Central Zone reign supreme on the back of Shuvagata Hom’s two centuries in BCL final

Central Zone were 68 for 6 chasing 218 before Hom and Jaker took the game away from South Zone

Central Zone 438 all out (Mithun 206, Hom 116, Reza 4-53, Kamrul 4-70) and 221 for 6 (Hom 114*, Jaker 41*) beat South Zone 387 all out (Zakir 107, Murad 5-101) and 268 all out (Rishad 99, Hider 5-78) by four wickets

Central Zone took advantage of the 51-run lead, reducing South Zone to 119 for 7 on the fourth afternoon. Rishad Ahmed, from No. 9, though, then struck ten fours and four sixes but he missed out on a maiden first-class hundred when he fell on 99.

But his knock kept South Zone in the game. He notched up partnerships of 44 for the eighth wicket, 61 for the ninth wicket and another 44 for the tenth wicket.

Central Zone slipped to 26 for 3 in the final hour of the fourth day, and had an even worse fifth morning when they lost Soumya Sarkar, Taibur Rahman and Salman Hossain.

But Shuvagata and Jaker changed the course of the final with their big partnership, without taking too many risks as they had enough time through the rest of the day.