Calcutta team's impressive show in England

Palani Subramani is one of the eight players of the Calcutta Colts Cricket Club who has been invited to play club cricket in England. Subramani earned this invitation by the dint of sheer performances. The 20-year old all rounder scored 476 runs and took 30 wickets with his off spin bowling. The Calcutta Colts CC played 18 games during their tour of 27 days. The matches were mainly played against club sides featuring in the Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire league.

During the tour, five players managed to get invitations from various clubs in these three counties. Even though the tour party has returned to Calcutta, the five have stayed back. They are Sushil Sikaria, Sanjay Ranjan, Ranesh Biswas, Avishek Roy and Aditya Dutta. A spokesman of the club informed that Subramani and Gyasuddin Khan have been invited by agents to play for their respective clubs from April next year. It will be for them to decide as to which club they will play for during next season.

The star performers of the club were Ranesh Biswas, who plays for a first division club in Calcutta. Biswas finished the tour with a tally of 906 runs with four centuries. Khan and Sushil Sikaria were close behind with 776 and 553 runs respectively. The best bowlers on the tour were Mahesh Sharma with 30 wickets and Abhhisek Roy with 27.

During the tour, the Calcutta Colts team won matches against some of the top premier division league sides in the Somerset league. Amongst their victories was a 92-run win over Keynsham Cricket Club, a top club in the Western League Premier Division. English players Mark Trescothick and Andrew Caddick turn out regularly for the club. The other notable victories were against Northperrot and Winscombe, two clubs that feature within the first five clubs of the Somerset league.