Mohammedan beat Prime Bank

Mohammedan Sporting Club captain Raqibul Hasan hit a century as they beat Prime Bank Cricket Club by 133 runs by D/L Method in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPDCL) on Monday, report agencies.

Mohammedan lost the toss and batted first in Savar.

They lost the first wicket in the first over when Irfan Sukkur fell for a golden duck. Liton Das and Avishek Mitra also fell quickly in spite of a good start. They scored 36 and 20 respectively.

Mohammad Ashraful and Nadif Chowdhury also followed them with their dismal show in the middle as they posted four and 11 only.

For Prime Bank, Al Amin Hossain, Monir Hossain, Nayeem Hasan and Abdur Razzak took two wickets each.

While replying, Prime Bank scored 150 for nine wickets in 39.1 overs before rain forced the game to be stopped.

Anamul Haque, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nahidul Islam scored 26, 22 and 28 respectively for Prime Bank.

Sohag scalped four wickets conceding 21 runs in seven overs. Mohammad Ashraful bagged three wickets for 37 runs in 10 overs.

It was Mohammedan's fifth win at the end of 10 rounds of the league. They are now at number five at the points table. On the other hand, Prime Bank suffered the third loss in the league, and are now at number three at the points table.

Meanwhile, off-spinner Sanjit Saha claimed 4-25 to help Gazi Group Cricketers earn a crucial 21-run victory over Shinepukur Cricket Club by D/L method in DPDCL at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday.

Saha was supported by Nasum Ahmed 2-33 as Shinepukur were restricted to 177-9 in 48 overs. The rain again interrupted the match when Gazi Group were 106-4 in 21.5 overs. As per D/L method, Gazi were ahead by 21 runs as the revised target was 86 at the moment when rain stopped the game.

Gazi Group stayed alive to seal the Super League spot.

In another match, Fazle Mahmud's 103 runs knock went in vain as Brothers Union suffered their sixth straight defeat after Khelaghar Samaj Kallayan Samity edged them past by 12 runs through D/L method in DPDCL at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium at Fatullah on Monday.

Brothers put up 267-6 in 50 overs but rain came to extend their agony. By the time when rain intervened into the game, Khelaghar were 84-1 in 20 overs and as per D/L calculation they were 12-run ahead by then.