Shakib rusty on return
Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan of Kalabagan Krira Chakra is in his delivery stride during the Dhaka Premier League match against Khelaghar SKS at BKSP yesterday. PHOTO: STAR
Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan showed signs of rustiness in his first appearance in this season's Dhaka Premier League but his side Kalabagan Krira Chakra still posted a massive 116-run victory in a curtailed-over match against winless Khelaghar SKS at BKSP yesterday.
Overnight and morning rains also effected a curtailed-over match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium where Brothers Union rode on their captain Tamim Iqbal's blazing 95 not out after Zimbabwean Sean Williams's seven-wicket haul including a hattrick to secure a comfortable nine-wicket victory against Kalabagan Cricket Academy.
But no ball was bowled in the match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Abahani at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur and the match will now take place at the same venue today.
Recovering from his left thumb injury, Shakib returned to the field yesterday but scored only six runs in five balls and then bowled six wicketless overs to give away 21 runs. But their Sri Lankan batsmen Jehan Mubarak (69) and Chamara Kapugedera (58) excelled in the 31-overs-a-side affair after Mithun Ali's 78 that took Kalabagan to a fighting total of 248 for seven wickets.
In reply, Khelaghar finished their quota reaching 132 for seven.
It was Kalabagan's second win in five matches.
At Fatullah, another Kalabagan outfit slipped to a nine-wicket defeat against Brothers Union. Slow left-armer Williams annihilated Kalabagan's batting by taking seven wickets for 25 runs. In the 34-overs-a-side match, Kalabagan were bundled out for 148 runs in 32.1 overs.
Tamim then took the charge to kill off his opponents as the dashing left-hander smashed six fours and seven sixes during his 65-ball 95 as Brothers overhauled the target making 154 for one in 22.3 overs to register their fourth win in five matches.
Tamim's elder brother Nafis Iqbal was the other not out batsman with 36.
SCORES IN BRIEF
KALABAGAN KC: 248-7 in 31 overs (Mithun 78, Mubarak 69, Kapugedera 58, Naeem 21, Shakib 6, extras 16; Masum 2-41, Imran 3-30)
KHELAGHAR SKS: 132-7 in 31 overs (Masum 21, Forkan 30 not out, extras 5; Lokuhettige 3-12, Mubarak 2-24)
Result: Kalabagan Krira Chakra won by 116 runs.
KALABAGAN CA: 148 all out in 32.1 overs (Mizanur 20, Sibanda 25, Masakadza 39, Sharifullah 30, Sabbir 20, extras 4; Mathews 2-27, Sean Williams 7-25)
BROTHERS UNION: 154-1 in 22.3 overs (Tamim 95 not out, Nafis 36 not out, extras 9)
Result: Brothers Union won by nine wickets.
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