Bagha Sharif holds Jabbar’s volleyball title in Chittagong

Bright sun on the head. Thousands of spectators around. There is a festive atmosphere in Laldighi area under Kotwali police station of Chittagong city with clapping around the volleyball stage. It was four o’clock. One by one, 105 Balinese were enthralling the audience by showing physical exercises. Suddenly the mic announced the names of two wrestlers, Bagha Sharif of Comilla and Rashed Bali of Sitakunda, Chittagong. Rashed voluntarily surrendered to Bagha Sharif after an 11-minute long battle with the sacrifice in the final. Before that Rashed surrendered to the power of Bagha Sharif as if they were whispering to each other. Then the referee of the game declared Bagha Sharif as the champion in the 115th edition of traditional Abdul Jabbar volleyball. However, thousands of spectators in the field could not accept this victory or the game. Many call this victory of reconciliation a sham. Bagha Sharif is very happy to beat Rashed Bali to become the champion. Expressing his feelings after becoming the champion, he said, “I feel very good.” The dream was to become a champion. It feels great to finally be a champion. Bagha Sharif Balli, the champion of this season, is getting Tk 25,000 in cash along with the trophy. Runners-up Rashed Bali is getting a trophy and cash of Tk 15,000. Srijan Chakma of Khagrachari won the third position. He received Rs 6,000 in cash and the fourth runner-up received Rs 5,000 in cash. Apart from this, 40 people who won the first round were given 1000 taka. Earlier, the guests inaugurated the 115th volleyball season by blowing balloons. ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railway Ministry and Member of Parliament from Raujan, was present as the chief guest on the occasion. Chittagong District Sports Association general secretary ex-mayor AJM Nashir Uddin inaugurated the event.
This time, Tarekul Islam Jeeban, Rubel, Momin, Taslim, Srijan Chakma, Tapan Chakma and Rinkon Boli of Chakria played in the challenging round. Four of them fought in Group ‘A’ and four in Group ‘B’. Apart from this, 40 more victims fought in the knockout stage. The winners go through the semi-final stage and play in the final stage. It is to be noted that Abdul Jabbar Saudagar of Badarpati area of ​​Chittagong city started the volleyball competition to unite the youth in the anti-British movement. 1316 Bengali 12 Baishakh (1909) This ball game was first held. The tradition of festive fairs around Balikhela for a few days turned into a festival of life for the people of Chittagong.