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Chittagong on a winning streak thanks to Naeem's all-round prowess


Rajshahi need 192 runs to win. Durbar Rajshahi's innings did not start as it should have started to reach this goal. On the contrary, Taskin Ahmed's Rajshahi fell into a batting disaster after picking up 3 wickets for 20 runs. Jisan scored 4 runs, Mohammad Haris scored 9 runs and Yasir Ali scored 5 runs. Rajshahi could not stand up after this initial disaster. He lost wickets at regular intervals and was all out for 80 runs in 14.2 overs. Chittagong Kings won by 111 runs.

After losing two matches in a row, Chittagong Kings returned to the winning streak by defeating Rajshahi. With this victory, Chittagong is third in the league table with 10 points from 8 matches. And Rajshahi is number 5 with 6 points in 9 matches.

Before the end of the third over, Enamul Haque Vijay (21) and Akbar Ali tried to build resistance for Rajshahi, who were under pressure after losing three batters. But they could not go far. This pair broke when Akbar Ali departed after scoring 10 runs. Captain Enamul too departed after scoring 21 runs. Apart from these two, none of the Rajshahi batsmen could reach double figures of runs. Shariful and Naeem took 2 wickets each.

Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, Chittagong Kings made 191 runs for 8 wickets. The beginning was not good. The hosts lost the opener Usman Khan (7) by 8 runs. Then the resistance of Naeem Islam and Graham Clarke in the second wicket pair. They scored 84 runs off 51 balls. This pair was broken by the departure of Graham Clack. He scored 45 off 28 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes before getting out. Opener Naeem made fifty even though Clark could not make fifty. He made 56 off 41 balls before falling to Sanjamul. He has 5 fours and 3 sixes in this innings. Man of the match Naeem with 2 wickets with ball in addition to fifty.

Apart from Naeem and Clark, captain Mohammad Mithun scored 32 runs off 20 balls. Haider Ali scored 25 runs off 14 balls. Mithun scored 27 and 25 runs with Naeem for the third wicket and Hyder Ali for the fourth wicket to take the Chittagong Kings past the quarter century mark. Taskin Ahmed and Mohr Sheikh got 2 wickets each.



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