Opener Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes stroked sparking half-centuries as Bangladesh Red cantered to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh Green in the four-day match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday.
Tamim made 77 off 87 balls while Imrul had an even better strike rate in his 82-ball 75 that catapulted Reds to 234 in little over 45 overs after they had dismissed Green for 237 runs in the second innings.
Shuvagoto Hom (45 not out) and Mushfiqur Rahim (26 not out) added 60 runs in their unbroken fourth-wicket partnership after opening pair fetched them 145 runs as the match ended shortly after the tea break.
Mohammad Ashraful is the only batsman to have missed out on a scoring opportunity having been dismissed for a duck in only the second ball he faced.
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| Bangladesh Red top scorer Tamim Iqbal (77) cuts the ball through the off-side against Bangladesh Green during the fourth and final day of their practice match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. |
Batting looked like a very easy job the moment Tamim and Imrul stepped in to chase down the target in little over two sessions on a surface that was offering uneven bounce from the third day.
They never looked back when the openers took them to 63-0 off nine overs at lunch with Tamim unbeaten on 27 and Imrul on 31.
The only blemish in their batting was a catch offered to Elias Sunny by Tamim off Robiul Islsm when the left-hander was on eight.
The catch was cleanly taken but Tamim stayed on as the umpire judged it as a no-ball. Apart from that Tamim’s innings was purely a treat to watch with two huge sixes and nine fours decorating it.
Tamim missed out on a deserved century when he was caught at mid-off by Naeem Islam off Sunny.
Imrul, on the other hand, never allowed himself to be overshadowed by Tamim and he played some delicate shots to score his second fifty in the game.
His innings, which followed a similarly impressive 85 runs in the first innings, contained three sixes and eight fours. A miscued hook shot off Shahadat brought an end to his innings with Naeem taking the catch at deep square-leg.
Earlier, Roqibul Hassan scored 72 from 147 balls to help Greens set a challenging target for the Reds to chase after they resumed their second innings at 174-6.
Roqibul, unbeaten on 48 overnight, added 24 runs as the Greens were all out for 237 runs after batting 16.1 overs in the morning session.
Mahmudullah took highest 3-44 for Reds in the second innings while left-arm spinner Sohrawardi Shuvo and Abdur Razzak claimed two wickets each.
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