Kolkata: Renowned cricketers like Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary, Ashok Dinda and Sanjib Sanyal were seen today in a different field today. An exhibition match was played today between cricketers and footballers at Boral before the final of Pinki Roy Memorial Trophy. The match was organized by Boral Parliamentary Club where the cricketers hanged their gloves and pads for a day to compete against some well known footballers. Manoj, Dinda and other famous cricketers faced the team of footballers comprising with Debjit Majumder, Arnab Mondal, Pritam Kotal, Mehtab Hossain, Syed Rahim Nabi, Shoumik Dey, Md. Rafique and many others.
The footballers won the tie on a convincing note against the cricketers by 5-2 in a five a side match. Bengal speedster Ashok Dinda scored a goal for his side but failed to hand them a win. Veteran Mehtab Hossain, Pritam Kotal and Soumik Dey found the net for the footballers. Indian cricket team’s star wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha too was present in the grand event, but he didn’t participate in the match as he has to play an important away Test series against Sri Lanka later this month. Though Wriddhiman cheered the cricketers from the sideline. More than thousand fans were present at the ground to support their sides. After the exhibition match the final of Pinky Roy Memorial Trophy took place.