Following a fine on the club and a ban imposed on team coordinator by the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis, Mohammedan crashed to an eight-wicket defeat to Bangladesh Biman.

Sonargaon on the other hand, bounced back with a massive 9-wicket victory against Brothers Union after finding their top players being show-caused and fined by club officials after a series of losses.

Mohammedan, who suffered a three-run defeat to Old DOHS at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium just a couple of days earlier, were shot out for a paltry 128 at the same venue as Biman's out-of-favour national all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahman claimed four wickets for 17.

Khaled Mashud made highest 30 for Mohammedan but it was another disappointing day for captain Habibul Bashar who was dismissed for his second consecutive duck.

Biman thrived on an unbeaten 62 by national opener Javed Omar to overtake the total with more than 15 overs to spare.

Mohammedan slipped to fourth position with ten points while Biman remained in third slot improving their tally to 12 points.

At BKSP, Al Shahriar returned to his belligerent best to silence his critics as big-spending Sonargaon demolished Brothers to keep their Super Six hopes alive with eight points.

The dashing right-hander, stripped off captaincy and fined Tk 50,000 for 'reckless batting' along with some of his colleagues after their 5-wicket loss to Kalabagan in the previous round, smashed ten boundaries and four over boundaries in an explosive 92-ball 84 not out as Sonargaon romped to 164-1 in 29 overs in reply to Brothers' 160.

Opener Ejaz Ahmed, also fined by the club, was the other notable scorer with 69 from 86 balls during an opening stand with Shahriar that levelled the opposition total.

At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, man-of-the-match Rezaul Haque Nayeem's unbeaten 95 went in vain as Indira Road suffered a 38-run defeat to last year's runners-up City Club.

Rajin Saleh hammered 90 and Zimbabwean international Tatenda Taibu hit his back-to-back half-century (57) as City were all out for mammoth 283. In reply, Indira Road were booked for 245.

With five wins, City joined Mohammedan at the fourth place.

Victoria continued their dream-run with an 85-run win against Agrani Bank at the Comilla Stadium.

Victoria rode on handsome fifties by Nasiruddin Faruque (75) and under-19 batsman Sakib Al Hasan (83) to reach 297, the highest total on the day.

The bankers were bundled out for 212 in reply.

Away at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra, Kalabagan (219-8) registered their third victory when they beat pointless Orient Sporting Club (175-9) by 44 runs.