& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Victoria baffle Brothers

Sports Reporter
Victoria Sporting Club pulled off the first upset in this year's Janakan-iha Premier Division Cricket League when they handed Brothers Union .i two-wicket defeat at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
The bogey team of big guns had already sounded a warning when they gave Mohammedan a real scare before going down by only seven runs in their opening match.
Clearly upbeat following that near miss, the spirited Victoria caught Brothers by the scruff ol the neck In an exciting and high-scoring affair.
A collective effort from the youthful side ensured that they topple Brothers' fighting total of 237 for seven with 238 for eight. Victoria needed five runs from the last over. Number ten Ziaul pushed the first ball of seamer Ahmed Kamal for a single and veteran Pakistani allrounder Zahid Ahmed hit the next delivery for four through the mid-wicket boundary.
But the underdogs should thank skipper Sabblr Khan, who was responsible for changing lhe complexion of the game by hilling two big sixes in one productive over of off-spinner Sanwar Hossain that yielded 17 runs. The gangling young man. who captured lour wickets in the first match, demonstrated his batting prowess with a 25-ball 31 The little cameo of Sab-bir provided the much-needed thrust for Victoria to take the match way from the firm grip Brothers.
Sabbfr featured in a decisive 50-run fifth wicket partnership which came off only 37 wiln Rashed Hanlf after opener Sajjad Ahmed and one-dowm Nu-ruzzaman had given Victoria a solid start.
Sajjad, the enigmatic right hander fell two runs short of what could have been a swash-buc kltng fifty while Nuruzza-man scored a disciplined 80-ball 50 The two apart. Pakistani lobal Sheikh, who hammered two massive sixes in his 66-bal) knock, chipped with an Invaluable 48.
For Rashed Hanif. another Pakistani recruit of Victoria, it was an emotional battle against his elder brother and former Pakistan international Aamir Hanif. and Rashed fared better than his more experienced sibling Rashed scored a fighting 26 agatnsi Aamirs unimpressive mne
Although Aamir lost out. compatriot Shahed Mehmud lived up to his reputation with a virtuoso all-round show.
The Lahore-based leg-spln-ner who is also known for his hard-hitting, hammered a breezy unbeaten 52 ofi only 37 deliveries as Brothers recovered from a jumpy start. Mehmud also captured four wickets lor 36 in his 10 economical overs.
The Gopibagh outfit faltered early when their in-iorm opener Shahriar Hossain and half-centurion from the last match Jahangir Alam both departed before reaching double figures.
National opener Shahriar made only seven before he ol fered a simple return catch lo left-arm spinner Biplob Sarkei The southpaw, who shared the new ball with Shahnewaz. also dismissed Jahangir for two.
Bilob returned with impres sive figures of 2/38 irom his nine overs.
The high point of the Broth ers innings was a brilliant 98 by young Ehsanul Haq. The fighting right-hander missed the magical three-figure mark when he got carried away by a sudden rush of blood.
Ehsan charged down the wicket against slow left-armer Zahid but missed the flight and was smartly stumped by wicket keeper Aftabul Islam Kamu.
Ehsanul hammered five fours in his 135-ball vigil at the crease before becoming the sixth batsman
out in the 48th over.
The defeat at the nascent stage of the league should come as a blow for Brothers who are serious challengers of the coveted title.