Mohammad Farooq, Sports Correspondent: Chittagong City Corporation XI finally saw victory in CJKS-Ispahani Premier Cricket League. They defeated Shahid Shahjahan Sangh by 42 runs in their 9th match held at MA Aziz Stadium in Nagar on Wednesday (May 08) and entered their name in the points list of the league.
As a result of this victory, at the end of the 9th round of the league, City Corporation collected 1 win and 8 defeats in 9 matches and 3 points in Shahid Shahjahan Sangh’s collection 2 wins and 7 defeats in 9 matches.
The fate of the match was decided in 21 overs as a result of the delay in the start of the game as the ground was unfit for play due to rain. After winning the toss, batsman Arif Razor Sarboch scored 41 off 25 balls, 30 off 17 balls by Sawbin Uddin Tauseef, 25 off Shariful Islam Pabel and 24 runs off 19 balls by Md Asiq Ul Alam Naeem to score 144 runs for 6 wickets in 21 overs. Chittagong City Corporation XI.
In the match, Navin Islam of Shaheed Shahjahan Sangh got 2 wickets and Ismail Hossain Anik, Sahanur Rahman and Mamtazul Huda got 1 wicket each.
In response to 144 runs, the batsmen of Shaheed Shahjahan Sangh could not take advantage. They were bowled out for 102 runs in 17.5 overs through a series of wickets falling. Abdul Qadir scored 22 runs for the team. As a result, City Corporation XI won by 42 runs after a long wait. For the team, Tanvir Hossain took 3 wickets and Riyad Ahmed, Sajjad Hossain and Habibun Nabi Sohail took 2 wickets each.
Ispahani will face Sporting Club- Agrabad Naozwan in the last match of 9th round of CJKS-Ispahani Premier Cricket League at MA Aziz Stadium on Thursday morning.
After a 1-day break on Friday, April 10, the first important match of the 10th round of the title fight will begin on Saturday, April 11.
