Great six to Sabbir Hossain over deep mid-wicket. Anamul Haque Bijoy of Abahani Limited went from 99 to 105 runs in one jump. Bijoy, who scored a record run the last season, scored a century in the first match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPRDCL). Despite getting a victory century, Naeem Sheikh was upset against Brothers Union on Thursday (March 16). Left the field regretting the century miss for 15 runs. Abahani scored 326 runs for 7 wickets on the back of Vijay’s century and Naeem-Afif’s half-century at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Bijoy scored the maximum run of 113 off 118 balls. This right-handed opener batsman has arranged 6 four-six innings. This is the sixteenth century of victory in List A cricket. Abahani is in rhythm right from the start. 157 runs came from the pair of Bijoy-Naeem. The pair broke when Naeem got out after scoring 85 runs off 74 balls. Naeem’s innings had 12 fours and 1 six.

Afif also scored a half-century. He scored 65 runs off 47 balls. In the end, the storm of Mosaddek Hossain Saikat-Zaker Ali Anik spread three hundred houses. Mosaddek returned with 46 runs off 27 balls but Anik was unbeaten on 26 runs off just 11 balls. Sabbir Hossain took a maximum of three wickets for the Brothers.

“I will play as long as I am fit,” said Naeem Islam. The right-handed batsman found joy in this mantra of 22 yards. The experienced batsman is leaving the fountain of happy runs. Today, Sunday (February 26), Naeem scored his 30th century in first-class cricket. Naeem scored 107 runs for BCB North Zone against Islami Bank on the second day of the third round of the ongoing BCL. The batsman was unbeaten on 75 runs the previous day. He picked up the century in the morning session. The batsman returned to the dressing room after scoring 107 runs in 9 boundaries off 300 balls. North Zone declared the innings by picking up 378 runs for 9 wickets in his century. Only Tushar Imran is ahead of Naeem in first-class cricket. Tushar, who retired from first-class cricket with 11,972 runs, scored 32 centuries. Naeem is chasing him with a 30-century. The 36-year-old cricketer is also waiting to touch the milestone of 10,000 runs. Naeem’s runs in 162 first-class matches are 9,823.