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Ashraful’s unbeaten 103 and middle-order batsman Taibur Rahman’s 82 enabled Kalabagan, batting first, to recover from a shaky start. Kalabagan eventually posted 246 on the board for the loss of five wickets in their stipulated 50 overs. Ashraful slammed eight boundaries and two over boundaries. Right-arm medium pacer Soumya Sarkar picked up two wickets for Agrani Bank. In reply, Agrani Bank chased down the target with relative ease thanks to Shahriar’s 109 off 142 balls, featuring 13 fours and a couple of sixes. The effort was complemented by No 3 batsman Salman Hossain’s 83 as Agrani Bank reached the shore in 45.5 overs. Opening bowler Nahid Hasan and Ashraful bagged two wickets apiece for Kalabagan.BRIEF SCOREAgrani Bank 250/4 in 45.5. overs (Shahriar 109, Ashraful 2/38) beat Kalabagan 246/5 (Ashraful 103*, Taibur 82) by six wickets FRIDAY'S MATCHESSuper LeagueRupganj v Khelaghar, FatullahSk Jamal v Gazi Group, MirpurAbahani v Doleshwar, BKSP 3All the games will start at 9am RELEGATION LEAGUETeams M W L Pts NRRAgrani Bank 12 5 7 10 -0.266Brothers 11 4 7 8 -0.237Kalabagan 12 2 10 4 -0.651
