Alok, Aftab lift Warriors

Alok Kapali continued his rich vein of form with the bat and Aftab Ahmed came to the party in spectacular fashion as Dhaka Warriors recorded a competitive 173-7 in their fourth match of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) against Royal Bengal Tigers at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon yesterday.
Kolkata Royal Bengal Tigers were 50 for 1 in 6 overs.
Kapali smashed 65 off 33 balls after Aftab set the pace of yet another fine innings with a 42-ball 61. It was the Warriors' second best effort after their 174-5 against Delhi Giants that they won at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad a few days back.
Kapali, who has been a revelation in the rebel Twenty20 championship with 100 and 34 in successive games, entertained the Gurgaon crowd with yet another high-class knock that contained five sixes and four boundaries.
He flayed a few over mid-wicket but his one effortless six over long off and the other over third-man were a testimony to sheer timing from a class batsman who however remained an enigma in international scene while playing for Bangladesh.
Aftab, who failed to live up to his big hitting reputation in the first three games, returned to form in style. Coming in to bat after last match hero Nazimuddin was caught at mid-wicket scoring only two, the Chittagong right-hander raced to his 50 off 30 balls against a side that featured bowlers like South African paceman Lance Klusener and Sri Lankan leg-spinner Upul Chandana.
He struck six fours and three sixes in an innings that needed a 'not out' verdict from the TV umpire after the on-field man in uniform primarily ruled him out leg before to a Klusener delivery that struck him outside the line of the off-stump.

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