Bangladesh A won by 56 runs

Bangladesh A captain Mahmudullah Riyad sets up to hit through the covers during his 54 against the BCB Academy side in their BCB Cup match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.

Mahmudullah Riyad and Elias Sunny gave strong all-round performances in Bangladesh A's 56-run win over the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy in the BCB Cup yesterday.
Put in to bat, the A team stuttered to 207-9 in 50 overs before shutting out the Academy challenge in 43.3 overs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Riyad took the last two wickets to wrap up the Academy innings for just 151 runs, but it was the captain's steady half-century that made a huge difference and also won him the man-of-the-match award.
Coming in to bat with his side hanging on 48 for three, Riyad provided damage control, adding a 42-run fourth wicket partnership with Naeem Islam (17) before building another valuable 47-run stand with Shamsur Rahman (18), this time for the fifth wicket.
Riyad made 54 off 69 balls with the help of six boundaries, but the Mymensingh-born all-rounder was caught behind off Alauddin Babu in the 40th over. He fell at a good time for the Academy side as their spinners stuck to a good line to restrict their seniors to 57 runs in the last ten overs.
Sunny however slammed a beautiful square-driven six and a boundary in an important 25 off 29 balls that took the A team's score past the 200-mark.
Alauddin took three wickets with his medium-pace while Sohag Gazi took two wickets and Sanjamul Islam picked up one.
Academy lost Abdul Majid early but recovered through a 40-run second wicket stand between Tasamul Haque and the talented Mominul Haque but the pair fell in the space of three overs to hand Bangladesh A the momentum. Skipper Mahmudul Hasan batted manfully for almost two hours but never found a batting partner to really threaten the 208-run target.
Sunny, Rasel and Shahadat all took two wickets each as they applied the squeeze on the younger side. Forhad Reza and Naeem Islam took one each while Riyad's last two wickets sealed the deal.
BRIEF SCORES
BANGLADESH A: 207-9 in 50 overs (Riyad 54, Sunny 25 not out; Alauddin 3-51, Gazi 2-29).
GP-BCB NCA: 151 all out in 43.3 overs (Mahmudul 30, Tasamul 25; Riyad 2-21, Sunny 2-28, Rasel 2-25, Shahadat 2-35).
Result: Bangladesh A won by 56 runs.

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