Chittagong Kings had a great chance to bring down the flying Rangpur Raiders. They restricted Rangpur Riders to 164 runs. But Chittagong lacked batting even with home ground, gallery-filled crowd support; Despite playing 20 overs, they could not score more than 131 runs for 8 wickets. Rangpur Riders won by 33 runs.
Rangpur Riders were undefeated in the Dhaka first phase of BPL. Sylhet was undefeated. Even though the venue has changed in BPL, Rangpur has not changed; They started by winning the Chittagong phase as well. Rangpur remained unbeaten in the current BPL with yesterday's win; They are at the top of the league table with 16 points from 8 matches.
Chittagong Kings did not start well in the run chase. Farewell to opener Usman Khan (0) before opening the run book. They scored 45 runs in that 1 wicket. Even then, it seemed that they might beat Rangpur Riders at home. But that's what it feels like! 45 to 53 — Chittagong have bowled out 3 more of these 8 runs. Among which was the centurion of the previous match, Graham Clarke (23).
After losing 4 wickets for 53 runs, the hosts came under pressure. The next batters failed to adapt to the situation to handle that pressure. Coming to bat at number 6, Shamim Hossain scored 38 runs in 31 balls but only reduced the margin of defeat. After Shamim, the second highest 26 runs came with the bat of opener Parvez Hossain Imon. Akif Javed took 4 wickets for 32 runs.
Earlier, Rangpur Riders scored 164 runs for 7 wickets after losing the toss and batting first. Rangpur defeated opener Tawfiq Khan (5) by 9 runs in the third over in the tight batting of the hosts. Saif Hasan and Steven Taylor's 54-run partnership for the second wicket allowed the guests to handle the initial shock. When Saif (17) returned for the team's 63 runs, they lost. Taylor also returned with 32 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed (5) could not facilitate.
However, Rangpur scored 164 runs thanks to Khushdil's 28-ball 59 with 7 sixes and 2 fours and Sheikh Mehdi Hasan's 12-ball 17 runs. Khushdil is the most impactful cricketer of BPL so far with bat and ball. Besides taking 9 wickets, he scored 274 runs. Mohammad Wasim and Alis took 2 wickets each.
