With this victory, Abahani completed the 12-team first phase of the List-A league collecting 14 points from 11 matches having 7 wins and 4 losses.
Cricket Coaching School (CCS) were eliminated from the race collecting only 4 points from 11 matches with 2 wins and 9 losses.
Now, Abahani will join the topper Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, Victoria Sporting Club and Legends of Rupganj in the super league.
Five other teams—Mohammedan Sporting Club, Gazi Group Cricketers, Prime Bank Cricket Club, Kalabagan Krira Chakra and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club—are still in the race for the rest two spots of the super league.
In the day’s rain-interrupted match, Abahani scored 170 for 1 in 26.4 overs when the revised target was 168 in 35 overs.
Replying to 205, Abahani opened the innings and scored 62 for 1 in 12 overs when the rain halted the match that resumed after around one and a half hours later with the revised target.
Opener Tamim, who was adjudged man of the match, smashed 11 boundaries and four sixes off 86 balls on the way to unbeaten 105.
Apart from individual performance, Tamim paired with Nazmul Hossain Shanto for unbeaten 160 in 24.5 overs in the 2nd wicket stand that spurred the side to reach the final score.
Shanto made a half century scoring not out 53 off 70 balls with four boundaries.
Conceding 16 runs, Nazmus Sakib took the only wicket Yusuf Pathan (8 off 5; 2x4) who was caught by Saeed Sarkar at 10/1 in 1.5 overs.
Sent in to bat first, CCS scored 205 for all in 50 overs riding on the skipper Rajin Saleh’s 95.
Rajin faced 135 balls to hit five boundaries and four sixes before bowled out by Amit Kumar at 169/4 in 42.4 overs.
Number-5 batsman Mohammad Saifuddin was another notable scorer with 50 off 102 balls, including one boundary.
Shakib Al Hasan bagged three wickets for 35 while Taskin Ahmed, Abul Hasan and Mosaddek Hossain took two wickets each for the side.
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