Mahmudullah tutorials Gazi Group to victory
Captain Mahmudullah Riyad's all-around performance helped Gazi Group Cricketers register their primary gain in the Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Little league T20 competition because they defeat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Golf club by seven wickets in the day's second game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
After scalping two wickets with the ball, Mahmudullah's unbeaten 62 alongside Bangladesh's Test skipper Mominul Haque's blistering fifty saw Gazi Group chase down the 152-go target with seven balls to spare.
Sheikh Jamal began good, riding on openers Mohammad Ashraful and Shykat Ali, who added 69 works found in eight overs. Both lashed out at the Gazi pacers and scored 42 off the first four overs.
The runs slowed up following the introduction of the spinners and, after scoring 33 away 30 balls with two sixes and three fours, Shykat was bowled by slow-medium pacer Soumya Sarkar.
At the other end, Ashraful looked in good feel, as exemplified by his four sixes, after scoring 38 in the first video game. The right-hander once more looked solid and struck before Ariful Haque dismissed the Bangladesh skipper on 41 off 35 balls.
Mahmudullah in that case removed Nasir Hossain, who built 20 off 13, and Sheikh Jamal skipper Nurul Hasan seeing as the batting area relinquished the first momentum provided by the openers. Just hard-hitting Ziaur Rahman's 16-ball 21 helped Sheikh Jamal at night 150-run mark while pacer Mukidul Islam bagged two wickets for the bowling side.
Gazi Group were on an area of bother on reply as opener Shahadat Hossain was dismissed for 13 by off-spinner Mohammad Enamul. The off-spinner then bowled Soumya Sarkar, who narrowly survived while hoping to play a invert sweep off the prior ball. He paid out the price for attempting to repeat that shot the subsequent ball, being bowled.
From then on, Mominul -- who batted at number seven in the last game -- was promoted to number 3. He and Mahmudullah added 97 runs for the 3rd wicket.
Mominul played the role of the aggressor with eight fours before appearing dismissed for a 36-ball 54 with, but Mahmudullah remained unbeaten in 62 off 51 balls, a knock featuring several sixes and several boundaries, and saw his area to a fairly easy win.
In the day's initially game, Prime Doleshwar SC authorized their first of all win of the tournament by beating Khelaghar SKS by 19 runs. Primary Doleshwar opener Imran Uzzaman were only available in a blistering disposition, striking four sixes and three fours as he manufactured 40 off simply 17 balls. However, stuff unraveled after his departure in the 5th over of the innings and the Doleshwar batters slowed down. Saif Hasan's 33-ball 28 was the second-highest rating for the batting part, who submitted 149 for six.
In reply, Khelaghar shed wickets at frequent intervals. Rishad Hossain's 19-ball 37 simply dished up to narrow the margin of defeat ultimately because they folded for 130. Kamrul Islam, Rejaur Rahman and Enamul Haque Jr picked up two wickets each for Doleshwar.
In the third match of the day, Prime Bank CC (120 for 7 in 19.3 overs) beat Shinepukur CC (120 all out in 20 overs) by 3 wickets.
