The 7th clash of the ongoing DPL between Gazi Group Cricketers and Shinepukur Cricket Club took place at Savar on Friday.

Winning the toss, Shinepukur captain opted to field first. Gazi Group lost four wickets while posting their first 77 runs. Jahurul Islam’s knock of 28 was the only decent innings among the batsmen who left the crease.

Zakir Ali Anik and Nadif Chowdhury then fought back and resisted further fall of wickets. Both picked up a fifty each but Shuvagoto Hom scalped his first wicket in the match by dismissing Nadif.

Anik clubbed 90 runs before getting dismissed by Mohammad Saifuddin. Rajat Bhatia played a crucial knock of 58 from 45 deliveries to help his team pose a good total.

Mohammad Saifuddin took two wickets while Sujon Hawlader, Raihan Uddin, and U-19 star Afif Hossain bagged one wicket apiece for Shinepukur. Gazi Group made 279 runs losing 6 wickets in the first 50 overs of the match.

While chasing the big total, Shinepukur did not lose any wickets until scoring 84 runs. Sabbir Hossain was dismissed by Mahedi after picking up his half-century. Sabbir made 55 runs and following his departure, another opener Shadman Islam got out scoring 40 runs.

The next two batsmen – Towhid Hridoy and Uday Kaul also picked up a fifty each. Both were dismissed by Rubel Ahmed on 51 and 59 runs, respectively. The departure of these two batsmen led to a collapse and before Shinepukur could recover from it, they got all-out at 259.

Rubel Ahmed and Nayeem Hasan took 3 wickets each and Abu Hider got 2 wickets. Kamrul Islam Rabbi also bagged a wicket for Shinepukur as they won the match by 20 runs.

Score:
Gazi Group Cricketers 279/6 (50 overs)
Shinepukur Cricket Club 259/10 (48.4 overs)

The 8th game of the DPL between Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity and Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club was held at Savar. Khelaghar were sent to bat first after losing the toss.

Khelaghar kept losing wickets at regular intervals as they became 73/4. The only decent innings from the top-order batsmen came from Robiul Islam Robi. He scored 35 runs before getting dismissed while no other batsmen could pass 20 runs.

Nazimuddin rescued Khelaghar from falling apart in front of Prime Doleshwar’s bowling by clubbing 51 runs. Al Menaria and Nazimuddin shared a 74-run stand before the latter got out.

After Nazimuddin’s exit, Al Menaria got out scoring 45 runs. Moinul Islam was unbeaten on 32 runs and Mahidul Islam Ankon made 3 runs before leaving the crease.

Farhad Reza got the first two wickets by scalping the wickets of Sadiqur Rahman and Nafees Iqbal who scored 6 runs and 3 runs, respectively. He later got the wickets of Al Menaria and Mahidul Islam as well.

Arafat Sunny, Arafat Sunny Jr., and Sharifullah also bagged a wicket apiece. Khelagahar registered a total of 199 runs for 7 wickets.

Prime Doleshwar were looking quite comfortable with the chase as they lost their first 2 wickets after posting 83 runs. However, a mini-collapse at 135 runs saw them lose 3 wickets in 18 runs.

Opening batsmen Imtiaz Hossain and Fazle Mahmud made 23 and 42 runs, respectively. Marshall Ayub scored 31 runs but the next two batsmen got out before going past 10 runs.

Farhad Hossain made 45 runs before getting out. Sharifullah posted 24 runs after Arafat Sunny contributed by scoring 10 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not manage to score more than 5 runs each.

Wickets kept falling at regular intervals after Marshall Ayub’s exit. As a result, Prime Doleshwar produced a nail-biting win from what could have become a more comfortable victory. They lost 3 wickets in the space of 5 runs as their total became 197/9. However, Manik Khan took the last 3 runs in the last 3 balls to end the dramatic match.

Score:
Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity 199/7 (50 overs)
Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club 200/9 (50 overs)