The most in-form teams in the Dhaka Premier League are Abahani Limited and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club. Sitting atop the table as the top two teams, the clash between these two is the clash of titans. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Abahani started with a stutter.

Indeed, opener Saif Hassan couldn’t come up with an inspirational performance as he got out for 8 runs. Sohag Gazi took his wicket. Nazmul Hossain Shanto came in next and didn’t trouble the scorers much for his 1 run.

Captain Nasir Hossain was the next to go after getting a start, making 11 runs from 23 balls before Elias Sunny outfoxed him. Mohammed Mithun also departed soon after making 14 from 28 balls. Anamul Haque Bijoy, meanwhile, gave his team a fine innings as he has made his first century in this year’s DPL.

After scoring 116 runs, batting brilliantly all the while, he got out to Robiul Haque. His dismissal has perhaps opened up the floodgates as Mosaddek got out next for 49 runs, who was soon followed by Mashrafe Mortaza after he made 6 runs.

At that time, it looked like Abahani wouldn’t be able to get a good score after all, but they did thanks to Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Sunzamul Islam. While Miraz scored 34 from 18 balls, Sunzamul scored 24 from 15 to take the score to 270 for 7 after 50 overs.