Gazi Tank Cricketers joined giants Abahani and Mohamme-dan SC in the Super League of Dhaka Premier Cricket with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Orient SC in the ninth round match on Friday.
With this win Gazi Tanks took their tally to 14 points, just two points behind leaders Abahani and one adrift of Mohammedan means they cannot be thrown out of the elite phase of the league with only two rounds left in the first phase.
Four teams – Old DOHS, Bangladesh Biman, Kalabagan KC and CCS – are vying for the remaining three slots while Victoria SC also have an outside chance of making the super league. Former champions Old DOHS took the pole position among the contenders with a 10-wicket victory over BKSP at the Fatullah stadium, their second win by a maximum margin in a row.
CCS defeated Surjo Tarun by 13 runs at BKSP in the other match of the day.
Gazi Tank Cricketers v Orient SC
Openers Mohammad Mithun and Nasir Hossain built a 118-run stand to lead Gazi Tanks to a nine-wicket win after their bowlers had restricted Orient to 142-9 in a fog-shortened 33-over-a-side match.
Mithun was the only batsman out making 58 off 57 balls while Nasir, promoted as opener, remained unbeaten on 68 facing 72 balls. Shahriar Nafees was the other unbeaten batsman when Gazi completed their win, their fifth on the trot, with seven overs left.
Earlier, Sabbir Rahman and Naeem Islam claimed three wickets each to keep Orient under some kind of pressure all through the innings.
Old DOHS v BKSP
Nasir Jamshed scored 80 off 57 balls and former national opener Javed Omar made 53 from 77 balls as Old DOHS did not lose a wicket in their second successive match.
Mehrab Hossain Jr and Taksin Ahmed picked up three wicket each to help their team dismiss BKSP for 133 runs in 32.2 overs before Javed and Pakistani Jamshed scored contrasting fifties to complete the rout with more than 11 overs left.
CCS v SurjoTarun
Shahbaz Butt made a breezy 56 off 55 balls to help CCS post a moderate 132 all out on the board before three wickets from Suleman Khan and Bishwanath Halder restricted Surjo Tarun to 119-9 in the curtailed 31-over match.
Brief Scores
Gazi Tanks v Orient SC
Orient SC: 143-9 in 33 overs : Arif Reza 35, Mazharuddin 31,Khurram Sazzad 27; Sabbir Rahman3-23,Naeem Islam 3-33.
Gazi Tanks: 145-1 in 25.5 overs: Nasir Hossain 68, Mohammad Mithun 57, Shahriar Nafees 16 not; Maksudul Haque 1-37.
Result: Gazi Tanks won by nine wickets.
Surjo Tarun v CCS
CCS: 132 all out in 28.1 overs: Shahbaz Butt 56; Abdur Razzak 3-22, Sohrawardi Shovu 2-24, Asif Reza 2-28, Shafaq al Zabir 2-28
Surjo Tarun: 119-9 in 31 overs : Junaed Siddique 30, Rajin Saleh 21, Dhiman Ghosh 26; Bishwanath Halder 3-31, Suleman Khan 3-17, Abul Bashar 2-24.
Result: CCS won by 13 runs.
Old DOHS v BKSP
BKSP: 133 all out in 32.2 overs: Shoumyo Sarker 39, Liton Das 25; Mehrab Hossain 3-11, Taskin Ahmed 3-28
Old DOHS: 138 in 21.4 overs: Nasir Jamshed 80, Javed Omar 53
Result: Old DOHS won by 10 wickets.
