Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal hit 90 and his opening partner Anamul Haque Bijoy scored 52 to guide the Prime Bank Cricket Club to the top place of the Super League of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on Sunday.
Riding on their performance, Prime Bank beat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club by eight wickets.
With this win, Prime Bank now have four points from three matches in this phase of the Dhaka League. Sheikh Jamal and Legends of Rupganj also have the same amount of points, but Prime Bank are ahead of them for their better run rate.
Sheikh Jamal batted first on Sunday and scored 232 for eight in 50 overs. Nurul Hasan Sohan, the captain of Sheikh Jamal posted 71 for them while Mehidy Hassan Miraz scored 47.
For Prime Bank, Taijul Islam scalped three wickets while Rakibul Hasan picked up two wickets.
In reply, riding on the batting performance of Tamim and Bijoy, Prime Bank chased down the target in 40.2 overs with eight wickets in hand. Along with Tamim and Bijoy, Shahadat Dipu also hit a fifty. He ended up on 52.
In the same round, Ababahi Limited beat Legends of Rupganj by 81 runs. Abahani batted first and posted 279. Najmul Hossain Shanto hit 86 for them while Afif Hossain scored 62. For Legends of Rupganj, Shakib Al Hasan bagged three wickets.
In reply, Rupganj tumbled for 198. Mosaddek Hossain scalped four wickets for Abahani. Chirag Jani was the highest scorer for Legends of Rupganj with 48, but that was not enough for them to avoid a defeat.
In the other match, Fazle Mahmud Rabbi hit a ton for the Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club and helped his team to score a huge total of 314 for four. In reply, the Gazi Group tumbled for 230 and suffered a big defeat by 84 runs.
Source: United News of Bangladesh