Mohammedan stopped at 227 runs after losing to the pace of young pacer Nahid Rana. Shinepukur was on the way to an easy victory in the Dhaka Premier League after playing for a modest goal. However, their new target is 158 runs in 30 overs due to sudden rain. The team achieved this target by losing 4 wickets in 27.4 overs. This young pacer became the man of the match for the first time with 5 wickets.
Mohammedan won the toss and decided to bat at Mirpur Sher Bangla Stadium. But the traditional club lost two top-order batsmen early on. Rony Talukder 4 and Mahidul Islam were out without opening the account of drawing runs. After that Imrul Kayes made a pair of 70 runs with Mehdi Hasan Miraj for the third wicket. They broke the pair when Imrul got out after scoring 56 runs off 73 balls. Then Mohammedan quickly lost four wickets.
After losing four wickets for 28 runs, Ariful Islam and Abu Haider Rony took the lead of the team. In the seventh wicket, these two made a partnership of 79 runs. Ariful got out with 30 runs off 58 balls but Rony got half century. This pace bowling all-rounder got out for 51 runs off 55 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. With the bat of these two, the traditional club could collect 227 runs by losing 9 wickets in the originally scheduled 50 overs.
Young pacer Nahid is the hero of the collapse of Mohammedan. The 21-year-old pacer made his Test debut against the Lankans last time. Rana is the hero of Shinepukur’s victory, turning back 5 Mohammedan batters. He took five wickets for the first time in List ‘A’ cricket. Today he took 5 wickets for 45 runs. In the previous match against Gazi Group Cricketers he got 4 wickets for 54 runs. As a result, 9 wickets are next to his name after playing only two matches in the current season. Besides Hasan Murad took two wickets and Rabiul Haque and Rishad Hossain took one wicket each.
With a target of 228 runs played, play was stopped for an hour due to rain. Shinepukur’s new target stood at 158 in 30 overs in the rain. By that time Shinepukur was very close to victory. In the end, the team lost 4 wickets in 27.4 overs and anchored in the port of victory. The highest innings of 36 runs came from the bat of Tanjid Hasan Tamim. Apart from this, Marshall Ayub 30 and Jisan Alam’s 26-run innings came from the bat. Captain Akbar Ali remained unbeaten on 27 and Irfan Sukkur on 11 runs.
Among the Mohammedan bowlers, Abu Haider Roni, Naeem Hasan and Mahmudullah took one wicket each.
With this win, Shinepukur has risen to third in the table with 14 points. They also confirmed the Super League. Mohammedan’s position is fourth with equal 14 points on this day. Although the Mohammedan Super League is not guaranteed on paper, this traditional club has kept one foot.
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