Under-19 skipper Akbar Ali celebrating after hitting a century in the two-day High Performance (HP) intra-squad match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday — bdnews24.com World Cup winning Under-19 skipper Akbar Ali hit a century in the two-day High Performance (HP) intra-squad match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday, reports BSS.
Akbar Ali's Team A amassed a massive 406-7 on the first day of the two-day match against Team B.
Afif Hossain is leading the Team A while Team B are led by Naim Sheikh. The match was the part of practice match of the HP players.
Being sent to bat first, Team A made a decent start through the openers Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Shahadat Hossain, who added 55-run to the opening stand. Tanzid Tamim was dismissed for 35 after being trapped LBW by Rejaur Rahman Raja.
However, Shahadat Hossain went on strongly even though saw the dismissal of Mahmudul Hasan Joy (30) and skipper Afif Hossain (12).
He and Akbar Ali then shared a 137-run partnership for the fourth wicket stand. The partnership was broken when Shahadat was dismissed for 94.
Akbar Ali then got support of Shamim Patwari and together they added 120-run to further punish the Team B bowlers. Patwari was out on 67. Akbar Ali was then removed as sixth batsman but by then Team A reached a strong position.
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