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Hashan Tillekeratne hit back at his critics with a brilliant century as holders Mohammedan Sporting won an absorbing GremeenPhone Premier League match against Surjo Tarun Club by 22 runs at the Bangabandhu national Stadium on Sunday.

The Sri Lankan Test cap came out of his typical slow-scoring style to slam an aggressive 109 off 105 balls as Mohammedan recovered from a shaky start to post a huge 278 for six in the stipulated 50 overs.

The southpaw, who has not been among the runs since coming in as a replacement for Kenyan Steve Tikolo, also captured three wickets to shoot out Surjo Tarun out for 256 in 49.1 overs.

Coming in to bat at number six with Mohammedan reeling on 42 for four, Tillekeratne led a spectacular recovery operation with in-form opener Ehsanul Huq. Together they put on 196 runs for the fifth wicket before the Lankan departed in the 47th over.

Tillekeratne hammered nine boundaries in his match-winning knock. Ehsanul played a responsible knock of an unbeaten 94 off 154 balls after Surjo Tarun young left-arm paceman Shafaq-al-Zabir ripped the Mohammedan heart out by dismissing Habibul Bashar (4), skipper Minhazul Abedin (2) and Sanwar Hossain (6) with the new ball. (c) The Daily Star 

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