Former Pakistani skipper Shoaib Malik scored his second consecutive hundred to steer defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club to a six-wicket win over Biman Bangladesh in the Ispahani Premier Division Cricket League on Wednesday.
In the other matches of the day Abahani defeated Old DOHS by 39 runs and CCS handed Gazi Tank a shocking defeat of 1 run.
Mohammedan – Biman (Biman 222/8, Mohammedan 224/4; Mohammedan won by 6 wickets)
Batting first, Biman scored 222 for 8 wickets riding on Avishek Mitra’s110. The target set by Biman appeared an easy one for Mohammedan as the defending champions cruised to victory losing just four wickets in 41.1 overs.
Shoaib Malik blasted 107 in 120 balls, hitting 13 fours and one six while Foysal Hossain made 51 from 66 balls. Niaz picked three wickets for Biman.
Abahani – Old DOHS (Abahani 216/9, Old DOHS 177/9; Abahani won by 39 runs)
Reshmi Ranjan Paridha’s 69 and Sahagir Hossain’s 39 helped Abahani score 216 for nine.
Chasing 217, Old DOHS managed to score only 177 for 9 in the stipulated 50 overs as Saqlain Sajib took three wickets for 29 runs and Tapash Baishya and Aussie Lee Carseldine grabbed two wickets each.
Tanvir Haydar’s 42 and Aftab Ahmed’s 36 were other notable scores for the losers.
Gazi Tank – Cricket Coaching School
(CCS 278/10, Gazi 277/10; CCS won by 1 run)
Batting first, Shuvagoto Hom’s 89 and Atiqur Rahman’s 62 helped CCS post a fighting score of 278.
Sabbir Rahman grabbed three wickets for Gazi while Ali Azmat took two.
However, it was so near yet so far for Gazi Tank who stacked 277 and lost by only one run.
Mithun scored 73 and Alok Kapali made 87 from 69 balls but all of their efforts went in vain.
Bishawnath Haldar and Taposh Ghosh both grabbed three wickets for CCS.
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