The last round on May 13 was supposed to determine only the formality of the event. Abahani Ltd. was supposed to win and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club was supposed to lose. But it turned out the other way around. Sheikh Jamal won in today’s fourth round of the Super League, defeating Abahani. Both teams had equal points, 26, at the end of 15 matches. This means that Abahani and Sheikh Jamal will face each other in the “final” at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on May 13.

In a rain-affected match at BKSP, Abahani lost to Gazi Group Cricketers by 6 wickets. Abahani batted first and scored 246 runs in 47.2 overs. However, the team did not have a great start! Anamul Haque and Mohammad Naim’s opening partnership scored 90 runs in just 17 overs. Naim scored 61 runs off 64 balls and became the first victim of Gazi Group’s spinner Tipu Sultan. From there, Abahani lost wickets and was all out for 156 runs. Tipu’s contribution was significant. In the Bangladesh U-19 team, Tipu took 4 wickets for 47 runs in 10 overs in four matches in the 2018 Youth One-Day International (ODI) series. This was his first four-wicket haul in his 38-match List A career. In Abahani’s innings, Mahmudul Hasan scored the second-highest 48 runs. Opener Anamul scored 43 runs. Asadullah Ghalib top-scored for Gazi Group with 85 runs.

After scoring 209 runs for 4 wickets in 41 overs, Gazi Group’s innings was interrupted by rain. When the rain stopped, the match resumed and Gazi Group achieved the target of 214 runs in 45 overs. They needed 5 runs in just 5 balls to secure the seventh victory in the league.

In the match against Legends of Rupganj at Fatullah, Sheikh Jamal scored 350 runs for 5 wickets. Opener Saif Hassan scored 108 runs off 81 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes, the highest individual score. Apart from Saif, Nurul Hasan (77 off 62 balls), Jahurul Islam (64 off 42 balls), and Parvez Rasool (51 off 25 balls) also contributed to the team’s total. Jahurul and Parvez added 71 runs in an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership in just 39 balls. Jahurul got out after scoring 4 fours and Parvez hit 3 sixes.

Rupganj managed to score 255 runs for 7 wickets in 46.1 overs before the rain interrupted the game. Sheikh Jamal was leading with 59 runs at that time