Player of the Match
Player of the Match

So Khulna rise to second place after that win. Chittagong still stuck in the penultimate position. This is all we have for today. More action coming up on another double-header tomorrow. Do join us then. Goodbye until then.

Rilee Rossouw is Man of the Match. "I didn't expect the wicket to be so good, I expected it to turn a lot more in the second innings," he says. "But luckily I stuck to my guns. The coach sent me up the order today and encouraged me to play my natural game. The team comes first. If I do well and the team wins, it's happy days."

"Rilee set up the game for us. It was a good choice to send him up the order," says Khulna captain Mahmudullah. "I need to think about my catching. It wasn't up to the mark and we need to pull ourselves up. In the middle, we needed a small partnership becuase we knew we had Seekkuge Prasanna and Carlos Brathwaite."

"We lost with two overs to spare, so obviously we didn't have enough runs on the board," says Chittagong captain Luke Ronchi. "But the guys tried really hard. It was a mixture of errors with bat and ball, areas in both departments that we can improve on. Captaincy was not expected but it's a privilege."

10.22pm Carlos Brathwaite. Two balls: one four and one six. That's pretty uncomplicated and straightforward. He just walked in and finished the game off like a boss, almost as if to show the rest how it's done. Not that Chittagong had much of a chance. The game was steadily slipping out their grasp but Brathwaite just sent them plummeting to defeat. It was allround a shoddy day on the field for both teams with numerous dropped catches, missed stumping chances, lazy fielding efforts and horrific lines that resulted in 17 wides. Not to mention a generous offering of full tosses that came gift-wrapped to the batsmen. Rossouw set it up nicely with his all-out attack at the top, but it was Mahmudullah who pulled them out of a dicey position with Khulna losing three quick wickets. And more than able support from Ariful Haque.

Mahneel: "Mahmudullah making up for his poor fielding with bowl and then a match winning unbeaten stand, just any other day in the office for Mahmudullah!"

18.2
4
Jordan to Mahmudullah, FOUR, fuller ball, clipped uppishly through cow corner for a four. And that will do it
18.1
0
Jordan to Mahmudullah, no run, very full and angling in, clipped to deep midwicket

Jordan comes on. He has zero to defend.

END OF OVER:
18 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | KT: 160/5 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 0.50)

  • Carlos Brathwaite10 (2b)
  • Mahmudullah44 (33b)
  • Taskin Ahmed3-0-38-1
  • Chris Jordan3-0-24-0
17.6
6
Taskin Ahmed to Brathwaite, SIX, Taskin's nightmarish game ends with a six. Short ball, not going to unsettle the towering Brathwaite who flays a pull over cow corner
17.5
4
Taskin Ahmed to Brathwaite, FOUR, oh, has he bludgeoned that. Stays leg side of this full delivery just outside off, clears the front leg at the very last moment to give himself the space to free his arms and absolutely shovels it through extra cover. Neatly picks the gap through the two fielders there as well
17.4
1
Taskin Ahmed to Mahmudullah, 1 run, short of a length, opens the face and punches to backward point
17.3
W
Taskin Ahmed to Ariful Haque, OUT, a needless shot ends Ariful's innings. Short ball, gets a little big on him and he top-edges the pull to wide long-on

Ariful Haque c Jordan b Taskin Ahmed 34 (24b 0x4 3x6) SR: 141.66

17.3
1w
Taskin Ahmed to Ariful Haque, 1 wide, tries to take this out of the reach of the batsman and ends up bowling an off-side wide. More tripe from Taskin
17.2
1
Taskin Ahmed to Mahmudullah, 1 run, full toss outside off, it's the slower ball. Mahmudullah backs away and chips it in the air but wide of the bowler
17.1
4
Taskin Ahmed to Mahmudullah, FOUR, goes across the line for a heave over the leg side. It's a length ball outside off and he gets a leading edge past the keeper to third man

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | KT: 143/4 (18 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.41, RRR: 6.00)

  • Ariful Haque34 (23b)
  • Mahmudullah38 (30b)
  • Chris Jordan3-0-24-0
  • Tanbir Hayder3-0-29-1
16.6
2
Jordan to Ariful Haque, 2 runs, again a full toss, driven to sweeper cover
16.5
6
Jordan to Ariful Haque, SIX, full, angling in, slogs it over deep midwicket. Keeps the fielder there interested for just a moment but goes over him
16.4
0
Jordan to Ariful Haque, no run, wide yorker, outside off, Ariful tries to jam the bat down but makes no contact
16.3
0
Jordan to Ariful Haque, no run, extremely full outside off, pushed back to the bowler
16.2
1
Jordan to Mahmudullah, 1 run, pitched up on off, drilled extremely hard down the ground to long-on
16.1
1
Jordan to Ariful Haque, 1 run, full toss, punched to mid-off where the fielder gets down and rolls to his right to make the stop

Khulna 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15M KlingerRR Rossouw
2nd39Dhiman GhoshRR Rossouw
3rd6MahmudullahRR Rossouw
4th19MahmudullahNajmul Hossain Shanto
5th70MahmudullahAriful Haque
6th15MahmudullahCR Brathwaite

Bangladesh Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
CV1293180.578
DHD1274151.631
KT1274150.075
RR126612-0.267
SYS12479-0.429
RR12488-1.098
CC12387-0.473
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