Brothers Union beat KKC by nine runs after dramatic comeback

Brothers Union pulled off a nine-run win over Kalabagan Krira Chakra, after a dramatic heist in which they took the last seven Kalabagan wickets for 15 runs at the BKSP-3 ground.

Forty-five overs into their chase of 263, Kalabagan were going along swimmingly. With five overs to go, and Hamilton Masakadza batting on 109, Kalabagan required just 25 runs to win with seven wickets in hand. But when left-arm spinner Nabil Samad removed Mehrab Hossain jnr at the start of the 46th over, a crushing collapse ensued.

In the next over, Mashrafe Mortaza, fresh from his 50-ball century in the last game, was caught and bowled by left-arm spinner Asif Hasan and, three balls later, Masakadza was run out by Imrul Kayes, ending his scintillating knock of 111 off 105 that had featured nine fours and a six.

The wobble was well and truly on and the wickets of Tanveer Haider and Sharifullah over the next two overs left Kalabagan requiring 10 runs off the last over with two wickets in hand. Offspinner Ahmed Sadequr wrapped up proceedings with consecutive wickets off the first two balls of that over to seal a remarkable come-from-behind victory.

Having been asked to bat first, Brothers had moved to 162 for 1 in the 32nd over, courtesy a 126-run second-wicket stand between Imrul Kayes (67) and captain Tushar Imran (77). They then lost 5 for 42 over the next 11.5 overs, before Nur Alam’s 13-ball 23 helped them to …

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