There is no stopping Abahani Restricted – they’ve now crushed their closest rivals, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Membership, to win all 11 matches of the primary section of the Dhaka Premier League. It has left them simply three wins away from claiming their twenty second DPL title as the highest six groups head into the Tremendous League section.
Within the match billed as this season’s largest fixture – between the 2 supposedly richest groups – Abahani bowled out Sheikh Jamal for simply 88 runs, their lowest-ever rating within the DPL. Then they chased down the meagre goal in 10.2 overs with out shedding a wicket.
Shinepukur Cricket Membership, in the meantime, have completed second on the desk with eight wins, forward of Mohammedan Sporting Membership and Sheikh Jamal on internet run-rate. They beat fellow Tremendous League qualifiers Gazi Group Cricketers and Mohammedan, earlier than sprucing off Legends of Rupganj this week. Considerably for them, Shinepukur have reached the Tremendous League section for the primary time.
Irfan Sukkur and Habibur Rahman Sohan scored essential runs after the Eid break to take their respective sides, Shinepukur and Gazi Group, into the Tremendous League. Left-hand batter Irfan struck an unbeaten 106 towards Rupganj after his 84 towards Gazi Group, each match-winning knocks. Younger Sohan struck a 55-ball 81 towards Brothers Union earlier than the unbeaten 102 towards Metropolis Membership that sealed Gazi Group’s Tremendous League spot.
Parvez Hossain Emon completed the primary section with probably the most runs, 585 at 53.18 with three centuries. He’s the one one to breach the 500-run mark, whereas Mohammad Naim, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Saif Hassan and Tamim Iqbal are among the many top-five scorers.
Fast bowler Nahid Rana, who not too long ago made his Check debut towards Sri Lanka, took 12 wickets this week, together with a five-wicket haul towards Mohammedan and a four-for towards Gazi Group. Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed took the opposite five-for this week.
Left-arm quicks have dominated the DPL’s first section. Gazi Group’s Ruyel Miah completed as the highest wicket-taker with 25 wickets at 14.76. Abu Hider and Maruf Mridha, each left-arm quick bowlers, are among the many prime 4, whereas Ifran Hossain, a right-arm fast, is in sixth place. Rishad Hossain, the legspinner, and left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam are the others within the prime 5.
Abahani got here into the week with 9 wins in a row however it could all come to nothing in the event that they could not dominate fellow big-spenders Prime Financial institution Cricket Membership and Sheikh Jamal. They racked up 341 for 4 towards Prime Financial institution, with Anamul Haque and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto hitting centuries. Towhid Hridoy struck a breezy unbeaten 65 too. Prime Financial institution had been all out for 283 in reply after Taskin Ahmed and Tanjim Hasan Sakib took three wickets every to kill off any menace.
Shoriful Islam’s 4 wickets, with assist from Taskin and Tanjim, bowled Sheikh Jamal out for 88.
An official of the cricket committee of Dhaka Metropolis, the physique that runs the Dhaka leagues, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy, Metropolis Membership and Rupganj Tigers will play within the relegation playoffs. They’re all tied on 4 factors together with Partex Sporting Membership, who averted relegation due to the next internet run-rate than Rupganj.
Mridha stood out among the many teenaged cricketers who debuted within the DPL this season. The left-arm quick bowler took 19 wickets for Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy. Among the many others, 16-year outdated Nuhayel Sandeed turned the primary left-arm wristspinner to play Record-A cricket in Bangladesh. Sandeed took two wickets on debut towards Prime Financial institution, the DPL facet coached by his father Mohammad Salahuddin.
