The match was a matter of life and death for both teams. Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy could not challenge their opponents in any category in that fight. Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club ensured their survival in the Premier League by beating them.
Rupganj Tigers won by 7 wickets at BKSP Ground No. 3 on Monday. The team bundled out Gazi Tyres for 206 runs with the combined efforts of the bowlers. Later, two openers Mahfizul Islam and Jasim Uddin paved the way for an easy win. They reached the target of 207 runs with 95 balls remaining in the last match of the relegation league.
Rupganj Tigers won 4 of their 13 matches. Despite winning against City Club in the previous match, Gazi Tyres lost the last match and were relegated to the first division. They reached the top level of Dhaka club cricket for the first time and could only survive for one season.
City Club, which has won just 2 of its 13 matches, was relegated before Gazi Tyres. In place of these two teams, Agrani Bank Cricket Club and Gulshan Cricket Club will play in the Premier League next season after being promoted from the first division.
After winning the toss and opting to bat, all five batsmen of Gazi Tires touched double figures. But none of them could extend the innings.
Captain Gazi Tahjibul Islam, who came in at number seven, scored 52 runs off 44 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes, helping the team somehow cross the 200-run mark.
No bowler from Rupganj was able to take more than one wicket, but everyone contributed collectively in the tight bowling.
Chasing the runs, Mahfizul and Jasim batted for an opening partnership of 155 runs off 151 balls for Rupganj Tigers. Both came back off Shamim Mia in the 26th over. Mahfizul scored 74 runs off 77 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Jasim batted for 77 runs off 75 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Salman Hossain and Abdullah Al Mamun secured the victory with an unbroken partnership of 41 runs off 31 balls for the fourth wicket.
Mahfizul won the Man of the Match award for his innings of 74 runs. The opener, who played in the 2022 Under-19 World Cup, finished this league with 410 runs in 11 matches with 3 fifties.
Short Score:
Ghazi Tires Cricket Academy: 206/7 in 50 overs (Mohabbat 27, Iftekhar Hossain 27, Ashiqur 17, Hafizur 21, Shamim 32, Ashraful 2, Tahjibul 52*, Iftekhar Sajjad 14, Aridul 1*; Mohiuddin 10-0-35-1, Ariful 6-1-19-1, Mamun 8-0-35-0, Hashim 10-2-33-1, Sohag 10-0-42-1, Ghalib 5-0-27-1, Aich 1-0-11-0)
Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club: 207/3 in 34.1 overs (Mahfizul 74, Jasim 77, Shamsur 7, Salman 23*, Mamun 20*; Iqbal 3-0-23-0, Leon 5-0-16-0, Aridul 8-0-38-1, Iftekhar Hossain 4-0-36-0, Iftekhar Sajjad 4-0-25-0, Hafizur 3-0-17-0, Shamim 5-0-44-2, Ashraful 2.1-0-8-0).
Results: Rupganj Tigers Cricket Club won by 7 wickets.
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