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25th T20 • Sylhet International Cricket Stadium • Sylhet

Khulna Tigers

129/8 (20)

Dhaka Dominators

131/5 (19.2)

MD won by 5 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Arafat Sunny

2/15

KHT s

Minister Dhaka s

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Khulna Tigers s

129/8 (20)

Batters

Andre Fletcher

50.00

c M Mahmudullah b A Sunny

Soumya Sarkar

33.33

c Shuvagata Hom b R Hossain

Jaker Ali Anik

100.00

runout (R Hossain / I Uzzaman)

Yasir Ali Chowdhury

0.00

b A Sunny

Mushfiqur Rahim

(C)

100.00

b A Omarzai

Mahedi Hasan

94.44

c I Uzzaman b Q Ahmad

Sikandar Raza

128.00

c Shamsur Rahman b F Farooqi

Thisara Perera

120.00

c & b A Omarzai

Ruyel Miah

88.89

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.45)

129/8

Did not Bat

Nabil Samad, Khaled Ahmed

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

8.00

5.00

6.25

4.00

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Soumya Sarkar

c Shuvagata Hom b R Hossain

1-3

0.5

Jaker Ali Anik

runout (R Hossain / I Uzzaman)

2-11

2.4

Andre Fletcher

c M Mahmudullah b A Sunny

3-12

3.2

Yasir Ali Chowdhury

b A Sunny

4-12

3.3

Mushfiqur Rahim

b A Omarzai

5-32

6.6

Mahedi Hasan

c I Uzzaman b Q Ahmad

6-58

11.4

Thisara Perera

c & b A Omarzai

7-97

16.1

Sikandar Raza

c Shamsur Rahman b F Farooqi

8-129

19.6

Minister Dhaka s

131/5 (19.2)

Batters

Tamim Iqbal

75.00

lbw b Nabil Samad

Imran Uzzaman

85.71

c Nabil Samad b SK Ahmed

Jahurul Islam

85.71

b R Miah

Mahmudullah

(C)

94.44

c YA Chowdhury b T Perera

Shamsur Rahman

178.57

c YA Chowdhury b T Perera

Shuvagata Hom *

200.00

Not out

Azmatullah Omarzai

142.86

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(19.2 Ov, RR: 6.78)

131/5

Did not Bat

Rubel Hossain, Qais Ahmad, Arafat Sunny, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowlers

EXT

Nabil Samad

2.50

Ruyel Miah

5.25

Khaled Ahmed

7.25

Mahedi Hasan

10.00

Thisara Perera

3.2

11.70

Sikandar Raza

8.00

Andre Fletcher

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tamim Iqbal

lbw b Nabil Samad

1-12

2.1

Imran Uzzaman

c Nabil Samad b SK Ahmed

2-12

3.2

Jahurul Islam

b R Miah

3-69

12.3

Mahmudullah

c YA Chowdhury b T Perera

4-101

15.6

Shamsur Rahman

c YA Chowdhury b T Perera

5-106

17.1

Match Info

Date & Time

09 Feb, 12:00 PM IST

Venue

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Match

25th T20,

Bangladesh Premier League

Umpires

Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka), Tanvir Ahmed (Bangladesh), Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh, TV)

Referee

Raqibul Hasan (Bangladesh)

Toss

Khulna Tigers elected to bat

Player of the Match Arafat Sunny

2/15

Commentary

MATCH SUMMARY

Khulna Tigers, batting first - 129 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their 20 overs; Sikandar Raza 64 (50)
Minister Group Dhaka, batting second - 131 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 19.2 overs; Mahmudullah 34 (36)

Minister Group Dhaka beat Khulna Tigers by 5 wickets.

Player of the Match: Arafat Sunny [3-1-15-2]

It should have been a much more comfortable win for Minister Group Dhaka than what it turned out to be, but Shuvagata Hom's back-to-back sixes off the first two balls of the last over of the match, in a high pressure situation, gave Mahmudullah's team a much-needed victory to stay in the hunt for a place in the play-offs! Minister Group Dhaka now are 3rd in the standings with 9 points and a match to play.

Khulna Tigers bowled extremely well throughout the 2nd innings to take the match right down to the wire. The initial wickets of Tamim Iqbal and Imranuzzaman gave Mushfiqur Rahim's side the kind of start they were looking for. Nabil Samad was excellent, giving away only 10 runs off his 4 overs, that too with the new ball!

But the partnership of Jahurul Islam and Mahmudullah wrested the initiative back for Dhaka as the skipper's sensible batting and his partner's calculated risks were working really well.

The wicket of Jahuhul brought in Shamsur Rahman, who took the bowling on and made life even easier for Minister Group Dhaka with his big hits. But then came two similar dismissals of Mahmudullah and Shamsur, both off Thisara Perera's bowling, that suddenly pegged the batting side back. The state of the match was such that off the last over, 11 runs were required, with the odds in favour of Khulna Tigers.

But Shuvagata Hom's heroics ensured that there was no further addition to the drama. The Khulna fielding was good on the whole, with some moments of brilliance, but a few misfields, a difficult drop catch and a relay catch that was not to be, turned out to be costly for them.

In the 1st innings, Arafat Sunny was brilliant, bowling a double-wicket maiden and making things very difficult for Khulna to get the runs coming. All the bowlers chipped in with handy overs and did not let the batting cut loose at any stage, by taking wickets at regular intervals. One Sikandar Raza special innings was the only question to which the bowling had no answer, but Khulna would have definitely liked to have score 10 more runs at the least, to make things more interesting.

Khulna Tigers are 4th on the table now, with two matches to play.

After a thrilling match from a beautiful evening at Sylhet, the pair of Prakhar and Bidipto bids you good bye! Do tune in to the last match at the Sylhet International Cricket stadium later on today to follow more of Sportskeeda's thorough coverage of the Bangladesh Premier League this season, as the tournament heats up, with places for the play-offs, up for grabs!

POST-MATCH PRESENTATION

Khulna Tigers captain, Mushfiqur Rahim: I thought it was a great game of cricket. We probably did not bat well up front but even 5 to 10 runs more could have made the match more interesting. The boys played extremely well to take the game close and I hope that we get 2 wins out of 2 coming up.

Player of the Match, Arafat Sunny: Having bowled according to plan made me feel very special. Those 2 wickets in my first over did indeed give the other bowlers a lot of motivation. I kept it on the stumps, bowled wicket-to-wicket and got my rewards.

Minister Group Dhaka captain, Mahmudullah: Definitely, a lot of relief after winning this game. We still have one more game to go, so we have to win that now and give ourselves every chance to qualify for the playoffs. I thought Shamsur Rahman was brilliant and Shuvagata Hom is a very handy player, which he proved with the bat today.

Shuvagata Hom wins it for Dhaka with two massive sixes under pressure! Minister Group Dhaka get over the line by 5 wickets with 4 balls to spare!

19.2 Thisara Perera to Shuvagata Hom, SIX! DONE AND DUSTED! Good length ball on off stump, Hom hammers the ball over extra-run for the second six and takes his team home with four balls to spare.

5 off 5! Wow! What a shot!

19.1 Thisara Perera to Shuvagata Hom, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! Full ball on off stump. Hom dances down the track and smacks the ball straight back over the bowler's head for a maximum!

Still cannot believe how the match came this far but now, Khulna are well in with a chance, in fact favourites at this stage to win! 11 to get off 6 balls!

overs

119 /5 score

runs

Shuvagata Hom *

6 (7)

Azmatullah Omarzai

10 (7)

Khaled Ahmed

1 /29

18.6 Khaled Ahmed to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run, good length ball on off stump. Hom heaves the ball to deep mid-wicket just for a single.

18.5 Khaled Ahmed to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, fullish ball on off stump. Omarzai whips the ball down to deep mid-wicket for a run.

18.4 Khaled Ahmed to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run, good length delivery into the pads. Hom whacks the ball down to deep square-leg for a single.

18.3 Khaled Ahmed to Shuvagata Hom, no run, slow short ball on off stump. Hom goes for a pull but fails to connect. The ball rolls to the keeper.

18.2 Khaled Ahmed to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, slow good length ball on off stump. Omarzai goes down the ground and hits the ball in the air. The ball falls short of the man at long-off and Omarzai settles ofor a single.

18.1 Khaled Ahmed to Azmatullah Omarzai, no run, slow full ball on off stump. A swing and a miss from Omarzai.

Khaled Ahmed [3.0-0-25-1] is back to bowl.

It looks as though Dhaka's needless attacking batting is bringing Khulna back into the match. Shamsur goes as well, like his skipper, but immediately after, a missed opportunity will cost Khulna as Khaled Ahmed dropped a slightly tough but very important catch. What's worse, it went for four! Thisara Perera did indeed bowl well in the over, but the second last ball drama, with the six being saved and the catch almost being taken off the relay, was the best action of the over! Exciting cricket going on at the moment! 15 to get off 12 now!

overs

115 /5 score

runs

Shuvagata Hom

4 (4)

Azmatullah Omarzai *

8 (4)

Thisara Perera

2 /27

17.6 Thisara Perera to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, good length ball on off stump. Omarzai works the ball down to third-man for a single.

17.5 Thisara Perera to Azmatullah Omarzai, 2 runs, slow full ball right in the slot. Omarzai hammers the ball straight down the ground. The fielder at the long-on fence puts a good dive and almost pulls of a stunner. He tumbles over the boundary rope but gets rid of the ball at the last second. Omarzai takes two runs.

17.4 Thisara Perera to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run, good length delivery on off stump. Hom pushes the ball to the man at extra-cover for a single.