Agrani Bank won the toss and decided to bat first. It might
have seen like a good decision as both openers Soumya Sarkar and Azmir Ahmed
got them a banging start of 59 from just 10.2 overs. Soumya, however, perished
the third ball for a 29-ball 24.
While he played his shots gloriously, he gave his team a
hope that he would make a big score, but he failed to capitalize on the start
that he got. Azmir Ahmed also departed soon after as he made 25 from 37 balls.
Masum Khan and Robiul Islam Robi were the ones that got the
earlier wickets. Meanwhile, Shahriar Nafees and Rafatullah Mohmand scored 29
and 28 runs to keep the score ticking. Indeed, almost every Agrani player got a
great start, but just couldn’t convert it into something big.
Salman Hossain made 22, Jahid Javed played superbly for his
54, Abdur Razzak came in handy with 30 runs and Shaiful Islam, too, played a
cameo worth 20 runs to take the score to 259/8 after 50 overs.
Masum Khan, Robiul Islam Robi and Rafsan Al Mahmud took two
wickets each while Hasan Mahmud and Mohammad Saddam got one slap each.
Khelaghar now need 260 runs to win.