Deccan Blues cricket team in Bangladesh in 1989-90
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A Deccan Blues side, led by former Indian Wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani
, visited Bangladesh in January 1990. This was the fourth visit of a Deccan (Hyderabad) Blues side to Bangladesh, following tours in 1978 (Skipper Ajit Wadekar
), in 1981-82 (skipperB.S. Chandrasekhar), and in 1983-84 (skipper Gundappa Viswanath
. The Bangladesh side looked the stronger side in the limited over games, but the tourists won the three-day fixture.
and Bangladeshi all-rounder Aminul Islam
Bulbul.
Raman Lamba
narrowly missed a ton in the first match. He was left unbeaten on 97 after he and skipper Kirmani
had rebuilt the innings. From 41/5, the pair took the score to 160. Lamba made up for the missed century with centuries in each innings of three-day match, followed by another ton in the match against the U-25 team. In the three-day match, he and Sridhar put on 238 for the 1st wicket. Lamba even impressed with his bowling, taking 3/18 against a strong Navana XI batting line up.
The young all-rounder produced some brilliant performances to enhance his reputation as the country's best all-Round Cricketer. Playing for the BCCB (White) at Mymensingh
, he performed with both bat and ball. Chasing a small total, the BCCB side lost some early wickets. But, Aminul Islam
, along with fellow all-rounder Enamul Haq showed great determination with the bat. But, it was in the three-day match, that Bulbul showed greatest effort. After the opening pair of Raman Lamba
and Sridhar had put 238 runs for the 1st wicket, the tourists were restricted to 338, mainly due to Bulbul's brilliant off-spin bowling. He was team's best batter as well, scoring 47 and 44*.
Sridhar provided good support to Raman Lamba
in the opening partnership. Vivek Jaisima and Pravin Amre
, however, failed to do justice to their names. Syed Kirmani
used his long experience in Sub Continent conditions to play some useful knock down the order. Unlike the previous tours of the Indian teams, the spinners failed to dominate. Medium Pacer Chetan Sharma
bowled well in the three-day match.
For the local side, Minhajul Abedin
played a match winning knock for BCCB(Red). Sabiir scored a good half-century playing for the U-25 side. He was given good support by Selim Shahed (33), but more experienced Akram Khan
and Aminul Islam
failed in this match. The medium pacers, Prince, Suru and Dulu did well in the limited over games, but they looked completely hapless against Raman Lamba
and SriDhar in the three-day fixture.
Syed Kirmani
Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:...
, visited Bangladesh in January 1990. This was the fourth visit of a Deccan (Hyderabad) Blues side to Bangladesh, following tours in 1978 (Skipper Ajit Wadekar
Ajit Wadekar
Ajit Laxman Wadekar is a former international cricketer. He played domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket team....
), in 1981-82 (skipperB.S. Chandrasekhar), and in 1983-84 (skipper Gundappa Viswanath
Gundappa Viswanath
Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath is a former Indian cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. He played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs. He also played in One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1982 including the World...
. The Bangladesh side looked the stronger side in the limited over games, but the tourists won the three-day fixture.
Scores in Brief
| Date | Match | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan | BCCB (Red) v Decan Blues | Decan Blues 191/6 (Raman Lamba Raman Lamba Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull... 97*, Syed Kirmani Syed Kirmani Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:... 53) |
BCCB (Red) 195/5 (Minhajul Abedin Minhajul Abedin Minhajul Abedin is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 27 ODIs from 1986 to 1999. He captained Bangladesh twice during the Asia Cup of 1990–91. In local cricket arena he is more commonly known by his nickname, "Nannu".-Early days:Nannu caught the attention of the cricket selectors in the... 70*, Enamul Haq 42) |
BCCB (Red) wins by 5 wickets | |
| 28 Jan | BCCB(White) V Decan Blues | Decan Blues 154 ( Dulu Jahangir Alam Talukdar Mohammad Jahangir Alam Talukdar is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in 1990.The left arm fast bowler first played for the Bangladesh side in the 3 day match against Pakistan in January 1986. But it was only from the 1989–90 season that he started to appear regularly in... 3/29, Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India... 2/29) |
BCCB (White) 155/6 (Bulbul Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India... 41, Moni 31*) |
BCCB (White) wins by 4 wickets | |
| 29-31 Jan | BCCB V Decan Blues (three-day Match) | Decan Blues 338 (Raman Lamba Raman Lamba Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull... 123, Sridhar 107, Vivek Jaisima 50, Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India... Bulbul 5/76) and 190/3 (Decl.) (Raman Lamba Raman Lamba Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull... 100*, Pravin Amre Pravin Amre Pravin Kalyan Amre is an Indian cricketer.Amre represented India in 11 Test matches scoring one 100 and three 50s with a batting average of 42.50. However, these figures did not help him to become a regular fixture in the national team. He found himself in Indian colours just for two seasons... 72) |
BCCB 226 ( Shahnawaz Shahid 50, Zahid Razzak Zahid Razzak Zahid Razzak is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 3 ODIs from 1988 to 1990.After scores of 6,4,4, his ODI career ended. He also failed in two International Cricket Council trophy tournaments . Nevertheless, he was lot more successful in the lower tiers of the game.-References:... Masum 49, Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India... 47, Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma was a medium pace bowler who represented India at cricket.Sharma was coached by Desh Prem Azad, a Dronacharya Award winner, who was also the mentor of Kapil Dev... 5/76) and 88/3 (aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India... 44* |
Decan Blues wins on 1st Innings lead | |
| ]2nd Feb. | Navana XI v Decan Blues | Navana XI 152/9 (Raman Lamba Raman Lamba Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull... ) 3/18) |
Decan Blues 153/5 (Pravin Amre Pravin Amre Pravin Kalyan Amre is an Indian cricketer.Amre represented India in 11 Test matches scoring one 100 and three 50s with a batting average of 42.50. However, these figures did not help him to become a regular fixture in the national team. He found himself in Indian colours just for two seasons... 38) |
Decan Blues wins by 5 wickets | |
| 4th feb | Bangladesh(U-25) V Decan Blues | Decan Blues 226/3 (Raman Lamba Raman Lamba Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull... 104) |
Bangladesh (U-25) 169/7 (Sabbir 50*, Noel David 3/36) | Decan Blues wins by 57 runs | |
Individual Performances
The series was dominated by two players: Indian opener Raman LambaRaman Lamba
Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull...
and Bangladeshi all-rounder Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India...
Bulbul.
| Raman Lamba batting record during the Tour | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100/50 |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 442 | 110.50 | 123 | 3/18 |
Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull...
narrowly missed a ton in the first match. He was left unbeaten on 97 after he and skipper Kirmani
Syed Kirmani
Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:...
had rebuilt the innings. From 41/5, the pair took the score to 160. Lamba made up for the missed century with centuries in each innings of three-day match, followed by another ton in the match against the U-25 team. In the three-day match, he and Sridhar put on 238 for the 1st wicket. Lamba even impressed with his bowling, taking 3/18 against a strong Navana XI batting line up.
| Aminul Islam All-Round Record during the Tour | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | Bowling | |||||||||
| Matches | Innings | Not outs | Runs | Average | High Score | 100 / 50 | Runs | Wickets | Average | Best |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 135 | 45.00 | 47 | 0/0 | 210 | 8 | 26.25 | 5/76 |
The young all-rounder produced some brilliant performances to enhance his reputation as the country's best all-Round Cricketer. Playing for the BCCB (White) at Mymensingh
Mymensingh
Mymensingh , pronounced moy-mon-shing-haw, is a city of Bangladesh situated on the river Brahmaputra. It is the headquarters of the administrative unit Mymensingh District. Mymensingh is the anglicized pronunciation of the original name Momenshahi, referring to a ruler called Momen Shah. The cadet...
, he performed with both bat and ball. Chasing a small total, the BCCB side lost some early wickets. But, Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India...
, along with fellow all-rounder Enamul Haq showed great determination with the bat. But, it was in the three-day match, that Bulbul showed greatest effort. After the opening pair of Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull...
and Sridhar had put 238 runs for the 1st wicket, the tourists were restricted to 338, mainly due to Bulbul's brilliant off-spin bowling. He was team's best batter as well, scoring 47 and 44*.
Sridhar provided good support to Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull...
in the opening partnership. Vivek Jaisima and Pravin Amre
Pravin Amre
Pravin Kalyan Amre is an Indian cricketer.Amre represented India in 11 Test matches scoring one 100 and three 50s with a batting average of 42.50. However, these figures did not help him to become a regular fixture in the national team. He found himself in Indian colours just for two seasons...
, however, failed to do justice to their names. Syed Kirmani
Syed Kirmani
Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:...
used his long experience in Sub Continent conditions to play some useful knock down the order. Unlike the previous tours of the Indian teams, the spinners failed to dominate. Medium Pacer Chetan Sharma
Chetan Sharma
Chetan Sharma was a medium pace bowler who represented India at cricket.Sharma was coached by Desh Prem Azad, a Dronacharya Award winner, who was also the mentor of Kapil Dev...
bowled well in the three-day match.
For the local side, Minhajul Abedin
Minhajul Abedin
Minhajul Abedin is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 27 ODIs from 1986 to 1999. He captained Bangladesh twice during the Asia Cup of 1990–91. In local cricket arena he is more commonly known by his nickname, "Nannu".-Early days:Nannu caught the attention of the cricket selectors in the...
played a match winning knock for BCCB(Red). Sabiir scored a good half-century playing for the U-25 side. He was given good support by Selim Shahed (33), but more experienced Akram Khan
Akram Khan
Akram Khan may refer to:*Akram Khan *Akram Khan *Akram Khan...
and Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam
Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India...
failed in this match. The medium pacers, Prince, Suru and Dulu did well in the limited over games, but they looked completely hapless against Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba
Raman Lamba was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman died in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh after three days of vain efforts by a team of doctors, ever since he was seriously hit on the forehead by a full blooded pull...
and SriDhar in the three-day fixture.
| Decan(Hyderabd) Blues tours of Bangladesh | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Captain | 3 Day Match | Result | 1 Day Match | Result | |
| 1978 | Ajit Wadekar Ajit Wadekar Ajit Laxman Wadekar is a former international cricketer. He played domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket team.... |
1 | Draw | 0 | ||
| 1982 | B.S. Chandrashekar* | 1 | Draw | 3 | The tourists win all 3 mathces | |
| 1984 | Gundappa Viswanath Gundappa Viswanath Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath is a former Indian cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. He played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs. He also played in One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1982 including the World... |
1 | Draw | 2** | The series ends 1-1 | |
| 1990 | Syed Kirmani Syed Kirmani Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:... |
1 | Draw(The tourists declared winner on 1st innings lead) | 4 | 2-2 |
- B.S. Chandrashekar left Bangladesh after just 1 game, Chetan ChauhanChetan ChauhanChetan Pratap Singh Chauhan is a former cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India...
led the side in the remaining mathces.- These two games were against the PIA(Pak)side, led by Mushtaq MohammadMushtaq MohammadMushtaq Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches...
.
- These two games were against the PIA(Pak)side, led by Mushtaq Mohammad