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Abahani, Gazi in testy battle

Sports Reporter
The focus will be on the battle between defending champions Abahani and Gazi Tank when the Premier Division Cricket Super League gets underway today at three different venues.
The Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led Abahani will not only try to take a giant step forward towards retaining the title but will also seek to take revenge on Gazi Tank who have inflicted two consecutive defeats on their more exalted counterparts. Led by national captain
Mohammad Ashraful. Gazi beat Abahani in the on-going league's l\venty20 semifinal and also in the first phase. All this history will make for extra spice when the two lock horns at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur in the pick of the day's matches.
In the day's other games, Mohammedan without Sn Lanka great Sanath Jayasuriya will desperately try to take revenge of their first phase five-wicket defeat to keep in contention when they meet with second-placed Surjo Torun at Fatullah while Biman face off with l’artex at BKSP
Abahani is yet to recover from the injuryplague which saw them lose five frontline
FROM PAGE 17 bowlers in their last two big games against Mohammedan and Biman. But the holders still managed to go into the Super League with a four point advantage by winning both the matches.
True we lost both this season’s encounters against Gazi but I believe this lime we will turn the tables on them. We have been suffering from an injury problem but still I believe that we can win the match because we proved it by winning two big games without our main bowlers." said Mashrafe, who bowled off-spin in the last two games due to back pain.
I think the batsmen must do their job properly," he added.
On the other hand newcomers Gazi Tank, who have 12 points from 11 matches in the first phase, lost die rhythm once they had confirmed their Super League berth but Ashraful believes that his side
is now ready to bounce back from the losing streak.
"We were a little bit relaxed after confirmation of the Super League but we are now looking forward to get back into the rhythm. There is no injury problem in die team and we are hopeful that we can continue our success against Abahani," said Ashraful whose side thrashed the holders by eight wickets in the Iw enty20 match and registered a six-wicket victory in the 50- over match.
Ashraful expressed his satisfaction over the performance of the national batters in the first phase despite the fact only one batsman (Zunaed Siddiqui) made his way in the top-ten (with the national opener at number ten). Tigers vice-captain Mashrafe was however dissatisfied with theTigers showing.
"At least four batsmen should be in the list. I think the national players were far away from the expectations," said Mashrafe.