As Kalabagan took the pitch against Prime Bank in the Dhaka Premier League, many eyes were on Mohammad Ashraful. However, despite getting a good start, he got out for 14 from 16 balls as none of the rest of the top-order batsmen could come up with inspirational performances.

The start itself was poor for Kalabagan as their opening batsmen Tasamul Haque Rubel and Md. Jasiuddin couldn’t do much, with the former actually scoring 17 from 59 balls. That slowed down the team from the very beginning and created pressure on them to score quick.

As a result, the rest of the batsmen had to play with a faster rate and they somewhat crumbled, with the exception of Taibur Rahman Parvez and Mahmudul Hasan Limon, who made from 45 from 79 and 50 from 68 respectively.

Shahadat Hossain’s cameo of 13 from 8 balls should also be mentioned here as it helped the team reach 172 for 8 after 50 overs.

For the Prime Bank bowlers, Delwar Hossain was the pick of the lot with 3 wickets in 10 overs after conceding just 32 runs. He was well-supported by Shariful Islam’s brace and Al Amin Jr’s and Ariful Haque’s single wicket each.

Prime Bank now need 173 runs to win.