Afif Hossain scored an unbeaten 111 to help Abahani beat Prime Bank Cricket Club by 42 runs at the Fatullah Stadium on Thursday in the Dhaka Premier League. It took six years, 106 matches, and 95 innings for him to score his first List A century.
Afif, who made his debut in List A in 2017, hit five sixes and six fours on his way to a score of 111 off of 101 balls for Abahani, who were given the opportunity to bat first and ended up posting 285 for five.
After coming into the crease at number four, it took him 61 balls to get his fifty, and then he hammered the following fifty runs in only 36 balls, bringing the total number of balls he faced up to 97. He accomplished the feat in 97 deliveries.
The 23-year-old was taken out of the team for the Twenty20 International series that was played at home against Ireland last month, and he is also not participating in the Twenty20 International series that is being played in England against Ireland.
Abahani, the team now in first place in the league, defeated Prime Bank by a score of 243 runs thanks to the left-arm spin bowling of Pakistani newcomer Khushdil Shah, who took six wickets while also conceding 49 runs. Abahani entered the match with a firm grip on the first position in the standings. The victory gave Abahani a two-point lead over the reigning champions and second-placed Sheikh Jamal DC, who also prevailed in their match against Mohammedan SC. Mohammedan SC won their match.