kolkata mohammedan sporting launched their title defence with a 30 win over aryan club but east bengal were held to a 00 draw by kidderpore sc in the cfl premier division a championship round on sunday at the naihati stadium bino georgemanaged east bengal returning to the local league after two seasons but playing with their reserve side this time struggled to impose themselves on the match the red and golds clearly showed lack of match practice and missed a cutting edge in the attacking third still captain dip saha mohitosh roy and jesin tk came close to breaking the deadlock for east bengal but kidderpore goalkeeper priyant singh who was later adjudged man of the match stood up to the challenge kidderpore were more adventurous in the second half and could have run away with full points had their ivorian striker siaka bamba managed to some of the opportunities countthere were no hiccups for mohammedan sporting though as andrey chernyshovs team strolled past aryan 30 at kalyani marcus joseph put mohammedan sporting 10 up in the first half and ousmane ndiaye 60 and faslu rahman 81 sealed the deal for themmeanwhile atk mohun bagan have informed organisers ifa of their inability to take part in the super six championship round