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That's it from here for game 1 of today from the BPL. We have another game coming up soon. Keep following Sportskeeda for that one. For now it's bye bye.
Yasir Ali | Khulna captain: A sigh of relief. It was a much-needed win for us and we can now take it from here. When seniors like Wahab does well then it makes it easier for the others. Tamim played really well and he guided Joy.
Wahab Riaz | Player of the Match: The wicket was little bit slow but we had to bowl according to our plans. Also, bowling wicket to wicket helps on such surfaces. We lost the first three games but we have some momentum now and it is all about peaking at the right time.
Shoaib Malik | Rangpur captain: Of course not enough runs on the board. When you are playing on a slow track the key is to rotate strike and we didn't do that. Credit to Tamim, he knew someone had to bat through on this surface and he did that for them. We surely will come back.
Khulna Tigers won by 9 wickets Tamim Iqbal 60(47) | Mahedi Hasan 38(34) Wahaz Riaz 4-14 | Azamatullah Omarzai 1-26(3.2)
Khulna end their three-match losing run and register their first points of this season with a thumping win.
Chasing a low total of 130, Tamim and Munim Shahriar got off to a fast start and even though the latter fell, Mahmudul Hasan Joy joined Tamim and finished it off.
Khulna even had the liberty to stretch the chase till the 19th over as they did not want to finish it early despite having the chance to do so.
Rangpur did not have the total to defend and despite a lot of international bowlers, they lacked ammunition to dislodge the batters.
Stay tuned for the post-match presentation.
18.2 Azmatullah Omarzai to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, SIX! A LUSTY BLOW TO FINISH THINGS! Bangs it short but it's not high enough to plague Joy as he gets on top of the bounce and clobbers it over deep mid-wicket
18.1 Azmatullah Omarzai to Tamim Iqbal, short of a length angling away, Tamim punches it to sweeper cover and gets a single
17.6 Haris Rauf to Tamim Iqbal, yorker length delivery on middle stump, Tamim bends low and flicks it to deep square leg for a single
17.5 Haris Rauf to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, another short delivery rushing the batter. Joy mistimes his pull as he gets a top edge but lands safely towards long-on. One run
17.4 Haris Rauf to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, dug it short again, Joy gives room and punches it to short extra cover
17.3 Haris Rauf to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, yorker length delivery on middle stump, Joy squeezes it to backward point. No run
17.2 Haris Rauf to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, bangs it short, Joy mistimes his pull but it falls in the no man's land wide of long-on. They take a couple
17.1 Haris Rauf to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, full on middle stump, flicked away to short mid-wicket
Joy getting into the act now as Khulna get closer.
17
overs
119/1score
1
1
4
1
0
2
runs
Tamim Iqbal*
56(45)
Mahmudul Hasan Joy
29(36)
Hasan Mahmud
0/19
16.6 Hasan Mahmud to Tamim Iqbal, low full toss outside leg-stump, Tamim flicks it behind square on the leg-side and gets a couple
16.5 Hasan Mahmud to Tamim Iqbal, slow delivery angling across, Tamim plays it to short fine leg
16.4 Hasan Mahmud to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, back of a hand slow delivery outside off-stump, punched down to sweeper cover for a single
16.3 Hasan Mahmud to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, FOUR! Short delivery but Joy gets on top of the bounce and knocks the pull towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary
16.2 Hasan Mahmud to Tamim Iqbal, slow back of a hand delivery, Tamim pulls it to long-on for a single