Mariner’s big loss is a surprise at the start of the hockey league pc After 27 months, the Premier Division Hockey League started today with a big surprise. Mariner Youngs Club, the current champions of the league, lost on the first day. They lost the first match against Usha 5–1 at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. A week earlier, Mariner had won the Club Cup, the opening tournament of the season, by defeating Abahani. They defeated Usha 8-4 in the semis. The team saw the other side of the coin on the opening day of the league. The league started after much controversy. There was a conflict between Usha and Marina over the starting date. Usha was later joined by Abahani, Mohammedan. The dispute was resolved by the league committee’s mediation. To ensure that the league matches are free from controversies, foreign umpires are conducting the big matches from the beginning. The Mariner-Usha match was conducted by two umpires from Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Today two umpires came directly to Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. Sohanur Rahman Sabuj gave Mariner the lead from the penalty corner in the second minute of the Mariner-Usha match today. Usha paid for that goal three minutes later. Mohammad Shareek scored the goal. This goal is also from the penalty corner. Two minutes later, Taib Ali’s field goal gave Usha a 2–1 lead.
The Usha-Mariners match was preceded by a brief opening of the Premier League. Bangladesh Hockey Federation at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium today The Mariners lacked a game plan. They entered the field with two Indian hockey players. India’s Pradeep More probably took too much pressure on himself. Of course, there was no way not to take it. The rest of the Mariners’ players were unimpressed.