krira Chakra, Usha Krlra Chakra. Mariner Youngs Club, Ajax Sporting Club. Azad Sporting Club. Farashganj Sporting Club and Bangladesh Sporting Club will take part In the Premier Division.
The First Division league will feature Sadharan Bima Krlra Sangstha. Bachelors Sporting Club. Railway. Warl Club. Victoria Sporting Club. Dhaka Wanderers and Mukta Bihanga Tarun Sangha.
Top two First Division outfits will earn promotion to the Premier Division while the bottom side of the Premier League will play in next season's First Division.
Each team will be allowed to register a maximum of three foreign players and field two at a time But none of (he 16 teams have registered a single player so far.
Out of 17 national pool players. Mohammedan and Usha have roped in highest five players each.
Abahani have four while Mariner collected two followed by Ajax with one.
For the first time. Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) Is going to Introduce match commissioners for every match of the league A panel of 18 former hockey players has already been finalised for the purpose.
This was disclosed by league committee secretary Nurul Amin at a press conference at the Moulana Bhasanl Stadium yesterday.
Chaired by league committee vice-chairman Sheikh Nurul Islam. BHF general secretary Shamsul Bari and Nazim Tajik Chowdhury, the executive vice-president of Green Delta Insurance Limited, were also present during the briefing.
Nurul Amin revealed that a budget of Taka 2.47 lakh has been earmarked for the league
He also informed that the rate of gallery tickets have been fixed at ten taka.
Incidentally, this season ends the sponsors' three-year deal worth Taka 20 lakh.