After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, Agrani Bank faced the tempest caused by the Talukdar brothers. Both Rony and Jony Talukdar opened the innings for Mohammed and caused a storm against Agrani Bank.

The duo raced to 71/1 after 9.3 overs before Rony Talukdar lost his wicket for 26 runs in 28 balls. And guess who took the wicket? Soumya Sarkar.

After scoring a duck in the match against Sri Lanka the night before, Sarkar decided to play in this game of the DPL and has had an instant impact by taking the wicket of the dangerous Rony

Soumya struck once again in a similar fashion when he took the wicket of Mohammedan captain Shamsur Rahman. Jony Talukdar also left soon as Mohammad Ishak took his wicket as he got out for a well made 43 of 37 balls.

They stabilized a little after with a 42 run partnership, after which Aminul Islam got out for 17 at the hands of Bangladeshi pacer Al-Amin Hossain. At 121-4, the match looked tilted in the side of Agrani. Little did they know that a maelstrom awaited them.

Raqibul Hasan made 77 from 85 balls before Abdur Razzak scalped. In came the little known Irfan Sukkur. With his bat, he raised an inferno that could perhaps only be seen in hell. The Agrani bowlers were burning it as he smashed 92 from 83 balls before Abdur Razzak came in with the cold waters from the hoses.

But it wasn’t enough from the Agrani captain as Bipul Sharma’s 29-ball 41 and Enamul Haque’s 9-ball 20 took Mohammedan to 335/7 after 50 overs—a record in this year’s DPL.

Soumya Sarkar, Al-Amin Hossain and Abdur Razzak took two wickets each with Mohammed Ishak took a scalp.

In response, the Agrani outfit never stood a chance against Mohammedan. Soumya Sarkar got out for a duck, with his partner Azmir Ahmed making only 7 runs. Shariar Nafees and Rafatullah Mohmand making 22 runs each.

Dhiman Ghosh made 40 while Salman Hossain got out for 17. Abdur Razzak fought for a while before bowing out for 23 with Shafiul Islam also departing for 14. In the end, Razzak’s men fell for 176 after 37.4 overs.  

All the bowlers that bowled for Agrani got wickets, with Subashis Roy, Qazi Onik, Enamul Haque and Bipul Sharma getting two wickets each and Taijul Islam and Shamsur Rahman getting a scalp each as Mohammedan win by a mammoth 159 runs. 

Scores:

Mohammedan – 335/7 after 50 overs.
Agrani Bank Limited – 176 all-out