Dhaka have set Khulna a daunting 390-run target to chase on the final day of their first National Cricket League game at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi yesterday.
Khulna were 14 for one in their second innings, losing Soumya Sarkar in the process, after Dhaka declared their second innings at 170 for five.
Opener Shamsur Rahman cracked 102 from 114 balls with the help of ten boundaries and a couple of sixes as Dhaka made sure Khulna were out of contention to win the game. Nizamuddin Ripon’s off-spin gave him four wickets as Dhaka declared after batting for nearly three hours.
Earlier, Khulna started the day on 191 for six and were bowled out for 277 runs in their first innings. Captain Sahagir Hossain made 65 off 126 balls but the rest of the Khulna lower-order failed to get the score over the 300-mark.
Meanwhile, there was no play possible on the third day in the other two games between Chittagong and Barisal (in Bogra) and Sylhet and Rajshahi (in Jessore).
BRIEF SCORES
DHAKA v KHULNA
DHAKA: First innings 496 and second innings 170-5 dec (Shamsur 102, Mehrab 27, Ashraful 26; Nizamuddin 4-48).
KHULNA: First innings 277 all out (Sadat 43, Tushar 54, Sahagir 65; Elias 5-77) and second innings 14-1 (Soumya 7; Talha 1-1).
CHITTAGONG v BARISAL
CHITTAGONG: First innings 202 all out.
BARISAL: First innings 119-6.
RAJSHAHI v SYLHET
RAJSHAHI: First innings 160 all out.
