Dhaka Metro beat Chattogram by five wickets while newly crowned champions Sylhet are on the verge of suffering their first defeat of the season against Rajshahi after the completion of the third day of the final round of NCL on Monday.聽
Chattogram were folded for 246 in the second innings at the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi as left-arm spinner Arif Ahmed took five wickets while Abu Hider took two.
Metro then chased down the target of 139 runs in 29.5 overs with Aich Molla top-scoring with 42.聽
Khulna pacer Mehedi Hasan Rana ran havoc on Rangpur at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna to take 7-31 runs as the latter was bowled out for 133 runs in the first innings. Khulna were leading by 117 runs at the end of the day.聽
Barishal were leading by 186 runs against Dhaka at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra after the latter declared their first innings on 310-9.
Fazle Mahmud and Moinul Islam each hit fifty while Moin Khan remained unbeaten on 30 at the end of the day.聽
At the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, Sylhet suffered a dramatic collapse while chasing 201 runs.
From 81-2, they became 139-8 despite captain Amite Hasan top scored with 71 runs. Nihad Uz Zaman took four wickets while Shafiqul Islam grabbed two.聽
Sylhet still required 59 runs with two wickets remaining.聽