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Tamim tears Gazi apart

Sports Reporter
Tamim Iqbal hit an explosive hundred as Abahani took sweet revenge against Gazi Tank with a massive 114-run victory’ in the opening match of the Premier Division Cricket Super League yesterday.
The dashing left-hander smashed 164 off 143 balls in an attacking display he is know for as the defending champions buried their opponents under a pile of runs with 344-7, the highest total in the ongoing league, at the Sher-e-Bangia National Stadium in Mirpur.
Tamim's bat talked a day after Bangladesh vice-captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza blasted the non-performing national batsmen saying that 'at least four batsmen should be in the list of top ten'. Tamim struck four fifties in the first phase and his first century was a music to the ears of Mashrafe, who is also the captain of Abahani.
Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful-led Gazi Tank, the newcomers who won both the Twentymo and first phase matches against the popular Dhanmondi outfit, were clueless in their chase of a towering target this time and were eventually restricted to 230-6 in their share of 50 overs.
The victory not only exacted a sweet revenge for Abahani but also provided them a giant step forward towards retaining the title as they kept their four points advantage over second-placed Surjo Torun and
Bangladesh Biman, both have also won their respective opening Super League encounters at different venues yesterday.
It was a day for the Chittagonian as the young national opener virtually made the opponent bowlers
helpless during his near-flawless innings that contained 18 boundaries and four sixes including two against Ashraful, who also conceded another couple of boundaries in one prodigal over that yielded 20 runs.
Tamim gave one chance
while on 74 but Ashraful failed to hold the high ball running from cover to point.
Abahani lost their first wicket with the scoreboard reading just 3 and were reduced to 53-2 in the 13th over. It did give little indication what was to follow. The innings picked the pace when Indian Rashmi Ranjan Parida joined Tamim to produce 158 runs for the third wicket.
Ranjan played some brilliant shots during a 70-ball 66 that featured seven boundaries. But he can be best described as the supporting actor to Tamim. When Tamim left, the scoreboard was reading 298-6 with another 4.3 overs remaining; an indication that the match as a contest was all but over at the halfway stage.
It could have been more befitting had the national opener not lost his composure after completing 150 and stayed their till the end in an attempt to achieve that elusive 200-mark.
"It was a good chance for me to make a double hundred," con-cededTamim after the match.
National pacer Rubel claimed three wickets for Gazi Tank but it cost him 74 runs in nine overs.
In reply, Gazi desperately needed a flying start but it never happened after both their openers Imrul Kayes and Mohammad Mithun made ducks.
Ashraful and Indian Pravanjan Mullick salvaged the early damages but they were never in a mood to chase that ever-increasing run rate.
Tamim tears
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Ashraful scored 69 off 79 balls with seven fours before offering a simple catch to Rony Talukdar at cover off a full toss from ’spinner- Mashrafe while Pravanjan added 38 off 60 balls.
Nayeem Islam was not out on 46 off 88 balls with a boundary only to reduce the margin of the defeat.
BRIEF SCORES
ABAHANI: 344-7 in 50 overs (Tamim 164, Rony 0, Imran 19, Ranjan 66, Sahagir 25, Mashrafe 15, Nasir 8. Nadif 26 not out, Sunny 12 not out extras 9; Rubel 3-74,Enamul2-66)
GAZI TANK: 230-6 in 50 overs (Kayes 0, Mithun 0, Nafis 13, Ashraful 69, Pravanjan 38. Nayeem 46 not out, Hasan 16, Mukter 39 not out extras 9; Shahadat 2-30, Mashrafe 2-53) Result Abahani won by 114 runs.