Chittagong went into bat on the first day by bowling out Rajshahi for 112 runs. But before the end of the day they lost 8 wickets. Chittagong went into bat on the second day on Sunday with a lead of 61 runs and batted well. With the bat of Shamim, their score stood at 252 runs. With that, Chittagong got a lead of 140 runs. After that, Rajshahi batted and collected 202 runs after losing 8 wickets. It remains to be seen how far he can go with two wickets in hand. Rajshahi has already taken a lead of 62 runs.
Chittagong bowled well in the first innings at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. They trapped Rajshahi by few runs. But they themselves fell into batting disaster. Earlier day unbeaten batsman Shamim Hossain Patwari was unbeaten with 84 runs today. His innings was arranged in 128 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. In that Chittagong leaves two and a half. In the eighth wicket, Shamim and Ashraful Hasan put on a partnership of 67 runs. After Ashraful got out for 10 runs, the innings of host Chittagong basically ended. With 61 runs the previous day, they took the lead by 79 runs today.
Among Rajshahi's bowlers, Sabbir Hossain took three wickets for 31 runs and Wasi Siddiqui took three wickets.
Rajshahi started their second innings trailing by 140 runs. Defeated by the speed of Chittagong pacer Ahmed Sharif, Rajshahi lost 8 wickets to score 202 runs at the end of the day. Many of Rajshahi's batsmen started well but could not make the innings bigger. Sabbir Hossain played the highest innings of 54 runs. Besides, Tanjid Hasan Tamim played an innings of 40 runs. They took a lead of 62 runs at the end of the day. Shakhir Hossain 42 and Walid 2 runs unbeaten.
Among Chittagong bowlers, Ahmed Sharif took 5 wickets for 47 runs. Apart from this, Ifran Hossain took two wickets and Naeem Hasan took one wicket each.
