The Dhaka Premier League is a place where relatively obscure players make a claim for a spot in the national team. If this edition of the DPL is considered, then Abdul Mazid is making strides towards the ultimate goal.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Legends of Rupganj started decently with Salauddin Pappu and his partner Abdul Mazid getting them to 34 before the former fell. Avishek Mitra came in next, but played 44 balls to make his 18 runs, after which he was scalped by Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Captain Naeem Islam went out for a duck and suddenly, Rupganj found themselves in a tricky position at 93/3. A partnership between Parvez Rasool and Abdul Mazid, however, steadied the ship. Mazid, in particular, looked fantastic to score 89 runs from 114 balls.

Unfortunately, however, he couldn’t reach the three figure mark as he got out for 89. Rasool was then bowled by Taskin Ahmed for 33 and so was Tushar Imran for 5 by Sunzamul Islam.

Mosharraf Hossain and Nazmul Hossain Milon made 29 runs each in the end to ensure that the Legends post a decent total of 247 with the loss of 8 wickets in their 50 overs.

Taskin Ahmed took 3 wickets as Sunzamul Islam and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took two scalps each with Saqlain Sajib taking the other one.

In response, the openers of Abahani have started exceedingly well with both Saif Hassan and Anamul Haque reaching their respective fifties. The Bangladesh U19 captain, Hassan, made 78 from 82 balls while Anamul Haque Bijoy mounted 77 from 89 balls.