On Thursday, four East Bengal players ? Mike Okoro, Naseem Akhtar, Debabrata Roy and Amandeep Singh ? called on their former coach Subhas Bhowmick, who is currently in charge of Mohammedan Sporting.
Their visit at the Mohammedan Sporting ground in the morning ? when Bhowmick was training his wards ? could have had a significant bearing in the light of a few East Bengal players? apparent grudge over the Belgian coach Philippe de Ridder?s way of functioning.
Bhowmick, however, doused such speculation, saying it was nothing but a courtesy call.
The 20-member Bengal squad for the under-21 football national (M. N. Dutta Roy Trophy), to be played at Jamalpur, was announced on Thursday.
The tournament starts from Monday.
THE SQUAD: Swarup Das, Shyam Mondal, Mohan Chakraborty, Achinta Saha, Gautam Thakur (George Telegraph), Sk. Ajim, Prasanta Chakraborty, Ayan Chowdhury, Bhola Prasad (Tollygunge Agragami), Muzaffar Rahaman, Ratan Das (Ever-Ready), Gouranga Biswas, Buang Puia, Lalhmangaihzuala (SAIL), Naru Gopal Hait, Tarif Ahmed (Mohammedan AC), Pradip Roy (Wari), Akhil Rajbanshi (Peerless), Bhaskar Adhikary (Milan Bithee), Avisek Aich (East Bengal). Stand by: Arup Debnath (SAIL), Biplab Naskar, Ashim Das (Railway FC), Mrinmoy Chakraborty (Eastern Railway), Rahul Bhattacharjee (Custom), Md Rakim (Milan Bithee). Coaches: Raghu Nandy and Tanmoy Bose.
National High School booked a final berth after they defeated La Martiniere by two wickets in the semi-final of the under-16 inter school cricket tournament for the B.C. Sen Trophy at the Vivekananda Park on Thursday.
National High School would face Don Bosco (Park Circus) in the final on Saturday.
Brief scores ? La Martiniere 137 (Harshveer Singh 65; Anand Gupta 3/19, Sanjib Shaw 3/25). National High School 138/8 (Anand Gupta 37; Vishesh Agarwal 3/26). National High won by 2 wkts.
Cricket: CAB knockout meet ? Final between Sporting Union and Shambazar at the Eden from 10 am.
