Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: There is a myth in Maidan, Swami Vivekananda played for this club! Although the club itself has many doubts about its truth.

However, the town club created a fairy tale in local cricket on Saturday, which will remain forever in the history of the club.

Town Club is the champion in CAB First Division League (CAB First Division Championship). Defeated a heavyweight team like Mohun Bagan AC in the final. The town club won the first division league for the first time in the history of local cricket. The match was not directly decided at Jadavpur University ground in Salt Lake. Town Club became champions by taking the lead in the first innings.

Town club won the league for the first time. At one time, P Sen came up for discussion by bringing star cricketers from foreign countries in the trophy. The owner of this club, Debbrata Das, was once a CAB official. Later he made controversial comments about Wriddhiman Saha. Now, of course, Devabrata is no longer directly associated with the club.

But what Town Club did on Saturday is history in Bengal’s club cricket. The century-old Town Club is the first ever CAB First Division League champion. Even after defeating a team like Mohun Bagan in the final.

Town club dominated the five-day match from the start. Although the match was a draw at the Jadavpur University ground in Salt Lake, Town Club became champions by taking the lead in the first innings. Mohun Bagan posted 353 in reply to Town’s 403 in the first innings. Town’s Abhilin Ghosh, Sachin Yadav scored centuries in the first innings. Town’s Deepansh Chauhan took 5 wickets. Mohun Bagan did not get a chance to bat in the second innings. With Town at 262/5 in the second innings, the match was declared a draw with the consent of both captains. Ankur Pal played an innings of 135 runs.

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Credit from the Town Club was given to the team spirit of the entire team. It was said that a new party was created. Almost all are house boys. The name of the town club was bright in twenty two yards.

Short score

Town Club 403 and 262/5 (Ankur Pal 135, Aishik Patel 89, Amir Ghani 4-88)

Mohun Bagan AC 353 (Vivek Singh 75, Deepansh Chauhan 5-72)