Dhaka – Mohammedan Sporting Club stunned mediocre Shinepukur Cricket Club by 38 runs in the 9th round game of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Saturday.With the day’s victory, Mohammedan moved up to the 5th place from 9th while Shinepukur slipped to 4th from 2nd.Mohammedan collected nine points from nine outings, recording four wins against one tie and four losses, while Shinepukur aggregated 10 points from nine encounters with five wins against four defeats.Batting first after winning the toss in the day’s match, Mohammedan scored a praiseworthy 306 for 6 in 50 overs and restricted Shinepukur on 268 for all in 48.1 overs.Man of the match Saeed Sarkar played a stormy and unbeaten innings of 58* off 25 balls, including two boundaries and five over boundaries in his number 7 position for Mohammedan.Rony Talukdar showed patient for another half century of 77 off 73 balls, including five boundaries and four sixes, before being caught and bowled by Raihan Uddin leaving the team collection on 140/2 in 28 overs.The two other big hitters skipper Shamsur Rahman (60 off 65b; 2×4; 2×6) and Raqibul Hasan (55 off 52b; 3×4; 1×6) shared a partnership of 88 off 14.1 overs in the 3rd wicket.Mohammedan started the innings with a good note as they collected 110 off 22.3 overs for the cost of one wicket before opener Jony Talukdar was out for 32 runs.Mohammad Saifuddin got three wickets for 55 runs while Abdul Gaffar (1/53) and Raihan Uddin (1/37) shared two wickets for Shinepukur.Mohammad Azim captured four wickets for 45 runs in 9.1 overs while Taijul Islam (3/64) and Enamul Haque (1/49) shared four wickets to debacle Shinepukur’s batting line where Mohammad Saifuddin (68 off 75b; 2×4; 1×6) and skipper Shuvagata Hom (52 off 32b; 3×4; 5×6) were the big hitters.UNB news agency
