Rajshahi beat Dhaka in BPL

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 22:02, Dec 12, 2019 | Updated : 22:03, Dec 12, 2019

  Rajshahi Royals' Hazratullah Zazai plays down the ground during their BBPL match against Dhaka Platoon in Mirpur Thursday PHOTO/Md ManikDhaka Platoon made a losing start to their Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 campaign as they were defeated comprehensively by nine wickets by Rajshahi Royals in Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Thursday (Dec 12).
All eyes were on Dhaka team, especially Mashrafe bin Mortaza and Tamim Iqbal, who both returned to competitive cricket after a long break with this game.
Electing to field first on winning the toss, Rajshahi restricted Dhaka to 134 for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs.
Opener Anamul Haque top-scored for Dhaka with 38 off 33 deliveries with one four and two sixes.
Tamim scored just five runs while paceman Mashrafe bowled three overs and conceded 18 runs without any wickets.
Pacer Abu Jayed took two wickets for Rajshahi.
In reply, Rajshahi cruised to victory with 10 balls to spare.
Openers Liton Das and Hazratullah Zazai formed a 62-run partnership before Liton got out scoring 39 off 27 deliveries with four fours and two sixes.
Zazai was unbeaten until the end on 56 off 47 balls with five fours and three sixes.
Pakistani batsman Shoaib Malik was the other not out batsman on a run-a-ball 36-run innings.
Rajshahi’s Ravi Bopara was adjudged man of the match as he was involved in three run outs, while he also took the important wicket of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi with his medium-pace bowling.
Afridi departed without troubling the scorers reaching an unwanted milestone of the 100th duck in competitive cricket across all formats.

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