Mohammad Ashraful’s return to the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after serving five years ban for his involvement in match and spot-fixing scandal in this very tournament was not happy one but involved in some comical incidents with Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, which reminisced the camaraderie  the duo shared once.

Featuring in the opening fixture of the BPL for Chittagong Vikings, he made just 3 before top-edging a delivery of pace bowler Shafiul Islam. However he seemed to start his BPL with happy mood as he was involved in a comical scene with Bangladesh ODI captain and Rangpur Riders skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza -- a newly elected MP.

Coming to the crease following the fall of the first wicket, Ashraful played the Mashrafe delivery towards third man and then ran straight as an arrow towards the other end with the Rangpur skipper going back to his run-up mark unaware of what was happening behind him.

Hilariously Ashraful proceeded to run straight at Mashrafe and barged into the Rangpur captain to general astonishment and cheers from the ground.

Mashrafe, not one to miss out on the odd bit of humour that BPL avails, welcomed Ashraful with a cheeky kick on the backside which the latter tried to evade. The two former teammates enjoyed a light moment in the very first match of this year’s BPL.