On the first day at the Shahid Chandu Stadium in Bogra, Suman Khan was the top scorer, and his teammate Enamul Haque scored on the second day yesterday. Rajshahi lost to Dhaka in the sixth round by an innings and 11 runs in one and a half days due to the great bowling of the two pacers. Dhaka won by an innings and won the title fight. They earned 9 points including bonus in this match. With 2 wins and 4 draws in six matches, Shubhagat's home team has reached the second position in the table with 25 points.
In the first innings, Rajshahi was all out for 42 runs against 7 wickets, including Suman's hat-trick. Dhaka could not facilitate. They were all out for 181 runs. After falling behind by 139 runs, Rajshahi was bowled out for 128 runs in the second innings. Enamul took 5 wickets. Dhaka's pacer is also the highest wicket taker in the league with 32 wickets in 6 matches.
Dhaka is only 4 points away from Sylhet. They still have one match left. 29 points of Sylhet, who is at the top after 5 matches. In the sixth round against Barisal, at the end of the second day, Sylhet scored 217 runs for 6 wickets in three fifty. Mubin Ahmed Disan 53, skipper Amit Hasan 56 and Nasum Ahmed returned with 53 runs. Before that, Barisal added 46 more runs from 258 runs for 7 wickets on the first day in the first innings. That is, their innings stopped at 304 runs. Sylhet is still behind them by 87 runs. If they lose, the road to the title will be difficult for them.
In response to Khulna's 204 runs at the Sylhet Academy Ground, Chittagong scored 220 runs in the first innings on Parvez Hossain Emon's century. Eamon scored the first century of his career in first-class cricket, stopping at 107 runs off 139 balls. There were 19 fours and 1 six in the innings. Left-arm pacer Mehdi Hasan Rana 5 wickets for Khulna. After trailing by 16 runs, Khulna scored 56 runs for 1 wicket at the end of the day, their lead stood at 40.
Dhaka Metropolis got a huge collection of 475 runs in the first innings against Rangpur at Cox's Bazar Academy ground. Naeem Sheikh, who was unbeaten on 153 runs yesterday, returned with 180 runs today. Interestingly, except wicketkeeper Mim Mosaddek, Rangpur used 10 players in the XI for bowling. At the end of the day, Rangpur scored 32 runs for 2 wickets.
