Mohammedan Sporting Club skipper Towhid Hridoy was handed a one-match suspension for his heated exchange with on-field umpires Tanvir Ahmed and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat in a Dhaka Premier League fixture against Abahani at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.
A revitalised Mohammedan top the table after the first phase for only the second time since the inaugural season of the BPL in 2007. They strung up an eight-match winning streak this season on their way to the top but it was snapped by newly-promoted Fakirerpool Young Men’s Club in their last match.
“On paper, Bashundhara Kings are a better side than Mohammedan and we are the underdogs,” said Mohammedan coach Alfaz Ahmed
The 34th edition of the tournament will get underway on December 26
This was Brothers’ second successive defeat as they had lost to the other group member Bangladesh Police FC by 2-0.
For over a decade, numerous clashes between Mohammedan and Abahani, which once attracted thousands and brought out the best of a fierce rivalry, have been held almost silently in front of nearly deserted stands. But today's Federation Cup final between the country's most crowd-pulling outfits has suddenly turned up the heat in the country's football fraternity.
Abahani players and officials broke out into wild celebrations after Tanjim Ahmed struck the runs that clinched the club's 22nd Dhaka Premier League (DPL) title following a four-wicket win over defending champions Sheikh Jamal in the final round of Super League games in Mirpur yesterday.
Abhani Limited overtake the target of 101 runs in 15.3 overs and in the process thump Mohammedan Sporting Club by five wickets in the Super League match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the BKSP-3, Savar.
Abahani's slim hopes of an unlikely passage to the final round of the AFC Cup were extinguished after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Maziya Sports and Recreation Club in Male yesterday.
Abahani's foreign recruit Yusuf Pathan begins his stint in the Dhaka Premier League on a good note as he hit a half-century to lead the Dhanmondi outfit to a crucial win.
Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan arrived in the capital last night to bolster Abahani ahead of today's crucial Dhaka Premier League encounter against Prime Bank Cricket Club at BKSP.
Mosaddek Hossain becomes the hero with an unbeaten 35-ball 57 and the batsman gives an interesting explanation about why he had taken off his helmet during the last over against pacer Forhad Reza, in which he went on to hit a four and six off the last two deliveries.
Mahmudul Hasan did not make as much impact as expected after his stint as captain of the Bangladesh Under-19 team. But he displayed his quality during his match-winning hundred against Abahani.
Mohammedan Sporting Club come up trumps in the prize fight with archrivals Abahani Limited as their bowlers set up a thumping eight-wicket victory in the Dhaka Premier League sixth-round match.
Sabbir Rahman’s scintillating hundred lifts his team Prime Bank Cricket Club to 318 for 9 against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at Mirpur.
Muktar Ali hit a six when four runs were needed off the last ball against Abahani in their Dhaka Premier League match at Mirpur. The day's other matches at Fatullah and Savar also went down to the wire in an entertaining day of the country's premier 50-over competition.
Playing for Abahani Limited against Kalabagan Krira Chakra, Bangladesh Test leg-spinner Jubair Hossain spun his way to six for 34 on the Dhaka Premier League's opening day, setting up a seven-wicket win for his side.
The ongoing heat wave is hitting the cricketers hard as they practise for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League. One of them is even hoping for rain in order to get some relief
Three double-hundreds in the last eight months in first-class cricket has earned Mosaddek the tag of Bangladesh cricket's "next big thing".
