Gazi Group Cricketers beat Abahani by 27 runs in their second Super League match in the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) Thursday.
At the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP), Gazi Group posted 276/6 on the back of fifties by Mahmudul Hasan, Farhad Hossain and Dhruv Shorey.
For Abahani, Tanvir Islam bagged three wickets, and Kamrul Islam Rabbi took two.
In reply, Abahani were all out for 249. Munim Shahriar, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mosaddek Hossain hit a fifty each.
In this round of Super League, Legends of Rupganj beat Prime Bank Cricket Club by three wickets, and Sheikh Jamal beat Rupganj Tigers by four wickets to secure top place in the table.
Sheikh Jamal have earned four points in the Super League with two wins in as many matches.
Prime Bank's Anamul Haque Bijoy scored 73 Thursday. With this, he became the highest run-scorer in a single season of DPL after the tournament got List A status in 2013. He surpassed Saif Hassan's 814 runs in 2019.
Anamul now has 878 runs under his belt in 12 matches this season, with two centuries and seven fifties.
He also hit 36 sixes – the highest by any batter this season.