Brothers beat Shinepukur by five wkts, Prime Bank taste second win

Skipper Shuvagata Hom's century went in vain as Brothers Union defeated Shinepukur Cricket Club by five wickets in the 6th round match of the 12-team Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Ground-3 at Savar on Wednesday, reports UNB.
Brothers chased down a target of 289 for 5 in 49.1 overs riding on two half centuries by man of the match Myshukur Rahaman (88 off 107b; 6x4; 3x4) and Debabrata Das (75 off 60b; 5x4;4x4) after Shinepukur scored 288 for 8 in 50 overs.
Yasir Ali (45* off 34b; 2x4; x2x6) stayed unbeaten while opener Mizanur Rahman and Junaid Siddique added 37 and 31 runs respectively.
Myshukur contributed to three stands of the innings - 54 off 12.2 overs in the opening stand with Mizanur, 61 off 12.5 overs in the 2nd stand with Junaid and 69 off 12 overs in the 3rd stand with Debabrata - before he was caught by Towhid Hridoy off Raihan Uddin at 184/3 in 37.1 overs.
Debabrata was bowled out by Mohammad Saifuddin at 256/4 in 45.2 overs after sharing another partnership of 72 off 8.1 overs with Yasir Ali in the 4th wicket stand.
Raihan Uddin (2/49), Afif Hossain (1/32), Saifuddin (1/48) and Sujon Hawlader (1/39) shared five wickets for the side.
In the Shinepukur's innings, Shuvagata and Afif started their partnership from 67/4 in 18.3 overs and ended at 210/5 in 39.2 overs as Afif was caught by Suhrawadi Shuvo off Khaled Ahmed.
Shuvagata was sent off just three balls before the end of the innings as he was caught by Mizanur Rahman off Suhrawardi Shuvo at 285/8 after scoring 116 rims off 98 balls hitting 12 boundaries and four sixes.
He also shared a partnership of 143 off 20.1 overs with Afif Hossain (68 off 77b; 5x4; 2x6) in the 5th wicket stand.
Minhaz Khan (24), Uday Kaul (19), Sabbir Hossain (18) and Towhid Hridoy (13) were other batsmen reaching the double digit for Shinepukur.
Suhrawardi Shuvo got three wickets for 68 while Khaled Ahmed (2/57), Iftekhar Sajjad (1/21), Mehedi Hasan Rana (1/ 46) and Shakhawat Hossain (1/52) were the wicket takers for Brothers.
Meanwhile, an all-round performance by Delwar Hossain guided Prime Bank Cricket Club to taste the second win in their sixth match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League beating Agrani Bank Cricket Club by 42 runs at the Khan Shaheb Osmani Stadium at Fatullah on Wednesda.
After the match, both the Prime Bank and Agrani Bank have secured four points each from six outing, but in net run- rate Prime Bank advanced to the 9th slot in the 12-team league forcing Agrani Bank to the 11th place.
Sent in to bat first, Prime Bank CC scored a moderate 272 for 8 in stipulated 50 overs, featuring 94 runs in the opening stand by Mehedi Maruf and Mehrab Hossain Junior.
Mehedi Maruf scored 54 runs off 66 balls hitting five fours and one six while Mehrab Hossain Junior contributed 80-ball 52 runs including two boundaries.
Lower order Delwar Hossain quick-fired an unbeaten 41 runs off just 14 balls, featuring one four and five sixes, Ariful Haque made 49-ball 39 runs with one fours and a six, Al Amin scored 25 runs off 40 balls with two fours while Nahidul Islam bagged 21 runs off 20 balls, hitting two sixes.