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Dhanmondi club promoted to Premier League |
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March 25, 2000
Dhanmondi
Club will return to the Premier Cricket League after a long time
when they booked one of the two promotion berths from First Division
Cricket League. In
their last league match on Friday. Dhanmondi defeated Khelaghar SKS by
four wickets at Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium to push their tally to 24
points. It
was Dhanmondi's 12th win in the run which guaranteed them a place among
the elite clubs for the next season. On
22 points, Young Cricketers are the best bet to reserve the remaining
promotion spot. They have two matches in hand and a victory against
Eskaton Sabuj Sangha today will also see them through to the Premier
League. They are also in a better place to seal the championship
with a hundred percent record from now on. For
Damal Smriti champions Khelaghar, it was a bitter campaign in the end.
They maintained a superb record in the first phase but stumbled in the
six-team super league to lose their comfortable lead.
They finished their 16 matches with 20 points. In
the day's encounter, a magnificent hundred by Khelaghar captain Raju went
down the drains as they failed to build up a challenging total. After
being put into bat. Khelaghar survived from early disaster to score 218
for six with opener Raju scoring 114 off 111 balls. In reply, Dhanmondi
raced to 219 for six in 42.3 overs. Raju,
who hit 11 boundaries and two sixes during his 143 minute knock, lost two
batsmen with just three runs on board. Raju and Sabuj took the score to
109 before the latter was sent back for 27 made with five fours. Raju
was the fifth man out. bowled by Sumon in the 34th over. He left his side
at 177-5 but his teammates put on a frustrating show after his departure,
adding only 41 runs in the final 16 overs. Dhanmondi
openers Anis and Setu rattled 55 runs inside nine overs while a solid
middle order performance helped them wrap up the show with more than seven
overs to spare. Skipper Anis scored a quick fire 38 off 41 balls while
Sumon Barua contributed a strokeful 47 from 67 deliveries, featuring eight
hits to the fence. Dickens
however, top scored 54 which included nine fours in undefeated 61balls Brief
Scores
Khelaghar
: 218-6 in 50 overs Dhanmondi
: 219-6 in 42.3 overs
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