Daily Star in quarterfinals

In what was tipped as a clash between the leviathan and traditional giant, The Daily Star defeated The Daily Ittefaq by 13 runs to storm into the last eight of the DRU-Pepsi six-a-side cricket tournament at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium yesterday.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, The Daily Star scored a massive 72 in their share of six overs with Abul Kalam Azad, a worthy recruit in the reporting section this year, hitting a fluent 31. His back-to-back 30s not only gave The Daily Star their second win in the ball-bashing competition between the media houses. Azad also hit a perfect 35 in the first match that The Daily Star won against UNB with all wickets standing.
Jasim Uddin Khan (17) and Shariful Islam (7) also made useful contributions after Azad fireworks.
Ittefaq, in their chase, found the going very tough against the disciplined Daily Star attack backed up by brilliant keeping from Helemul Alam Biplop on a hard synthetic turf. They eventually scored 62 for the loss of three wickets.
The Daily Star will now face Amader Arthnity in the quarterfinal today.