Indian Sandeep Sharma stole a march over his more illustrious compatriot Yuvraj Singh to fashion the easy win for Bashundhara with a classic half-century.

While the boisterous couple of thousand fans were abuzz anticipating fireworks from Yuvraj a day after Pakistani Shahid Afridi's thunder, Sandeep took it on his stride to score a superb 99 in an impressive Bashundhara total of 269-9 in 50 overs.

Yuvraj, who scored a two-ball duck, however made up for his batting disappointment with three wickets and a direct throw that caught dangerman Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq well short of his crease during the Beximco innings.

Beximco pinned their hopes on Razzaq after their star Kenyan batsman Steve Tikolo failed for a change.

Razzaq looked menacing with a 28-ball 41 before he paid the penalty for running lazy and with him Beximco's hopes of a turnaround evaporated.

Beximco eventually limped to 180 before being bundled out in 41 overs.

Earlier sent into bat, Bashundhara suffered a body blow when Beximco's experienced right-arm paceman Neeyamur Rashid dismissed opener Al-Shahriar (22) and Yuvraj in the space of three deliveries. But that did not deter the determination of Yuvraj's Punjab teammate Sandeep, who not only repaired the early damage with Sabbir but also laid a solid foundation.

Sandeep put on 108 runs for the third wicket with Sabbir, who made 41.

He struck a dozen of fours and two sixes but missed his second hundred in the competition by a single run when he spooned a simple return catch to Tikolo while attempting a single down the vacant mid-on region.

Naimur Rahman added the meat in the later stage of the innings with a stroke-filled unbeaten 42-ball 45. The former national captain struck two massive sixes including a huge heave against Pakistani paceman Razzaq over mid-wicket as Bashundhara rattled 70 runs in the last 10 overs.

Steve Tikolo was the most successful Beximco bowler with 4-42 runs in 10 overs.

But Tikolo, who scored heavily in the previous two games, returned to the pavilion for only three. The right-hander was clean bowled after missing an in-swinger from young right-arm paceman Shahjada, leaving his side reeling at 51-3.

Razzaq threw caution to the wind with four savage hits across the rope and a six before his promising knock came to an abrupt end.

Asadullah Khan (32) and Neeyamur (34) tried to consolidate after the top-order collapse but their efforts were too little to avoid the heavy defeat.

Yuvraj was the most successful Bashundhara bowler claiming three wickets for 25 from seven overs while right-arm pacer Shahjada picked up two for 38 and left-arm spinner Saifullah Khan captured 2-30.