Double-ton at 18
Bangladesh Under-19 skipper Saif Hassan became the youngest Bangladeshi player to score a double-century in first-class cricket yesterday when he posted a powerful 204 for Dhaka in the second day of the National Cricket League's sixth-round matches yesterday.
Saif, who is 18 years and 66 days old, took over the helm from Mosaddek Hossain who had scored his first double-century at the age of 19 last year.
The player who generally loves to stay on the wicket for as long as possible, as opposed to Mosaddek and some of his other stroke-loving peers, had an overnight score of 131. He added 73 more runs and reached his double-hundred off 405 balls after lunch. On the whole, he hit 20 fours and a six at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium against Barisal.
Saif though was not the only one to reach 200 runs yesterday. His partner, Taibur Parvez, who had an overnight score of 70 ended up scoring a career best 242 off 302 balls. Taibur reached his double hundred after Saif with the help of 22 boundaries in 275 deliveries. He unleashed himself after reaching that mark and scored 42 runs off the next 27 balls before being dismissed by pacer Towhidul Islam.
Dhaka declared soon after on 588 for six. Five of those six wickets were taken by Towhidul who, unlike his teammates, had a good day on the field with figures of five for 87 in 20.5 overs.
After the exchange, a tired Barisal reached 101 for 6 in 22 overs with Shahadat Hossain and Mohammad Sharif taking two wickets each.
Sylhet's Alok Kapali turned out to be the third double-centurion of the day when he smashed 10 sixes and 12 fours to reach 200 off 266 balls against the hosts at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
The former national player reached his 50 off 97 balls and his 100 off 204 balls. He scored his next 100 runs in just 62 balls. It was a brilliant phase which saw him smash five fours and eight sixes. Sylhet declared on 555 for seven and then reduced Chittagong to 115 for three before stumps yesterday.
Meanwhile, half-centuries from Nasir Hossain, Liton Das and Dhiman Ghosh helped Rangpur take a crucial first innings lead against Rajshahi at Bogra.
At Fatullah, Khulna were in firm control against Dhaka Metro after Anamul Haque's century.
SCORES IN BRIEF
DHAKA VS BARISAL
DHAKA: 588 for 6 dec (Taibur 242, Saif 204; Towhidul 5-87)
BARISAL: 101 for 6 (Al-Amin 34, Gazi 25; Shahadat 2-21, Sharif 2-28, Mosharraf 1-17)
KHULNA VS DHAKA METRO
KHULNA: 207 and 272 for 3 (Anamul 122, Tushar 73; Hider 1-46)
DHAKA METRO: 122 all out in 36 overs (Sharifullah 38; Razzak 3-15, Ashiquzzaman 3-31, Al-Amin 3-39)
RAJSHAHI VS RANGPUR
RAJSHAHI: 191 and 41 for 1 (Junaid 21; Sajedul 1-9)
RANGPUR: 351 all out in 94.5 overs (Dhiman 97, Nasir 68; Mamun 5-81)
SYLHET VS CHITTAGONG
SYLHET: 555 for 7 dec (Kapali 200 not out, Jaker 78; Iftekhar 3-105, Nayeem 2-189)
CHITTAGONG: 115 for 3 (Yasir 53 not out, Nafees 51 not out; Abu 2-16)
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