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Shuvagata Hom (Chattogram Challengers' captain): I am very happy with this win. Tanzid was fantastic today - he batted from the beginning till the end. Whenever we have so many runs on the board, we are able to defend it and go about our business with confidence.
Tanzid Hasan is the Player of the Match: Praise be to God. I just heard that we have qualified for the playoffs. I am very happy. More than me, my parents are happy for me. I would like to dedicate this century to my little nephew. I was just waiting for the ball to come into my area.
Anamul Haque (Khulna Tigers' captain): We did not score enough runs today. When we lost the momentum, we could not quite take the responsibility to go deep and take the game. Had we batted well, things may have been different for us. They bowled and fielded exceedingly well, and full credit to them.
Chattogram Challengers beat Khulna Tigers by 65 runs!
Tanzid Hasan 116 (65) | Shuvagat Hom 3-25 Tom Bruce 36 (23) | Bilal Khan 2-13
Khulna Tigers were never in the game, and despite skipper Anamul Haque's statement earlier in the day that everyone was geared up for this crucial match, none of the players seemed keyed up for such a big occasion.
Chattogram Challengers beat them by a comfortable margin and established their superiority over their opponents in all three departments of the game: batting, bowling and fielding.
Khulna will want to go back and work on their batting; had they not lost so many wickets at regular intervals, they would have been able to chase these runs down, or at least got closer to the target.
Chattogram will be extremely proud of their efforts in this game. Khulna, for all their bravery in the earlier stages of the competition, failed to come to terms with the Chattogram challenge in this match.
Mukidul did not have to move an inch to take this catch! That will be that - Chattogram have been propelled into the top four!
19.5 Salauddin Sakil to Mukidul Islam, CAUGHT! CHATTOGRAM CHALLENGERS WIN! Back of a length delivery on the line of the middle and leg stump, Mukidul pulls that one towards deep midwicket but straight to the man stationed there, who takes a good catch. Khulna Tigers have been bowled out for 127 and Chattogram Challengers win the match by 65 runs, securing their place in the Top 4
Mukidul Islam c Nihaduzzaman b Salauddin Sakil 3 (10b 0x4 0x6)
19.4 Salauddin Sakil to Mukidul Islam, full length delivery outside the off stump. Mukidul has a swing and a miss. No run
19.3 Salauddin Sakil to Mukidul Islam, length delivery on the line of the off stump. Mukidul hits it towards short mid-off for a dot ball
19.2 Salauddin Sakil to Mukidul Islam, slower ball from Sakil. Mukidul is has a swing and a miss. No run
19.1 Salauddin Sakil to Arif Ahmed, full-length delivery outside the off stump. Arif hits it towards deep sweeper cover for a single
Salauddin Sakil [1-0-14-0] will bowl the final over.
It is just a matter of time now. If Chattogram can bowl Khulna out, they will be extremely pleased with their showing. Khulna, however, will want to bat this over out.
19
overs
126/9score
1
0
0
1
0
0
runs
Mukidul Islam*
3(6)
Arif Ahmed
5(6)
Bilal Khan
2/13
18.6 Bilal Khan to Mukidul Islam, goes full and on the off stump. Mukidul blocks it back to the bowler. No run
18.5 Bilal Khan to Mukidul Islam, length delivery going down the legside. Mukidul goes for the big shot but misses and is rapped on his pads. No run
18.4 Bilal Khan to Arif Ahmed, full length delivery on the line of the off stump. Arif hits it down the ground for a single
18.3 Bilal Khan to Arif Ahmed, length delivery on the line of the off stump. Arif goes for the shot but gets an inside edge onto his pads. He signals the dressing room for a change of bats there
18.2 Bilal Khan to Arif Ahmed, length delivery outside the off stump. Arif gets an inside edge onto his boot, which runs down to short third
18.1 Bilal Khan to Mukidul Islam, DROPPED! Back of a length delivery on the line of the off stump, Mukidul pulls that one and it goes high in the air but the bowler, looking to take the catch, shells it. The pair will take a single
A boundary to finish the over. Arif will want to hang around for as long as he can to trouble the Chattogram bowlers and not give them an easy way out.