In the eighth round of the ongoing season of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPDCL), Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Brothers Union in an unusual way. The match took place at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) in Savar on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Mohammedan lost the toss and batted first. They accumulated 316 for nine wickets in 50 overs with the help of Avishek Mitra (68), Irfan Shukkur (92), Raqibul Hasan (50) and Sohag Gazi (43*).
For Brothers, Mohammad Sharif and Sajedul Islam took three wickets each while Rony Hossain and Bishwanath Halder bagged one wicket each.
The game was interrupted by the rain right after the first innings. However, after the rain stopped, Brothers Union saw the wicket and refused to continue the game citing the wicket was not appropriate enough to keep the game on. Considering the emerged situation, match referee Akhtar Ahmad awarded the game to Mohammedan.
Amin Khan, manager of Brothers, said about the issue: "Rain came during the break of the innings, and we saw the wicket after the rain stopped. We found the wicket unplayable and decided not to continue the game."
It was the fourth win for Mohammedan in the league while Brothers suffered sixth losses.
In the encounter between Gazi Group Cricketers and Uttara Sporting Club in Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city, Gazi won by 49 runs by DL method.
Uttara won the toss and sent Gazi to bat first. They posted 235 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs.
Myshukur Rahman and Mehedi Hasan set a solid start with their 81-run stand in the first wicket. Both of them ended up scoring 44 each. However, the best scorer for Gazi was Shamsur Rahman hitting 51 off 55 with five fours.
It was the third win of Gazi Group while Uttara suffered the sixth loss in the ongoing season of Dhaka League.
In another match of the day, Shinepukur Cricket Club beat Prime Bank Cricket Club by 48 runs in DL method in Fatullah.
Shinepukur accumulated 245 runs for eight wickets in 50 over while batting first after winning the toss.
They lost two wickets in 11 runs; however, in the third wicket stand, Shadman Islam and Towhid Hridoy added 125 runs to the board. Shadman ended scoring 78 while Hridoy struck 83. Along with them, Shuvagata Hom added 44 runs.
