Rangpur Riders confirmed the BPL playoffs first by defeating Chittagong Challengers by 18 runs in their tenth match. Shakib-Sohan won 8 out of 10 matches and took the top spot with 16 points.
Rangpur batted first and scored 187 runs for 8 wickets in Shakib Al Hasan's fifty at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday night. In response, Romario Shepherd could not score more than 169 runs after losing 6 wickets despite the storm. Rangpur won by 18 runs and qualified for the playoffs two matches earlier. On the other hand, the road to the playoffs
Rangpur is in playoffs
Rangpur Riders confirmed the BPL playoffs first by defeating Chittagong Challengers by 18 runs in their tenth match. Shakib-Sohan won 8 out of 10 matches and took the top spot with 16 points.
Rangpur batted first and scored 187 runs for 8 wickets in Shakib Al Hasan's fifty at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday night. In response, Romario Shepherd could not score more than 169 runs after losing 6 wickets despite the storm. Rangpur won by 18 runs and qualified for the playoffs two matches earlier. On the other hand, the road to the playoffs was a bit more difficult for Shepherd-Holmes.
Chasing the target, Chittagong lost the first wicket by 5 runs, the second wicket by 19 runs, the third wicket by 32 runs, the fourth wicket by 77 runs and the fifth wicket by 78 runs. Josh Brown 4, Saikat Ali 9, Tanjid Hasan Tamim 13, Shubhagat Home 21 with 3 fours and Tom Bruce returned with 24 runs with 1 four and 1 six.
Then came Romario Shepherd. He was unbeaten on 66 off 30 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes. Chittagong only narrowed the gap despite raising chances of victory with his stormy batting. In the end, the host team could not score more than 169 runs.
Rangpur's Dwayne Pretorius took 3 wickets with 14 runs in 4 overs. Mahedi Hasan was the man of the match with 17 runs in 2 overs, 2 wickets and 34 off 17 balls with the bat. Although Shepherd also claimed it. He remained unbeaten on 66 runs with the bat after taking 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs.
Before that Rony Talukder won the toss and went to bat for 33 runs. He played an innings of 25 runs with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Then Reza Hendricks (4), Brandon King (2) and Nurul Hasan Sohan were out. Rangpur's team run was 71 for 4 wickets.
Shakib settled down to bat at number four. With Mahedi Hasan, he attacked the Chittagong bowlers. In the fifth wicket partnership, they both added 68 runs off 34 balls. During 139 runs, Mahedi returned with a storm of 34 runs off 17 balls and 4 sixes.
At the other end, Shakib picked up back to back fifty. Shakib scored fifty in 33 balls with 3 fours and an equal number of sixes. Then Romario Shepherd was caught by Tanjid Hasan Tamim in front of the boundary and returned to the dressing room. Played an innings of 62 runs off 39 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes.
In the end, Rangpur scored 187 runs thanks to Shamim Hossain Patwari's 17 with 1 four and 1 six and Hasan Mahmud's 8 runs with 2 fours in 2 balls.
Shepherd of Chittagong with the ball took 3 wickets with 27 runs in 4 overs. Salahuddin Sakil took 2 wickets for 38 runs and Shahidul Islam took 2 wickets for 32 runs.
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