BCB XI post win; in contention for a final berth

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI put themselves in reckoning for a berth in the final with a 74-run victory over Bengal in the CAB S K Acharya Memorial Challenger Trophy one-day tournament here today.
Put in to bat, BCB XI piled on 309 for eight in the stipulated 50 overs with the hosts medium pacers coming a cropper on a seaming JU second campus track.
Mohammed Nasir Hossain was BCB XI's top-scorer with 74 off 75 balls but it was their opener Anamul Haque who set the tempo with a 24-ball 44, studded with seven fours and two sixes, even as Bengal strike bowlers Veer Pratap Singh (2/59) and Mohammad Ashrafuddin (1/62) leaked more than seven runs per over.

In reply, Bengal were bundled out for 235 in 48.1 overs to suffer their second successive defeat in as many days.
Mumbai with two wins have already made the final.
Bengal and BCB XI with two points each will now have to wait for the result between Mumbai and Karnataka tomorrow for the second finalist's berth.

It would be a three-way race for the final if Mumbai win tomorrow and net run-rate would decide the second finalist.
Brief scores:
BCB XI: 309 for eight in 50 overs (Mohammed Nasir Hossain 74, Mohammed Naeem Islam 61 not out, Anamul Haque 44, Soumya Sarkar 40; Iresh Saxena 3/43).

Bengal: 235 all out in 48.1 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 66; Arafat Sunny 4/38, Mohammed Shahid 3/24).