Mushfiqur Rahim and Salman Hossain each struck hundreds, while Jishan Alam missed out on his ton by six runs, as all three matches that went into the fourth day ended in a draw in the second round of the National Cricket League on Tuesday.听
Earlier, Rajshahi beat Khulna by seven wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.听
Mushfiq, who led Sylhet鈥檚 fightback against Dhaka at the Outer Ground of the Sylhet International Stadium, started the day on 93 before reaching his 19th first-class hundred off 179 balls.听
However, Sylhet managed to add 30 more runs with the remaining three wickets as they were all out for 290 in the first innings, giving Dhaka a 20-run lead.听
Jishan then built a 98-run opening partnership with Anisul Islam before adding another 77 runs with Ashikur Rahman for the second wicket. After hitting nine boundaries and four sixes, he was trapped lbw by Nabil Samad on 94.听
Ashikur remained unbeaten on 59 as Dhaka finally declared their second innings on 222-2, setting a 243-run target for Sylhet.
Ripon Mondol finished with a figure of 4-50 before Sylhet scored 13 without losing any wicket in four overs in the second innings.听
Chattogram, however, declared their second innings on 35-0 at the Cox鈥檚 Bazar International Stadium. But they couldn鈥檛 force a result as Barishal played out the remaining nine overs to score 19 runs without losing any wicket.听
After only 15 overs were possible due to the wet outfield on the third day, Barishal declared their first innings on 259-4, still being 99 runs behind Chattogram on the final day.听
Salman Hossain, who was not out on 75, struck 120 runs off 242 balls and hit 12 fours.听
Abdullah Al Mamun鈥檚 unbeaten 69 in the second innings and rain helped Rangpur secure a draw against Mymensingh at the Academy Ground of Cox鈥檚 Bazar Stadium.听
Having started the day on 18-2, Rangpur were all out for 127 runs in the first innings in reply to Mymensingh鈥檚 mammoth 555-6.听
Arif Ahmed took 3-28 for Mymensingh, while Abu Hider and Shohidul Islam each took two wickets.听
However, Rangpur improved in their second innings after being asked to follow on, as the opening partnership between Mim Mosaddek and Abdullah yielded 50 runs.
Mymensingh snared two quick wickets, but Abdullah remained firm to frustrate them.听
The third round of the tournament will begin on November 8.听
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