Bodies of 5 Bangladeshi footballers drowned in river recovered
Dhaka, July 16 : The bodies of five teenage Bangladeshi footballers who drowned in a river on Saturday evening were recovered early on Sunday.
Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police Station, said the bodies were retrieved by a team of Divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence.
The victims were students of local Grammar School in Cox's Bazar district, some 292 km southeast of capital Dhaka, Xinhua reported.
According to the official, six boys went swimming in the Matamuhuri river at around 4:00 p.m. local time on Saturday after they played a friendly match.
But strong current in the river washed them away, said the official. Only one of them managed to swim ashore.
He said the death of the teenagers have stunned and cast a great darkness over the whole district. People rushed to victims' homes in villages of the sub-district to mourn the deaths.
Their funeral held on Sunday saw tens of thousands turn up in attendance wearing black badges.
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Abhigyan Kundu hits 209 not out for first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India
Dubai (PTI): Wicketkeeper-batter Abhigyan Kundu on Tuesday created history with first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India, scoring an unbeaten against Malaysia in the U-19 Asia Cup match here.
The 17-year-old Kundu thus recorded only the second instance of a double century in Youth ODIs after South Africa's Jorich Van Schalkwyk, who had scored 215 off 153 balls against Zimbabwe earlier this year in Harare.
Batting at No 5, the left-handed Kundu hit an overall 19 fours and seven sixes to smash 209 not out off only 125 balls.
His knock powered India U-19 to a huge 408 for seven batting first.
Earlier in the same tournament, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had scored a 95-ball 171 against the UAE, which is overall the ninth highest individual score in the format.
