Uttar Baridhara relegated from BPL

League runners-up Dhaka Abahani Limited forced Uttar Baridhara Club to relegate from the 12-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football crushing them by 5-2 goals in their last league match at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj on Sunday.

BFF senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedy, MP, handed over the league runners-up trophy to Dhaka Abahani after the day' s match, reports UNB.

In the day's match, Brazilian striker Dorielton Gomes made a hat-trick for the popular sky-blue Dhanmondi outfit Abahani scoring four goals in the18th, 23rd, 40th and 73rd minutes while another Brazilian Raphael Augusto netted other goal in the 58th minute.

With the day's comfortable victory, Independence and Federation Cup champions Dhaka Abahani Limited completed the league engagements with winning note at the coffin of Uttar Baridhara Club.

Dhaka Abahani, which earlier assured the league runners-up position with two matches to spare, lost the last match to hat-trick champions Bashundhara Kings by 2-3 goals, but made a good finishing on Sunday outplaying Uttar Baridhara Club.