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Defending Champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club beat City Club by 5 runs in a last over thriller in their Dhaka Premier League match at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Narayanganj on Tuesday.
City Club needed 12 runs in the final over with four wickets in hand but could only manage six runs in the over despite a boundary.
City Club’s Asif Ahmed Ratul and skipper Robiul Hoque were on the pitch to face Mrittunjoy Chowdhury in the final over. Ratul sent the first ball to the long-off for a single and Robiul hit the second to the third man for a four.
Mrittunjoy came back in the third ball with a dot and in the fourth, Robiul missed the ball and was run out while trying to steal a single. In the fifth ball, Asif hit the ball to mid-wicket but refused a single, leading to non-striker batter Naimur Rahman Noyon getting run out.
Needing seven off the final ball, Asif tried to hit a six over the long-off but he couldn’t time the hit and managed only a single.
Before that, Sheikh Jamal DC put 228 runs on the board batting first, courtesy of Saif Hasan’s 56 and Shykat Ali’s 52. But the match was interrupted by rain in the second innings and the match was shortened to 32 overs, thus the target was set to 168. City Club ended their innings on 162-8.
Chirag leads Rupganj to third win
Legends of Rupganj’s Indian recruit Chirag Jani led his side to chase down Brothers Union’s 299 at the BKSP-3 Ground in Savar to ensure their third consecutive win in this season.
Batting first, Brothers Union scored 299-5 depending on Tanzid Hasan Tamim’s brilliant innings of 142.
In return, Legends of Rupganj reached the target with three wickets and 8 balls left.
With the win, Legends move up to third place in the points table with six points from three matches. Sheikh Jamal DC lead the league with the same points but a better net run rate. Prime Bank Cricket Club holds the second spot.
Prime Bank overpower ShinePukur
Prime Bank Cricket Club beat Shinepukur Cricket Club by 78 runs in the third match of the day match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
Prime Bank put a target of 296 ahead of Shinepukur to chase batting first, thanks to Mohammad Mithun’s 93 and Adil Amin’s 64.
In return, Shinepukur was all-out on 217 with 29 balls left as Rubel Hossain dropped a brilliant performance to pick up four wickets in his eight overs giving away only 36 runs, while Rejaur Rahman Raja begged two.
Sangeeth Malindu Cooray scored 49 for Shinepukur. Mehedi Hasan Rana and Aminul Islam Biplob scored 46 and 41 respectively, which in the end could not save Shinepukur from facing their second defeat of the season.
