Bangladesh: Tarun back on track (15 January 1999)

15 January 1999

Bangladesh: Tarun back on track

Our Sports Reporter

After two successive defeats Surjo Tarun Club returned to winning ways with an emphatic 119-run win over babes Sadharan Bima in their Janakantha Premier Division cricket league encounter at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Chasing a mammoth Surjo Tarun overnight total of 428, the insurancemen could muster 309 for the loss of eight wickets in the stipulated 80 overs, thanks to one-down Mintu who hammered highest 92.

Coming to bat at number three, Mintu shared in a 115-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Indian middle-order Rajinder Singh to help his side to respectability after they lost three quick wickets inside 20 overs with the scoreboard reading 59.

The partnership was broken when Rajinder fell one run short of what would have been a well-deserved half-century. The Delhi-based all-rounder crossed 500 runs in the league before being caught behind off a left-arm spinner Enamul Haque delivery. In his 67-ball innings, Rajinder, who has two centuries and as many fifties under his belt, hit six fours.

Three overs later Mintu's stubborn three-hour vigil finally ended when he was given leg before to Pakistani leg-spinner Nadeem Nazar. Mintu faced 139 balls hammering two huge sixes and 13 boundaries.

Even some lusty blows by lower middle-order Totam (58 off 22 balls) that included eight boundaries, could not raise Bima's spirits as they fell well short of their target.

For Surjo Tarun, Enamul and veteran all-rounder Athar Ali shared six wickets conceding 41 and 64 runs respectively.

It was Surjo Tarun's fifth victory in eight matches while Bima suffered their sixth defeat from the same number of outings.

Result: Surjo Tarun won by 119 runs.

Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)