Chattogram Challengers secured their second victory in three matches in the Bangladesh Premier League, beating Durdanto Dhaka by six wickets at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Monday.
Pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain continued his good run of form as he claimed 2/15 in four overs to help the port city outfit restrict Dhaka to 136/8.
Opener Tanzid Hasan struck a 40-ball 49 to set up the platform and Afghanistan recruit Najibullah Zadran finished off the proceedings with an unbeaten 19-ball 32 as Chattogram chased down the target with 10 deliveries to spare.
Chattogram beat defending champions Comilla Victorians by seven wickets in the first match before conceding a four-wicket defeat to Khulna Tigers in the second game.
Al-Amin broke through with the wicket of Saif Hasan (nine) before he forced Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka (one) to retire hurt.
But it came as a blessing in disguise for the capital city side who were struggling to rotate the scoreboard.
After they slumped to 33/4, Gunathilaka's concussion replacement Lasith Croospulle saved them from firther blushes by hitting 46 off 31 with three fours and two sixes.
Irfan Sukkur complemented him with 27 to help Dhaka go past 100.
Taskin Ahmed with nine-ball 15 was the other contributor.
Bilal Khan who ripped through Dhaka's middle-order ended with 2/28 to play a perfect foil to Al-Amin.
Avishka Fernando (12) got the chase off to a flying start, clubbing in-form Shoriful Islam for three boundaries before the pacer took sweet revenge by trapping him leg-before in the last ball of the opening over.
Shoriful also got the better of Imranuzzman (one) in his second over but Tanzid and Shahadat Hossain Dipu put the side on top, adding 53 for the third wicket.
Usman Qadir broke the partnership, dismissing Dipu for 22 and few overs later Taskin had Tanzid caught by Alex Ross after he struck five fours and one six in his knock.
Tanzid's dismissal gave Dhaka a glimmer of hope as Chattogram still needed 32 off 27.
The belief was further bolstered when Qadir gave away just one run in the 17th over.
However, Zadran demonstrated his big hitting prowess and more importantly showed a template of how to sign things off in Twenty20 cricket.
With Dhaka seeking another economical over, Zadran came down heavily on Chaturanga de Silva for 14 runs, including two sixes, in the 18th over before putting the country's best bowler at this moment, Shoriful, to the sword to chase down the target with incredible ease.
5TH MATCH
Durdanto Dhaka 136/8 (Croospulle 46, Al Amin 2/15) lost to Chattogram Challengers 137/4 in 18.2 overs (Tanzid 49, Najibullah 32) by 6 wickets