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School cricket final: Shishu Niketon face Meherpur High School Monday

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The final match of the Prime Bank National School Cricket Tournament 2021-22 will be held Monday at the Shamsuzzoha Sports Complex in Narayanganj.

Rangpur Shishu Niketon High School will play against Meherpur Government High School in the title-deciding match that will start at 9am.

Satellite Television Channel T-Sports will telecast the match live.

After the match, there will be an awards ceremony.

Captains of Shishu Niketon Shykh Imtiaz Shihab and Meherpur High School Ishtiaq Ahmed Zihan are confident about winning their first title in the national school cricket.

Earlier in the semifinals, Shishu Niketon beat Sunamganj Government Jubilee High School by 42 runs. Meherpur High School beat Khulna Gazi Memorial School by three wickets.

Three hundred and fifty school teams from all over the country took part in the district-level competition this year.

Later, champions of 64 districts and 16 teams from Dhaka metropolitan qualified for the divisional round. Finally, 16 teams participated in the national round.

The School Cricket Tournament 2019-20 was halted after the completion of the district-level competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The tournament did not take place in the next season due to the same reason.

Roll of honour of Prime Bank National School Cricket Tournament (2015-2019)

2015-16

Champions: Tangail School and College

Runners-up: Dinajpur High School

2016-17

Champions: Baliapukur Vidya Niketon, Rajshahi

Runners-up: Kashinath Alauddin High School, Moulvibazar

2017-18

Champions: Police Lines High School and College, Bogura

Runners-up: Sunamganj Government Jubilee High School

2018-19

Champions: Comilla High School

Runners-up: Police Lines High School and College, Bogura

Source: United News of Bangladesh