Dhaka, April 10 -- wicket haul from left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam and a near-century by Nurul Hasan Sohan headlined a day in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) on Thursday.

At Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Shoriful starred with the ball, finishing with career-best figures of 6 for 40 to help Rupganj edge Brothers Union by 10 runs via the DLS method in a rain-hit contest.

Earlier, Soumya Sarkar top-scored with a fluent 80 as Rupganj posted 277 for 9. In response, Brothers reached 260 for 9 before rain stopped play with two overs remaining.

Shoriful struck twice in his second over to leave Brothers reeling and later returned to remove key middle-order batters.

Despite Mahfijul Islam's 76 points and Sumon Khan's (34*) late fireworks, the B...