Mohammedan recovered from the previous-round loss to Bangladesh Biman with a comfortable 57-run win over Victoria Sporting Club at BKSP while Sonargaon maintained their unbeaten run when the last year's runners-up snatched a nine-run victory against Biman at the Fatullah Stadium.

Bottom-table Brothers Union's agonies extended when they crashed to their fourth successive defeat, at the hands of newcomers Young Pegasus, at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium.

Abahani and Sonargaon have maximum eight points, closely followed by Mohammedan and Old DOHS on six with three wins each.

A second win saw Pegasus get level with Victoria, Biman and Kalabagan on four points. Brothers and Indira Road remain without points, behind City Club and Partex who have two.

MOHAMMEDAN-VICTORIA
The match began with the two teams level on two wins but as it progressed, Twenty20 champions Mohammedan established their authority after being put into bat.

Victoria enjoyed brief success, removing opener Imtiaz Hossain, Indian Sandeep Sharma and in-form Aftab Ahmed cheaply but man-of-the-match Junaid's usual flamboyancy raced the scoreboard without pressure as Mohammedan rattled 283 for seven in 50 overs.

The left-hander, who smashed 15 boundaries in a 79-ball 87 before being run out, found an equally combative partner in Sakib during an 84-run stand for the fourth wicket in just 13 overs.

Sakib, fresh from his 53 not out in a losing concern against Biman, cracked five fours and one six in his 81 off 76 balls. The national cricketer was caught by substitute fielder Farhad at midwicket off rival skipper Sabbir Khan.

Captain Habibul Bashar chipped in with a fine 39 while Tapash Baisya's quickfire 27 came off 20 balls featuring three sixes as Mohammedan virtually batted Victoria out of the game.

Imrul Kayes kept Victoria in the game with a sparkling 94 off 118 balls but the opener, who hit 11 fours and a six, got little support. He shared 57 for the opening stand with Nasiruddin Faruque (15 off 30 balls) and exactly 100 with Mahmudullah Riyadh (52 off 63 balls) for the fourth wicket.

Imrul was bowled by left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny in the 42nd over and the asking run-rate -- 89 from the final eight overs -- proved too much as the Victoria innings folded for 226 with three overs remaining.

Aftab made up for his poor batting with the first three Victoria wickets in his bag for just 24 runs while Tapash also took three including the scalp of Riyadh.

SONARGAON-BIMAN
After last round's impressive performance against Mohammedan, Biman looked like ending Sonargaon's winning streak too, but fell just short. In reply to Sonargaon's modest 237 all out, the national airliners lost their way when Marshall grabbed three wickets in a deadly seven-over spell.

Comfortably placed at 145-4, Biman lost five wickets in the last 15 overs to reach 228-9 as Marshall removed top scorer Mosharraf (70 off 111 balls), Sajjad Kadir (22) and Syed Rasel to leave Mushfiqur Rahman stranded. Mushfiqur, who kept Biman alive with a superb run-a-ball 68 featuring four fours and two sixes, was the last man out in the penultimate ball.

Earlier, the inserted Sonargaon batting was dominated by veterans for a change. While Al Shahriar's 60 off 80 balls offered a good start, Ashraful gave it momentum, the captain and man-of-the-match putting on display his brilliant batsmanship in a matured 65 off 54 balls.

Having hit half a dozen fours and two sixes, Ashraful was bowled by spinner Murad Khan, whose 5-54 went down the drains in the end. Marshall contributed a cameo 13-ball 19.

PEGASUS-BROTHERS
In another close match, Lal Mohon led a youthful Pegasus from the front to a 10-run victory against Brothers. The burly Pegasus captain, who contributed 21 runs in his side's 238-8 after being asked to bat, changed the complexion of the game coming in as the seventh bowler. The off-spinner took 4-24 from just 27 deliveries to fold the Brothers essay for 228.

Sharif Ullah top scored with 65 for Pegasus while Brothers middle-order, despite getting starts, failed to complete the task due to lack of an anchoring role.