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Mahmudullah, Russell end Dhaka’s losing streak

Admin — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:10:45 +0000

Mahmudullah played a captain’s knock while Andre Russell played a whirlwind innings to guide Minister Group Dhaka to a four-wicket win over Fortune Barishal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday, their first win in the eighth Bangladesh Premier League after two defeats.
Mahmudullah made a run-a-ball 47 while Russell smashed an unbeaten 31 off just 15 balls to take Dhaka to 130-6 in 17.3 overs.
Shafiqul Islam, Alzarri Joseph bagged two wickets each inside the first three overs for Barishal but Dhaka eventually got over the line with relative ease.
Earlier, Chris Gayle, who came out to bat at five, top-scored for Barishal with 36 off 30 balls and Bravo remained undefeated on 33 off 26 balls to take Barishal to 129-8 after they were asked to bat first.
For Dhaka, Russell and Isuru Udana claimed two wickets each.
Chasing a convenient 130, Dhaka’s top order collapsed like a deck of cards as they were reduced to 10-4 in just 2.5 overs.
Opener Tamim Iqbal, who earned consecutive fifties in Dhaka’s first two games, was dismissed for a duck by young paceman Shafiqul Islam.
His fellow opener Mohammad Shazad (five off seven balls) was also outdone by an in-swinging fuller length delivery from the same bowler while Mohammad Naim and Jahurul Islam fell to Joseph for four and 0 respectively.
From the precarious situation, Mahmudullah and Shuvagata Hom rescued their side with a 69-run stand for the fifth wicket.
The partnership ended when Shuvagata was bowled by Bravo for 29 off 25 balls.
Dhaka still needed 51 runs off 41 balls when Russell came to the middle and with the help of three fours and two sixes ensured his team would go on to win their first match in the tournament.
Mahmudullah and Russell together added 50 runs off just 25 balls and the partnership ended when Mahmudullah got caught out off Shakib with scores on level. Udana took the winning run.
Earlier, Barishal’s innings never quite took off, as they lost three wickets inside the first six overs with only 24 runs on the board.
In the fourth wicket stand, Shakib and Chris Gayle added 37 runs to reconstruct the innings but the partnership ended when the former gave a catch behind the stumps off Rubel Hossain after scoring 23 off 19 balls.
Nurul Hasan, who couldn’t feature in the first two games due to being Covid positive, departed for just one run.
Gayle then added 33 runs for the sixth wicket with Bravo, but before he could emerge at his destructive best, Udana knocked out his stumps.
Bravo remained there till the end to push the total over 120.

-With New Age input

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Nasum, Shoriful seal Ctg win over Dhaka

Admin — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 19:53:49 +0000

Nasum Ahmed’s economic bowling and a four-wicket haul from Shoriful Islam helped Chattogram Challengers to a 30-run win over Minister Group Dhaka in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
Nasum took 3-9 while Shoriful bagged 4-34 to bundle out Dhaka for 131 in 19.5 overs.
Tamim Iqbal was the lone Dhaka player to show some fight, scoring 52 off 45 balls, his econd consecutive fifty in the BPL, but the failures of the other batters led to the sides’ second consecutive defeat.
Earlier, opener Will Jacks scored a quickfire 42 off 24 balls and Benny Howell struck a whirlwind 37 off 19 balls to catapult Chattogram to 161-8 after they were asked to bat first.
Rubel Hossain claimed three wickets while Arafat Sunny, Isuru Udana, Shuvagata Hom and Mahmudullah took one wicket each.
Chasing a challenging 163, Dhaka’s opening pair of Tamim and Mohammad Shahzad made an ideal start, accounting 42 runs inside the power play.
But they couldn’t carry on the momentum once Shahzad departed, giving a catch to Shamim Hossain after scoring a sluggish nine off 12 balls.
Tamim and Jahurul Islam (10 off 12 balls) then added 30 runs for the second wicket but once the former departed off Shoriful Islam, Dhaka lost their way.
From 73-1, Dhaka were reduced to 83-5 after 13.5 overs in a matter of 15 deliveries with Shoriful and Nasum both taking two wickets each.
Dhaka’s hopes were pinned on Andre Russell (12 off 10 balls), but the West Indian skied one of Nasum’s delivery in an attempt to hit a six, which Shamim Hossain gleefully accepted.
In the late order, 16 runs came from Udana’s bat, which only lessened the margin of defeat.
Earlier, Chattogram Challengers lost opener Kemar Lewis (two off nine balls) in just the third over, with Rubel Hossain trapping him leg-before wicket.
But Jacks went great guns in the powerplay, hitting six fours and two sixes to make sure Chattogram reached 50-1 after six overs.
Chattogram innings lost some momentum when Shuvagata Hom removed Jacks and a dangerous looking Sabbir Rahman also departed for 29 off 17 balls off Rubel.
But the lusty blows from Howell took them to a challenging total, which proved to be more than enough in the end.

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Khulna win high-scoring contest against Dhaka

Admin — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 10:52:23 +0000

Rony Talukdar’s brilliant half-century and two bludgeoning knocks from Andre Fletcher and Thisara Perera at either ends of the innings catapulted Khulna Tigers to a five-wicket win over Minister Group Dhaka in the evening match on the opening day of the eighth Bangladesh Premier League on Friday.
Rony made 61 off 42 balls, Fletcher struck 45 off just 23 balls and Perera laid the finishing touches with an unbeaten 36 off 18 deliveries to take the team to 186-5 in 19 overs on a dew-soaked Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
Earlier, Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Shahzad made 50 off 42 balls and 42 off 27 balls respectively while skipper Mahmudullah struck a quickfire 39 off 20 balls to take Dhaka to a daunting 183-6 in 20 overs, which proved insufficient.
Chasing 184, Khulna lost opener Tanzid Hasan for one but Fletcher and Rony gave their team the explosive start they required by forming a 72-run second wicket stand off just 34 balls.
Russell removed Fletcher and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim also didn’t hang around too long, falling to Ebadot Hossain for six.
Ebadot brought Dhaka back in the match by removing Rony in the 15th over but Perera then took the onus upon himself, struck six fours all across the ground to get his team over the line with six balls to spare.
Earlier, sent to bat, Dhaka openers Tamim and Shahzad formed a 69-run partnership off 49 balls, which came to an end when the latter, who had struck eight fours all across the ground, paid the price for his lethargic running and got run out.
Dhaka then cruised to 109-1 after 13 overs, before Khulna fought back with three big wickets in quick successions.
Tamim gave a catch to Kamrul Islam at mid-wicket off Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammad Naim (nine off 11 balls) misread a slower delivery from Thisara Perera that crashed onto his stumps and Andre Russell got dismissed in a bizzare manner.
In the 15th over, Russell nudged a ball off Perera to the off-side and took off for a single.
Mahedi Hasan, stationed at point, got a direct hit at the striker’ end which ricocheted from the stumps, changed its direction and crashed into the stumps at the non-striker’s end, to the shock of an unsuspecting Russell who was a few feet away from safety.
Mahmudullah struck two sixes and a four in the last two overs as Dhaka scored 32 runs off the last two overs.

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