Premier Cricket: Gazi Group rout Doleshwar by 4 wkts

Dhaka – Defending champions Gazi Group Cricketers got 6th win in the 12-team Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League against Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club in the 11th round match of the List ‘A’ league at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.With the day’s win, Gazi Group confirmed a spot to fight in the play-off rounds of the meet as one of the top six contenders’ for the championship, collecting 12 points from 11 games with six wins against five losses.Despite the day’s loss, Doleshwar remained one step ahead of Gazi Group in the table, aggregating 13 points from 11 outings with six wins, one tie and four losses.Gazi Group shored their win vessel scoring 189 for 6 in 38.5 overs, replying to Doleshwar’s collection of 186 for 9 in 50 overs.Man of the match Mahedi Hasan hit a half century of 59 off 53 balls, including eight boundaries and one six, with bat and with ball got one wicket conceding 17 runs for the winners.Fawad Alam (46 off 71b; 3×4; 1×6) and Jaker Ali (31* off 42b; 1×4; 1×6) were other notable scorers for the side.Zohaib Khan got five wickets for 34 runs while skipper Farhad Reza (1/17) got another one for the losing side.Fazle Mahmud (65 off 105b; 5×4) was big hitter for losing side while Marshall Ayub and Imtiaz Hossain added 28 and 24 runs respectively.Fawad Alam got three wickets for 39 runs while Tipu Sultan two for 33 runs.UNB