Mehidy leads Khulna Tigers to fifth win in BBPL
Mehidy Hasan Miraz proved his batting calibre once again when he opened the innings for Khulna Tigers and led the team to the fifth win of the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beating Sylhet Thunder by eight wickets at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Mehidy ended on 87, which is now his best batting performance in T20, off 62 balls with nine fours and three sixes. Riding on this bat, Khulna Tigers scored 158 for two in 17.5 overs.
Mehidy and Najmul Hossain recorded the maiden 100-run partnership of this BPL season in the first wicket stand, which made the job of Khulna Tigers easy to seal the game.
Shanto fell for 41 off 31 with five fours. Shanto suffered a blow on his leg before getting dismissed. He was removed by Ebadot Hossain.
After Shanto, Rilee Rossouw fell prey to Sherfane Rutherford as the second wicket of Khulna Tigers. But in the third wicket stand, Mushfqiur and Miraz added 10 runs off seven balls to finish the game.
Earlier, Khulna Tigers won the toss and sent the Thunder batting first. They added 62 runs in the opening stand.
Andre Fletcher and Rubel Mia managed a decent opening stand as Fletcher posted 37 off 24 balls with four fours and two sixes while Rubel added 39 off 44 with two fours and one six.
Johnson Charles and Sherfane Rutherford contributed scoring 17 and 26 runs. They were looked well settled in the wicket but failed to continue on a good run and post big innings.
Captain Mosaddek Hossain Saikat scored 23 off 18 with three fours and remained unbeaten. His team ended on 157 for four wickets in 20 overs.
Sherfane Rutherford and Shahidul Islam bagged two wickets each in the game.
Khulna Tigers will take on Dhaka Platoon on January 3 at Sylhet International while the Thunder will face off Rangpur Rangers on December 30 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
