For the first time in the history of BDSA, this year, Purdue Bangladesh Students Association organized a Cricket tournament. It featured the battle between four teams: Durbol (Captain: Ron), Jhal Morich (Captain: Riaz), Sobuj Korolla (Captain: Dr. Ryyan), Matha Noshto (Captain: Dr. Sadri).
The following teams were formed for the tournament:
| Durbol | Sobuj Korolla | Jhal Morich | Matha Noshto |
| Ron | Ryyan | Reaz | Sadri |
| Ovi | Arif | Saeed | Asif |
| Rabu | Tridib | Kazi Arafat | Zahid |
| Emroz | Sanjay | Naimur | Shakib |
| Sajid | Dr. Tasbir | Nayem | Ragib |
| Sanju | Salvi | Shahed | Pintu |
| Anik | Mahbub | Rajib | Arafat |
| Shuvro | Rafi | Dr. Zia | Ijaj |
Games Fixture:
| Friday Jul 7, 2017 |
| 5:00-6:00 | Durbol | vs | Shobuj Korolla |
| 6:30-7:30 | Jhal Morich | vs | Shobuj Korolla |
| 7:30-8:30 | Durbol | vs | Matha Noshto |
| Saturday Ju 8, 2017 |
| 6:00-7:00 | Matha Noshto | vs | Jhal Morich |
| 7:30-8:30 | Matha Noshto | vs | Shobuj Korolla |
| 9:00-10:00 | Durbol | vs | Jhal Morich |
| TBD |
| Third place | TBD | Matha Noshto | | Shobuj Korolla |
| Final | TBD | Jhal Morich | vs | Durbol |
Fair Participation Rules
A unique feature of this tournament was the Fair participation rule. The rules ensured that every player got to bat and bowl. The rules are following:
For fair participation, the batting order must be shuffled in all 3 of the group matches. (Last 3 batsman of game one would be pushed to the first 3 in the next game, and so on. Also, each player in the group level must be allowed to be in the top 3 of the batting order at least once.)
Each captain has to declare first 3 top order batsmen at the beginning of the match.
I. First 6 overs to be bowled by different bowlers. II. Only two players can bowl 2 over (max).
After facing 10 balls, if not out, the batsman would be “retired (un)hurt”, and the next person in the batting order would be allowed to play. After fall of the remaining wickets, all “retired (un)hurt” batsmen would be allowed to bat again for 6 more balls by rotation.
For rules of the tournament, click
here.
Captain Election
Captains were elected by the pool of players who signed up, and team selection was done by the captains with random calling.
Tournament Result
After first league stage, the time was insufficient to hold a final match. Jhal Morich was declared winner of the tournament.
Point table for group stage:
| P | W | L | T | NRR |
| Jhal Morich | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +8.69 |
| Durbol | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1.10 |
| Matha Noshto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1.41 |
| Shobuj Korolla | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -6.17 |
