Shinepukur Cricket Club advanced to the semi-finals of the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPDCL) T20 defeating Mohammedan by 22 runs on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Shinepukur won the toss and posted a challenging 192 for four. Mohammedan managed to score 170/9 in 20 overs.
Shinepukur also won the first match against Legends of Rupganj. And with back-to-back wins, they have advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament as the first team.
Shuvagata Hom was the best batsman for Shinepukur. He struck unbeaten 58 off 18 balls. Along the way, he reached 50 off 16 deliveries which is now the record of quickest fifty for a Bangladeshi batsman in T20 cricket. He hit four fours and six sixes.
Towhid Hridoy also hit a fifty for Shinepukur. He remained unbeaten at 66 off 41 balls. He hit four fours and as many as sixes. Afif Hossain and Mohammad Rakib also contributed with the bat hitting 25 and 22 respectively.
Alauddin Babu, Qazi Onik, Nihaduzzaman and Saqlain Sajib took one wicket each for Mohammedan.
Chasing the target, Mohammedan managed 46 in the opening stand of Avishek Mitra and Abdul Mazid. Avishek fell for 19 while Mazid struck 33 off 20 deliveries.
Mohammedan failed to exploit this start as the lost five wickets before crossing 100-run mark. Mohammad Ashraful, the former captain of Bangladesh, hit 21 off 20.
