Amite Hasan struck the first double century of the ongoing National Cricket League to put Sylhet in a strong position against Khulna on the second day of their fourth round match at the Cox鈥檚 Bazar Academy Ground on Sunday.聽
Resuming the day on 244-3, Amite converted his overnight score into 213, facing 455 deliveries that included 18 fours and a six.聽
He built a strong partnership of 251 runs with Asadulla Al Galib, who contributed 115 runs, including seven fours and three maximums.
Mahedi Hasan got rid of Galib and finished with (4-152), and then Amite followed him before Sylhet declared their innings on 496-7.
Khulna reached 3-0 at the close of the day鈥檚 play.聽
Dhaka Division came strong against Dhaka Metro鈥檚 first innings total of 304, finishing the day on 254-6, still trailing Metro by 50 runs at the Sylhet Academy Ground.
Shuvagata Hom and Nazmul Islam Apu were batting on 60 and 21 runs, respectively.
Rony Talukdar also contributed 53, while Taibur Rahman scored 39.
Earlier in the day, Metro could add only 71 runs to their overnight score as Shuvagata (4-62) and Anamul (4-67) cleaned up the lower order in the first hour.
Shamsur Rahman Shuvo scored the highest 86, while wicketkeeper-batter Tahjibul Isam made 63 runs.
After dismissing Rangpur for 189, Rajshahi stumbled upon an identical total in their first innings at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi.
At stumps, Rangpur reached 83-4. Earlier, Rajshahi batters Sabbir Hossain (47) and Wasi Siddiquee (39) got their desired start but failed to make it big.
Md Rizwan claimed three wickets, while Tanbir Hayder and Robiul Hoque picked up two wickets apiece.
Yasir Ali (81) and Shahadat Hossain Dipu (64) forged an unbeaten 141-run partnership, lifting Chattogram from 61-3 to 202-3 in response to Barishal鈥檚 first innings total of 318 at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium.
Chattogram were still trailing by 116 runs at the end of the second day鈥檚 play.
Earlier, Moin Khan (77) and Tasamul Haque (53) half-centuries helped Barishal cross the 300-run mark.聽
Ashraful Hasan returned 4-68, and Enamul Hoque Ashiq claimed 3-31.
