Dhaka –Rajshahi and Rangpur Division registered their huge margin victories in the 4th round 4-day match of the 18th National Cricket League (NCL) at two separate venues of the country on Friday.Rajshahi outplayed Sylhet by 151 runs in the Tier-2 game on day-4 at Saheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra.In another Tier-2 match at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Rangpur won by 10-wicket against Chittagong also finished on day-4,UNB news agency reported.With the day result, Rajshahi and Rangpur collected unbeaten 46 points each from their four outings apiece. However, Rajshahi secured the top position of Tier-2 table by virtue of better run rate. Both sides have two wins and two draws.Sylhet is in the 3rd slot collecting 22 points with two draws and two losses, followed by another winless side Chittagong with 21 points also have the two draws and two losses.The two other 4th round games of the eight-team league finished on day-3 on Thursday where Tier-1 topper Khulna vanquished Barisal by 10-wicket at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Ground-3. Dhaka Division defeated Dhaka Metropolis by five-wicket in another Tier-1 at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah.The 5th round’s four matches of the two-tier league will begin on December 27.Match details:Rajshahi vs Sylhet Replying to Rajshahi’s 204 in the 1st innings and 344 runs in the 2nd innings, Sylhet (219 runs in the 1st innings) resumed the 2nd innings on the day-4 with overnight 28/1 in 11 overs and finished at 178/10 in 61 overs.Rajin Saleh was the successful batter in the 2nd innings scoring 75 off 126 balls, including 12 boundaries. Opener-cum-overnight batsman Imtiaz Hossain scored 32 and another overnight batsman Zakir Hasan added 24 runs while Shahanur Rahman stayed for 21 on day-4.Sunzamul Islam and Saqlain Sajib bagged three wickets for 15 and 45 runs respectively. Farhad Reza took two wickets for 60 runs.
Brief Score:Rajshahi 1st innings: 204/10 in 65.5 overs; Farhad Hossain 35, Mizanur Rahman 32, Muktar Ali 29, Abu Jayed 6/48.Rajshahi 2nd innings: 344/10 in 92.5 overs; Farhad Hossain 132, Junaid Siddique 78, Myshukur Rahaman 38, Abu Jayed 3/77, Rahatul Ferdous2/52, Khaled Ahmed 2/52.Sylhet 1st innings: 219/10 in 72.1 overs; Abul Hasan unbeaten 59, Ruman Ahmed 41, Alok Kapali 40, Farhad Reza 5/91, Mamun Hossain 3/47.Sylhet 2nd innings: 178/10 in 61 overs (overnight 28/1 in 11 overs); Rajin Saleh 75, Imtiaz Hossain 32, Zakir Hasan 24, Shahanur Rahman 21, Sunzamul Islam 3/ 15, Saqlain Sajib 3/45, Farhad Reza 2/60.
Rangpur vs Chittagong
Chittagong (182 in the 1st innings) avoided an innings defeat resuming the innings on day-4 with overnight score of 82/2 in 32 overs and finished at 297/10 in 99.3 overs.Overnight batsman Yasir Ali made a half century scoring 58 runs while Iftekhar Sajjad and Mohammad Saifuddin added 43-run each. Another overnight batsman Saeed Sarkar scored 22 while Arif Ahmed and Hossain Ali scored 19 and 13 runs respectively.Ariful Haque captured four wickets for 34 runs while Suhrawadi Shuvo and Alauddin Babu took two wickets each for 50 and 51 runs in the 2nd innings.Having a big figure of 450 runs in the1st innings, Rangpur opened the 2nd innings on day-4 and sealed the victory scoring 33for no loss in 5.2 overs with unbeaten opening stand between Saymon Ahmed and Liton Kumar Das.Saymon scored 18 and Liton kumar Das added 12 while the three other runs came from extra.
Brief score:Rangpur 1st innings: 450/10 in 108 overs; Suhrawadi Shuvo 121, Liton Kumar Das 73, Alauddin Babu 64, Ariful Haque 52, Mohammad Saifuddin 4/93, Hossain Ali 3/77. Rangpur 2nd innings: 33/0 in 5.2 overs; Saymon Ahmed 18 (not out), Liton Kumar Das 12(not out).Chittagong 1st innings: 182/10 in 58 overs; Irfan Sukkur 47, Mohammad Saddam 3/36, Suhrawadi Shuvo 3/48.Chittagong 2nd innings: 297/10 in 99.3 overs (overnight 149/4 in 56 overs); Yasir Ali 58, Pinak Ghosh 45, Iftekhar Sajjad 43, Mohammad Saifuddin 43, Saeed Sarkar 22, Ariful Haque 4/34, Suhrawadi Shuvo 2/50, Alauddin Babu 2/51.
