Chittagong Division v Khulna Division – National Cricket League – Match Update
Khulna Division maintained their winning streak in the ongoing National Cricket League by securing their third consecutive victory – a massive 299-run win against the Chittagong Division, during their first-class match played from November 9 to 12 at the
Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra. The victory sees Khulna at the top of the tournament points table – Chittagong Division, meanwhile, are currently at number 6.
The match kicked off with the Chittagong Division winning the toss and choosing to field first. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sheikh-Tushar-Imran-c89942 (79), Ziaur Rahman (77), Dolar
Mahmud (70), Imrul Kayes (51), and Soumya Sarkar (44) all chipped in with solid performances, to get their team up to a decent first innings total of 416 before they were all out on the second day of play.
Chittagong attempted to put up a fight, but Khulna skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Razzak-c41688’s record 9 for 84 – the best bowling figures registered during an innings in Bangladeshi domestic cricket – overshadowed their efforts completely. Faisal Hossain (92), Chittagong skipper
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nafees-Iqbal-Khan-c77133 (54), and Aftab Ahmed (49) were the only batsmen who contributed fighting totals – however, unsupported by the rest of the batting order, their efforts went in vain and they were eventually snapped up by Razzak. The Khulna skipper all but single-handedly
reduced the Chittagong Division to 307 on the second day, all out.
Emboldened by the captain’s superb show, Khulna appeared all but invincible during their second innings, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160 drove the innings with his unbeaten 127, and was aided in his efforts
by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ziaur-Rahman-c98624 (52), and Soumya Sarkar (33). Together, they got the team up to 343 at the expense of 5 wickets, after which they declared on the third day of play.
Chasing 453, Chittagong found themselves unequal to the challenge. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdullah-Al-Mamun-c41660 (13), and Mahbubul
Karim (12) – made it past the double-digit mark. The final day of the match saw the Chittagong Division succumbing, all out, at 153, with Khulna going on to claim a comprehensive 299-run win.
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