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A Torun surprise

Sports Reporter
Surjo Tonin completed a near fairytale run in the Premier League in dashing style when they handed champions Abahani a four-wicket defeat at the BKSP in Savar yesterday.
The victory for the Dharunondi lightweights against their heavyweight neighbours meant that they finished runners-up, a success they have never achieved before in the coveted domestic club competition. The beauty of their success is that they have done it as a team when star-studded outfits like Mohammedan, Biman and Gazi Tank fell behind. Surjo Tonin's previous best success was a third position in 1999-2000.
The Toruns fought gamely under an ageless former national captain Khaled Mashud, who could not think of a better way to finish the campaign with a victory against a team that has just not only completed a hattrick of titles but had lost only one game in the league against Gazi Tarik before yesterday's defeat.
Young paceman Shafiul Islam shaped the victory in the final game with a four-wicket burst that saw Torun shoot their illustrious opponents out for 126 runs despite Indian Rashmi Ranjan Parida's unbeaten 76.
Torun than raced to 130 for six in 36.3 overs. Hannan celebrated his national recall for the Twenty20 World Cup preliminary camp with 33 and Rajin added unbeaten 35.
Surjo Torun had not been considered as a force during the players' transfers, where they didn't rope in any big names rather chose some hard-working players with an aim to reach the Super League.
"Abahani played brilliant cricket and they deserved the championship but what we did was exceptional- We could have done better if we had not lost two bad games against Old DOHS and Partex,'" said an excited former national and Torun skipper Mashud.
"We were never in the reckoning as a title contender but in the end we have proved that it's not big names rather the performance that counted. It's all about the players' commitment which helped us to achieve the best success for the club," he added. The former national stumper said that there was a good understanding among the players, which played pivotal role behind the success and he believe it happened because most of the players came from same region and had also,played for the same team in the national league.
"Can you believe we have only 13 contracted players in the squad for such a long competition? Still we beat everything including injury. There was good understanding because out of 13 players, nine came from Rajshahi division and you know the players from Rajshahi always give more than hundred per cent," said Mashud, who is a Rajshahi icon.
"You can't pick any individual performer in the team rather everybody played their part. Zunaed (Siddiqui), Hannan (Sarker), Rajin (Saleh) and myself always played our roles as senior player but some of our young players were out standing," said Mashud. The long-serving wicketkeeper-cum-batsman highly praised young paceman Shafiul, leg-spinner Sabbir Rahman and left-arm spinner Sanjamul Islam.
"I can see a bright future of country’s cricket because of the commitment of the players towards the game. Shafiul (Islam) impressed me most while Sabbir can be a very good all-rounder for us because he has got the potential," he said.
Mashud also praised the cricket-loving officials of the Surjo Torun Club but he advocated for more professionalism among the officials in the running of the club.
"I must say everybody is nice in the club but it should run professionally to be more successful and I hope they will put more emphasis on this issue after this year's success," said Mashud without elaborating.
BRIEF SCORES
ABAHANI: 126 all out in 36.3 overs (Tamim 2, Imran 0, Kamrul 5, Parida 76, Sahagir 0, Nadif 22, Sunny 4, Manosh 0, Talha 4, Biplob 0, Shahadat 5, extras 8; Shafiul 4-14, Sanjamul 2-26, Sabbir Rahman 3-32) SURJO TORUN: 130 for 6 in 36.3 overs (Saeed 20, Zunaed 6, Hannan 33, Rajin 35 not out, Mashud 0, Sabbir 10, Anisur 21, Shafiul 4 not out, extra 1; Shahadat 2-27, Manosh 1-27, Biplob 2-21, Imran 1-7)
Result: Surjo Torun won by four wickets.