Cricket update

Mohun Bagan retains Wriddhiman Saha, Subhomoy Das, Debabrata Das, Sanjib Goel, Alok Pratap Singh, Abhijit Sikdar, Arindam Ghosh, Sultan Ahmed, Aritra Chatterjee, Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Md. Shami. The team will have Joyjeet Basu, Amit Das, Sougata Dutta, B. Amit , P. Laxman in the team this year.

Harrison is the 4th foreigner

Harrison Eric Muranda , the Kenyan striker is all set to join Mohun Bagan this season as the 4th player of foreign origin. Harrison’s performance in the past helped Bagan officials and Chief coach to decide upon his selection.
The factors that went in favour of Harrison include his experience in playing in South East Asia, his bonding with the team, his medical tests (health and fitness).

Born on 23rd December 1986( though some registrations show his date of birth as 20th January 1982), the Kenyan player was registered with Nairobi City stars before he came down for trial. Harrison is 5’10" tall, and can play both as an attacking midfield and a withdrawal forward. He played in countries like Maldives, Vietnam as well.

Practice match vs TFA

Mohun Bagan played a practice match against TFA in VYBK today.Two separate teams played in two halves. In the first half the team ended in 1-0 (Odafa – penalty) while in the second half Bagan ended with 2-0 thanks to brace from Eric.

Odafa was pulled down in the 10th minute by TFA goalie that earned Bagan a penalty and Odafa made no mistake in converting the same. Eric’s first goal was from a header from a pass from Borges. He converted a pass from Kone later in the game. Kone missed two goals – each in each half – from a one-to-one situation.