Rajin stars in win
Rajin Saleh returned with an unbeaten 79 to justify his last moment inclusion as Bangladesh A started their campaign against the visiting Maharashtra Cricket Associa-tion with a 13-run victory in the rain-interrupted first one-day at the Birshrestha Shahid Motiur Rahman Stadium in Khulna yesterday.
The match was decided via Duckworth-Lewis method as heavy rain stopped the play with the second string Bangladesh side making 187-4 in 37.4 overs in reply to 255-7 in 50 overs.
Rajin remained not out on 79 off 104 balls that featured four boundaries and a six while captain Mehrab Hossain added 32 off 54 deliveries with a boundary.
Srikant Munde took two wickets for 22 runs.
Maharashtra's innings was built on three half centuries from Ameye Srikhande (62), Kedar Jadhav (58) and Ankit Bawne (50).
Rajin and Mehrab captured one wicket each while three batsmen fell victims to run-outs.
The second one-day match will take place at the same venue today.
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