da betobet： Having won the previous one-day match, Bangladesh A were in finefettle in their match against the Cricket Club of India President’s XIon Oct
Staff Reporter22-Oct-2001Having won the previous one-day match, Bangladesh A were in finefettle in their match against the Cricket Club of India President’s XIon Oct. 19. Winning the toss at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai,Bangladesh A captain Khaled Mahmud opted to bat. His team was given agood start by young batsman Mohammad Ashraful, who had only recentlyhogged headlines by scoring a century on debut against Sri Lanka;here, he scored 62 off 76 balls, with nine fours.It was the captain who provided him support at the other end; Mahmudalso scored 62, but off only 60 balls. The visitors failed to extendtheir innings to the full 50 overs, though, getting bowled out in 42.1after having made 228. CCI bowler Robin Morris starred in his side’sbowling effort, returning figures of 6-0-39-3 – expensive butsuccessful.CCI XI never recovered from a disastrous start; the openers departedwith only 22 on the board. Despite the best efforts of Jatin Paranjpe(23), Sairaj Bahutule (27) and Vinayak Samant (32), CCI collapsed in39.5 overs, managing to score only 157. Bangladesh A thus registeredits second successive victory against the CCI XI, winning by 71 runs.