A brilliant hattrick by Afghan forward Amiruddin Sharifi guided Bangladesh Police FC to their 3rd victory of the season in football's top flight league competition, the 12-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), as they outplayed newcomers Swadhinata KS by 4-2 goals on Monday. Police FC now sit pretty in 5th spot on the BPL table, just a point behind 4th-placed Ctg Abahani.  Before the Sharifi show in the second half, German attacking midfielder Adil Kouskous gave Police FC the lead scoring the  first goal  in the 26th minute at Muktijoddha Smriti Stadium in Rajshahi this afternoon. It remained 1-0 going into the break, but Sharifi struck his first just 4 minutes after the resumption, doubling his team's advantage.  Polish attacking midfielder Rahal Zaborowski in the 52nd minute pulled one back for Swadhinota, igniting hopes of a comeback but then Sharifi's exploits scoring in the 60th and  79th minutes put the result beyond doubt.  An 81st minute strike by Swadhinota's  Bosnian striker Nedo Turkovic was little more than consolation. READ: BPL Football: Dhaka Abahani on winning course again; beat Saif SC 2-1 In the day's other match, RahmatganjMFS beat bottom placed Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by a solitary goal at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj . Rahmatganj MFS were lucky to win the match by a gifted goal when Muktijoddha Guinean defender Y Camara sent the ball to his own net 57th minute. After the match, the old Dhaka outfit Rahmatganj advanced to the 8th slot securing seven points from seven outings while the freedom fighters team Muktijoddha SKC remained at bottom with three points from seven encounters.

Right-arm medium pacer Alauddin Babu scalped four wickets, with a hattrick, conceding 21 runs to guide his team Brothers Union to an easy win against Legends of Rupgans in the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division T20 Cricket League on Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.  Read:DPL T20 2021: Marvelous Mominul Shows his T20 Batting Prowess Rupganj won the toss and opted to bat first. But they failed to make a good start as they lost four wickets before posting 50 runs on the board. Openers— Azmir Ahmed and Shadman Islam— added only one and seven runs respectively.  They were removed by Alauddin Babu and Sujon Hawlader. Rupganj captain Naeem Islam ended up scoring 38 off 28 balls, and he was the highest runs scorer  for his team.  Sabbir Rahman, Sunzamul Islam and Jaker Ali scored 23, 13 and 12 respectively. Alauddin completed his hattrick off the fifth and sixth ball of the 18th over and the first ball of the 20th over. Read:Mahmudullah, Mominul guide Gazi home He removed Muktar Ali, Shohag Gazi and Nabil Samad in these three successive deliveries. Rupganj, eventually, ended up on 111 all wickets in 19.1 overs.  Alauddin bagged four wickets while Sujon and Saqlain Sajib scalped two wickets each.  In reply, the Brothers opener Mizanur Rahman hit 74 off 52 balls with eight fours and three sixes to lay down a solid foundation. When he fell prey to Mohammad Shahid, the Brothers needed only six runs to seal the game by eight wickets with 27 balls to spare.  Read:Prime Bank survive Shinepukur scare The maiden game of the Brothers against Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club ended up with no result due to the rain at the venue. Legends of Rupganj’s first game against Old DOHS Sports Club also ended up with no result.