DHAKA, Sept 22, 2021 (BSS) - Left-arm spinner Hasan Murad claimed 5-47 as

BCB High-Performance Unit (HP) took the upper hand over Bangladesh A team on
the very first day of the second four-day game at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury
Stadium today.

  Before the bails were drawn, Bangladesh A team reached 223-9 with Rakibul
Hasan batting on 6.

   The situation could have worsened had skipper Mominul Haque and Nazmul
Hossain Shanto not played sensibly.

   Shanto who made 97 in the only innings of drawn first four-day game,
scored 72 this time around while Mominul, who missed the first match due to a
family emergency, scored 62.

  They put on 88-run for the third wickets after Bangladesh A were reduced to
11-2. Pace bowler Sumon Khan was key in giving the A team a nightmare at the
outset of the game as he justified the captain Akraba Ali's decision to bowl
first with a gem of pace bowling.

  He got rid of two openers Saif Hasan (2) and Shadman Islam (6) to push the
A team on the back foot.

  As Mominul and Shadman looked to be assured in the crease, Rezaur Rahman
broke through with the wicket of the former to give the side a sigh of
relief.

  Mominul before being dismissed, struck six fours and one six in his knock
in which he played 85 balls.

  Shanto remained unscathed but Hasan Murad appeared on the stage to trigger
a collapse that saw A team losing wickets at regular intervals. When Murad
was on carnage, Shahadat Hossain Dipu ended Shanto's resistance after he hit
four fours and one six in his 208 ball-72 runs knock.

  Apart from Hasan Murad, Sumon Khan 2-36 while Rezaur and Shahadat picked up
one wicket apiece.