Rangpur Riders’s seventh consecutive win.
Khulna Tigers needed just 22 runs in the last 3 overs with 7 wickets in hand. Afif Hossain and Mahidul Islam Ankon were the two batsmen on the wicket. However, Khulna could not match this equation either. Rangpur took 6 wickets for just 13 runs in the last 3 overs. Khulna had to leave the field after losing by 8 runs. And Rangpur Riders, who are out of touch with 7 consecutive wins, are at the top of the points table.
Batting for a target of 187 runs, Khulna lost their first wicket at the end of the fourth over. Darubish Rasuli was dismissed for 17 runs off 15 balls. Mohammad Naeem Sheikh and Mehedi Hasan Miraj added 61 runs for the second wicket. Miraj was dismissed for 39 runs out of the team’s 92 runs. The all-rounder hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in his 24-ball innings.
When Naeem was dismissed as the third batsman, the team’s run was 137 off 14 overs and 5 balls. Khulna opener scored 58 runs off 41 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. Despite a great start, Afif Hossain could not finish the match for Khulna. He had to depart after 29 runs off 15 balls. After his departure, Khulna’s disaster began. Khulna’s batsmen were disappointed by the bowling of spinner Mehedi Hasan and two pacers Akif Javed and Mohammad Saifuddin. They had to leave the field with the shame of defeat.
Earlier, Rangpur, batting first, scored a big 186 runs on the batting of two Pakistani batsmen Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar Ahmed. Today, Rangpur captain Nurul Hasan Sohan won the toss and decided to bat at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. However, Rangpur could not start well at all. The team understood the absence of Alex Hales well. Steven Taylor, who got a chance in place of Hales, was out for 13 runs. Saif, who was in form, could not score more than 7 runs off 11 balls. After losing 2 wickets in the power play, the team scored only 39 runs.
Opener Toufiq Khan Tushar scored 36 runs but wasted 30 balls. Toufiq was out on the third ball of the 11th over. The team’s total runs were 70. Then Khushdil-Iftikhar made a great partnership of 113 runs off 56 balls. Iftikhar contributed a total of 30 runs to this huge partnership. Iftikhar was out before the end of the innings. Then he scored 43 runs off 36 balls. He scored these runs with 5 fours.
On the other hand, Khushdil created a storm with the bat. This Pakistani batsman was unbeaten on 73 runs off 35 balls. He hit 4 fours and 6 sixes. Hasan Mahmud and Abu Haider Rony shared 4 of Rangpur’s 5 wickets each. Rangpur’s last batsman, Sohan, was run out.
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