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Abahani back with a bang

Sports Reporter
Revenue is always sweet. And for Abahani it was more than mere revenge yesterday ■■ as they grounded
Bangladesh Biman. the high flying cricket team of the na tional airline by a huge margin of seven wickets in a vital encounter of the Premier league at the Dhaka Stadium.
Meeting the same opponents for the second time in a week. Abahani who were smarting under their ignominious first round defeat to Bangladesh Biman highlighted by their record low score of 43. transformed nightmare into a crescendo of success in the super league encounter of the two teams.
Apart from really lighting up tneir way to the target of regaining the Premier title, yesterday's win. among other things saw the welcome return to form of the talented cricketer Al Shahriar Rokon.
The gangling right-hander . who opened the innings with Javed Omar Belim Golla, scored a polished 67 as Abahani. chasing a fighting Biman total of 205 in the stipulated 50 overs, collected 207/3 with 19 balls to spare.
Rokon'S first half century after a prolonged spell of runless-ness in the league not only gave the young cricketer a much needed boost to regain his confidence but also gave the otherwise indifferent Abahani batting line-up a look of solidity.
He shared 84 runs for the first wicket wicket with Javed in 23.3 overs to lay the foundation for Abahani before Javed fell for a gritty 23 off 55 balls. Alter the departure of Javed . Rokon added another 42 runs for the second wicket with Pakistani Gulam Ali before Hasanuzzaman ended his 108-ball vigil in the 33rd over.
In nis unusually longish 150-minute stay at the crease. Rokon hammered eight boundaries while Gulam All. who featured in an enterprising partnership of 39 runs for the third wicket with skipper Akram Khan, fell eight short of what would have been a well-deserved half century.
The Pakistani right-hander fell to a magnificent catch by Mizanur Rahman Babul, who ran across the wicket some twenty yards from mid-on to long-off to complete a one-handed diving catch.
But Biman's success on the day ended at that point as Akram and an experienced Monirul Haq took their time to complete a resounding victory without any further damage. The burly Akram remained unbeaten on a 46-ball 35 while Pakistani Monirul Haq. who remained, not out on 16. brought up the victory with a straight drive off his compatriot Nasir Shawkat.
Earlier . the Biman total was built around two half centuries by their Pakistani recruits Mansoor Akhter and Nasir Shawkat.
Mansoor . who came into bat at number four with Biman limping at 17/2, hammered an entertaining 73 off 110 balls. The former Pakistan international stuck to his gun at one end while wickets kept tumbling at the other . He hit nine
fours and a massive sixer in his chanceless innings. Mansoor was eventually out in the 45th over . leaving Blman at a not -so- promising 161/7.
On the other hand, Nasir Shawkat scored a breezy 55 off 43 deliveries embellished with three fours and a six to help Biman achieve a fairly moderate total.
For Abahani Iqbal with three for 20 In his ten economic overs did an outstanding Job .
His pace partners Zakir Hossain and Gulam All evenly shared four wickets. Incidentally. both the seamers conceded an identical 49 runs in their quota of 10 pvers.
With this win; Abahani joined Kalabagafr and’ Biman । iq the rather crowded second spot in the points table, hll'hay-ing collected 20 points from 13 outings. Brothers however top the chart to date with 22 points.