Results galore despite rain

Despite the rain halting the majority of the six games of the fourth round in the Dhaka Premier League T20 competition, all the matches eventually ended with a result yesterday.

Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club continued their unbeaten run in the league as they handed the second consecutive defeat to Shakib Al Hasan's Mohammedan Sporting Club by 22 runs on a six-over curtailed match at BKSP.

Doleshwar rode on the blistering start from the two openers Imran Uzzaman and Shamim Hossain to post 78 for 4 in six overs where Mohammedan in reply, ended up on 56 for 4.

Followed by a long wait due to rain, the match finally began with a flurry of sixes and fours by Imran who struck five sixes and two fours for his 14-ball 41 while Shamim remained unbeaten on 29 off 16 balls, thus Doleshwar had the momentum.

Mohammedan in reply, faced a double blow from pacer Shafiul Islam in the first over of the innings who removed Parvez Hossain and Shuvagata Hom- both out on a duck.

Shakib Al Hasan attempted a comeback with his 14-ball 21 before he became Shafiul's third victim and Mohammedan fell well short of the target eventually. With four wins in five games, Doleshwar sits at the top of the table with nine points while Mohammedan slips down with three wins and two defeats in five games.

Unlike Mohammedan, their archrival Abahani Limited returned to the winning ways, courtesy of skipper Mushfiqur Rahim's unbeaten fifty to register a seven-wicket win over Mahmudullah Riyad's Gazi Group.

Despite a flying start from the openers Soumya Sarkar and Mahedi Hasan, adding 78 runs for the opening stand in nine overs, things changed dramatically for Gazi afterwards.

Mahedi was the first to depart on 43 off 32 balls while Soumya scored his second consecutive fifty before being dismissed on 67 off fifty balls laced with two sixes and six fours.

Since then, Gazi kept losing wickets at regular intervals where Shohidul Islam and leg spinner Aminul Islam bagged two wickets each for the bowling side.

In reply at one point, Abahani were struggling on 48 for 3 inside nine overs, before Mushfiqur along with Mosaddek Hossain added an unbeaten, match-winning 105 runs on the fourth-wicket stand.

Mushfiqur's 53 off 35 balls included four boundaries and a six while Mosaddek's fifty off 28 balls featured three sixes and four boundaries as Abahani reached the target with two overs to spare.

Elsewhere, Prime Bank Cricket Club extended their winning run and registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.

Sheikh Jamal kept losing wickets at regular intervals right from the start and eventually posted 133 for 9 in 20 overs, courtesy of Sohrawardi Shuvo's 34. Pacers Mustafizur Rahman and Rubel Hossain grabbed two wickets each for the bowling side.

In reply Rony Talukdar top-scored with 48 while Anamul Haque added 35 runs to reach the target with ease as Prime Bank remains in second place with eight points in five games.

On the other three matches Brothers Union clinched a 33 runs win over Partex Sporting Club, Legends of Rupganj beat Shinepukur Cricket Club by 14 runs and Old DOHS Sports Club sealed a 16 run win over Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity.