Khulna Tigers scored 157 runs for 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs at the beginning of the first match of the day in BPL held in Chittagong. As a result, Chittagong Challengers need 158 runs to win.
Chittagong Challengers team leader Yasir Ali Rabbi won the toss and decided to field at the beginning of the match. Opener Mc Odude returned to bat in the second over. Only 6 runs come from his bat. In the next wicket, however, Afif Hossain and Usman Khan took the lead of the team. Usman got out after scoring 45 runs off 31 balls.
Afif continued to bat positively with Darwis Rasuli on the next wicket. That’s how the team score continues. Afif returned 35 runs from 31 balls. Rasuli scored 25 runs before being run out. Apart from this, Khawaja Nafiz was out for 5 runs, Ziaur Rahman for 11 runs, Shubhagat Home for 1 run, Mehedi Hasan Rana for zero runs, Nihaduzzaman for zero runs. And Farhad Reza remained unbeaten on 21 runs off 9 balls and Taijul Islam on zero runs.
Meanwhile, Wahab Riaz took maximum four wickets for Chittagong. The team’s right-arm pacer Mohammad Saifuddin got two wickets. Besides, Amad Butt got a wicket.
(20 January/MM)