Old DOHS and Victoria confirmed their semifinal berths from Group A by winning their respective fourth round games while City Club's left-arm paceman Kamrul Islam claimed a hattrick but all eyes were on the perennial rivals' fight.

The archrivals' clash completely missed an electrifying atmosphere as it was played almost before an empty crowd at the remote venue of BKSP but there was no shortage of excitement among the players in the low-scoring affair which was evident during an altercation between Faisal Hossain and Tushar Imran when the popular Dhanmondi club batted.

Dashing national batsman Aftab Ahmed stood tall in an otherwise disappointing batting display as the right-hander scored more than half of his team's total (115-9 in 20 overs) during his sparkling 66 off 60 balls after Abahani had invited their opponents from Motijheel to bat first.

Opener Imtiaz Hossain was the other batsman who reached double digit (12) as pace spearhead Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza returned with figures of 4 for 18.

When the target seemed to be an easy one to achieve, Mohammedan bowlers however decided not to let the match go without a fight and they were helped by Abahani's careless batting to restrict the opponents for 106-9.

Skipper Khaled Mashud was unbeaten on a 16-ball 15 but he simply failed to bat according to the situation as the veteran wicketkeeper was even struggling to pick singles when his side needed big hits with more than 40 runs required in the last five overs.

Despite their first defeat in four matches, Abahani still have a good chance to qualify for the semifinals if they win their last battle against Indira Road today while Mohammedan face-off Sonargaon Cricketers also today to decide the other semifinalists from Group B.

While the semifinals fate in Group B hung in the balance, defending champions Old DOHS and Victoria Sporting Club romped to the last four maintaining all-win record.

DOHS handed a three-wicket defeat to Biman at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium and it was none other than Nadif Chowdhury who paved the way just like the previous match with his second successive fifty.

Man-of-the-match Shahadat Hossain captured three for 15 as Biman completed their 20-over quota for a paltry total of 127-5 and then Nadif smashed 51 and Mehrab Hossain 25 as DOHS reached the target of 128 for seven with four balls to spare.

At BKSP, left-arm paceman Kamrul notched the first hattrick of the tournament in the last over but it was not good enough for City Club to avoid a 30-run defeat to Victoria.

Man-of-the-match Golam Mabud hammered a 43-ball 52 as Victoria amassed 166-8 and then restricted the club from Mirpur for 136-9.

Away at Fatullah, Sonargaon bounced back from their third round defeat to keep their semifinal hopes alive with a four-wicket success against Brothers, riding on Alok Kapali's 38-ball 56 to post 121-6 in 19.5 overs in reply to 120-9.

At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Young Pegasus registered their first victory when they defeated Indira Road by 50 runs. Pegasus rode on a 15-ball 33 unbeaten cameo from number eight Delwar Hossain to put up 163-8 before forcing Indira to finish on 113-6.

Partex also recorded their first win at the same venue with a six-wicket triumph against last round's surprise winner Kalabagan. Man-of-the-match Tariq Ahmed scored 31-ball 48 as Partex reached to 151-4 in 19.5 overs in reply to 147-6.

Today's matches: DOHS v Victoria (DCS), Biman v Partex (Fatullah), City v Kalabagan (BKSP) at 9am; Sonargaon v Mohammedan (DCS), Brothers v Pegasus (BKSP), Abahani v Indira Road (Fatullah) at 1pm.