The two eternal rivals started their game with Mohammedan winning the toss and bowling first. They started well as they took the wicket of U19 captain Saif Hassan, who could only make two runs.

After that, however, Anamul Haque Bijoy and Nazmul Hossain Shanto picked up the innings to form a solid partnership. Bijoy, in particular, continued his fine form and scored yet another 50 in the tournament.

He racked up 63 runs before losing his wicket to Taijul Islam. Meanwhile, Mohammad Mithun raced to 47 before getting run out. Nasir, however, kept up the good work done by Bijoy and Mithun as he has scored 67 from 73 balls.

Mashrafe Mortaza, on the other end, smashed a 17-ball 26 to ensure a standard total of 259 runs.

For the bowlers, Mohammad Azim took 3 wickets while Subashis Roy, Bipul Sharma, Qazi Onik, Taijul Islam and Enamul Haque got a wicket each.

In response, Mohammedan never really had a chance. The Talukdar brothers opened, but Jony fell after scoring a single run. Indeed, almost every player fell quickly with only three players reaching double figures.

Rony Talukdar, Irfan Sukkur and Raqibul Hasan scored 35, 40 and 28 to help the team overcome the 100 run barrier as Mohammedan ended up with 147 runs on board. Mashrafe Mortaza and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took three wickets, while MS Gony took two and Sunzamul and Taskin Ahmed took a scalp each to complete the demolition.

Scores:

Abahani Limited – 259 all-out after 49.4 overs
Mohammedan – 147 all-out after 30.4 overs