Two U19WC winners hit tons in DPL

Two U-19 World Cup-winners, Shamim Hossain and Shahadat Hossain Dipu struck tons as Abahani Ltd, Prime Bank Cricket Club, and Gazi Group Cricketers won their respective fixtures in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket league 2022 on Monday.

Defending champions Abahani Ltd grabbed their first win in the league by beating City Club by 111 runs at BKSP.

Abahani scored 309-5 after 50 overs and managed to bowl out City Club for 198. Shamim Hossain scored 108 runs off 66 deliveries, hitting 13 fours and four sixes. He put up a – run partnership with Jaker Ali (65) to push Abahani beyond 300.

Arafat Sunny, adjudged player of the match, took 5-33 to bowl out City Club for 198.

In the other match, Prime Bank won a tight contest by four wickets against Legends of Rupganj.

Raqibul Hasan’s innings of 121, along with Naeem Islam’s 91, took Legends of Rupganj to a score of 265-5, but Shahadat’s knock 131, along with Anamul Haque’s 53, helped Prime Bank secure victory.

Gazi Group Cricketers won by 86 runs against Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity owing to a match-winning performance by Indian Gurinder Singh.

Gazi Group batted first and put on a total of 246-7, with fifties from Al-Amin Jr (61) and Gurinder (54).

The player of the match, Gurinder, came back with the ball to pick up three wickets for 40 runs as Khelagahar were all out for 160.