Shakib Khan starts BPL with a loss

Shakib Khan starts BPL with a loss

He has scored over 190 in two matches on the same wicket and in both matches. On the first day of BPL today, the wicket at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Stadium was completely occupied by batsmen. So much so that in the first match, Durbar Rajshahi could not win against Fortune Barisal despite scoring 197 runs. However, Rangpur Riders won the second match by 40 runs, scoring 191 runs for 6 wickets. However, they could not all out Dhaka. Thisara Perera's team scored 151 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Hero Shakib Khan is also on the side of the owner of the new franchise of BPL, Dhaka Capitals. He came to Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Stadium to watch the team's first match, and watched the game sitting in the President's Box. Although hero Shakib's debut on the cricket field was a defeat.

In response to the big run, the two openers Tanjid Hasan (30 off 21 balls) and Liton Das (31 off 27 balls) gave Dhaka Capitals a good start with a partnership of 65 runs in 7.3 overs. But then 4 wickets fell by 10 runs in just 3 overs. Rangpur's off-spinner Mehedi Hasan took all four wickets. Tanjid took the wicket of Habibur Rahman, who fell for three, in the eighth over. Liton and Farmanullah were brought back in the tenth over.
Rangpur's Khushdil Shah (left) and Nurul Hasan put on a 41-run partnership in 18 balls

Dhaka Capitals was knocked out of the match right then. No other batsman in the middle order or later could match the asking rate. Of course, it seemed a bit difficult to score runs on the wicket of Sher-e-Bangla Stadium at that time. Rangpur's Khushdil took 2 wickets and Kamrul, Rakibul and Saifuddin took 1 wicket each.

Earlier, openers Steven Taylor and Alex Hales were dismissed within 3 overs, but Saif Hasan and Pakistan's Iftikhar Ahmed's 89-run third-wicket partnership gave Rangpur a big run scare. Saif scored 40 runs off 33 balls, while Iftikhar's bat scored 49 runs off 38 balls.
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Later, Khushdil played an unbeaten 46-run innings off 23 balls with 3 sixes and 3 fours. Khushdil shared a 41-run partnership with captain Nurul Hasan in just 3 overs for the fifth wicket. Nurul was also aggressive. He scored 25 runs off 11 balls, of which 24 were six fours. Dhaka's Alauddin Babu took 3 for 43 and Mukidul Islam took 2 for 27.

Short Scores

Rangpur Riders: 191/6 in 20 overs (Iftikhar 49, Khushdil 46*, Saif 40; Alauddin 3/43, Mukidul 2/17).
Dhaka Capitals: 151/9 in 20 overs (Liton 31, Tanjid 30, Mukidul 18; Mehedi 4/27, Khushdil 2/15).
Result: Rangpur Riders won by 40 runs.
Man of the Match: Khushdil Shah.