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- Updated: January 6, 2017
Rangpur Division sealed a well-earned promotion to next season’s Tier 1 with a drawn game in Bogra against Rajshahi Division. Rangpur finished on 72 points, seven ahead of Rajshahi who will remain in Tier-2.
Put in to bat, Rajshahi were bowled out for 191 with Mohammad Saddam taking five wickets. Rangpur took a 160-run lead after Liton Das and Nasir Hossain made half-centuries while Dhiman Ghosh fell three short of a hundred. Mamun Hossain took five wickets.
Myshukur Rahaman’s 160 helped Rajshahi perform better int he second innings, as they declared on 403 for 7. …