
Great six to Sabbir Hossain over deep mid-wicket. Anamul Haque Bijoy of Abahani Limited went from 99 to 105 runs in one jump. Bijoy, who scored a record run the last season, scored a century in the first match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPRDCL). Despite getting a victory century, Naeem Sheikh was upset against Brothers Union on Thursday (March 16). Left the field regretting the century miss for 15 runs. Abahani scored 326 runs for 7 wickets on the back of Vijay’s century and Naeem-Afif’s half-century at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Bijoy scored the maximum run of 113 off 118 balls. This right-handed opener batsman has arranged 6 four-six innings. This is the sixteenth century of victory in List A cricket. Abahani is in rhythm right from the start. 157 runs came from the pair of Bijoy-Naeem. The pair broke when Naeem got out after scoring 85 runs off 74 balls. Naeem’s innings had 12 fours and 1 six.
Afif also scored a half-century. He scored 65 runs off 47 balls. In the end, the storm of Mosaddek Hossain Saikat-Zaker Ali Anik spread three hundred houses. Mosaddek returned with 46 runs off 27 balls but Anik was unbeaten on 26 runs off just 11 balls. Sabbir Hossain took a maximum of three wickets for the Brothers.