Rupganj up to 2nd on one-sided day
An unbeaten 94 from Abdul Mazid followed a four-wicket hauls from Mohammad Shahid and Asif Hasan in Legends of Rupganj's seven-wicket win over Brothers Union in their Dhaka Premier League 10th-round match at the BKSP in Savar yesterday. Their seventh win took Rupganj to second place in the 12-team table, level on 14 points with leaders Abahani.
Elsewhere on a day of one-sided games, Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity handed Mohammedan Sporting Club a six-wicket defeat and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club outclassed Kalabagan Krira Chakra by 73 runs.
Pacer Shahid and off-spinner Parvez Rasool combined to bring a swift end to the Brothers innings after Rupganj chose to field first. All of their top six reached double figures, with opener Mizanur Rahman stroking a 58-ball 63, as Brothers reached 164 for four but when Shahid had skipper Alok Kapali caught behind in the 41st over it initiated a collapse that saw the last six wickets fall for just nine runs. Rasool got rid of Sohrawardi Shuvo in the next over.
Left-arm spinner Asif earlier dismissed both openers Mizanur and Junaid Siddique -- who had put on a 77-run stand – and also taken the wicket Debabrata Das. He came back to dismiss Roni Hossen to finish with four for 23 from 10 overs. Shahid, who had earlier dismissed Myshukur Rahman, added the wickets of Iftekhar Sajjad and the last one of Shakhawat Hossain in the 49th over to end with four for 41 in 9.1 overs.
The chase was a simple one for Rupganj as after Salahuddin Pappu's early dismissal, opener Mazid put on 71 for the second wicket Mohammad Naim and 69 for the third wicket with skipper Naeem Islam. Mazid hit five boundaries in his unbeaten 94 off 110 balls and sealed the match in the 38th over with his seventh six.
At the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadum in Mirpur, young Khelaghar left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam took four wickets to help bundle out Mohammedan for a paltry 181 in 45.4 overs. The start for Mohammedan was a good one after they had won the toss as openers Jony Talukdar and Enamul Haque put on a 73-run partnership, but there was little resistance after Tanvir broke that stand. Jony scored the team-highest 55. For Khelaghar, Tanvir took four for 30 from his 10 overs and Moinul Islam took two wickets.
Khelaghar lost four wickets while chasing the modest total but they were never in any trouble as Amit Majumder top-scored with 75 and Ashok Menaria remained unbeaten on 54 as they strolled home and into fourth spot on the table with 8.3 overs to spare.
In Fatullah, after being asked to bat first Sheikh Jamal rode on Pinak Ghosh's 49, Rakin Ahmed's 71 and Tanbir Hayder's unbeaten 61 to post 263 before losing their last wicket with one ball left in the innings. Pacer Abul Hasan took three for 45 off his 10 overs for Kalabagan.
In defence of the total, left-arm spinner Elias Sunny took four for 36 as Kalabagan's chase never quite picked up steam after they were reduced to five for 46. There was a 97-run partnership between Muktar Ali and Taibur Rahman, who each hit 51, but the early collapse was too hard to recover from. The innings eventually folded for 190 in the 48th over.
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