Dhaka Dynamites beat Khulna Titans

Sports Correspondent: Dhaka Dynamites beat Khulna Titans by four wickets in the 5th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) cricket at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.

West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard and local Jahurul Islam steered Dhaka Dynamites to take the solo lead.

Dhaka Dynamites topped the list securing six points from four matches having positive run rate of 1.971 while Sylhet Sixers also bagged six points from five matches, playing one match more than Dhaka Dynamites with negative run rate of 0.610.

Chasing a target of 157 runs, Dhaka Dynamites faced initial batting collapse losing top five batsmen -- Evin Lewis (4), Sunil Narine (7), Shahid Afridi (1), Cameron Delport (2) and Shakib Al Hasan (20) -- for 41 runs in 8.3 overs, but Jahurul Islam pairing with Kieron Pollard guided the team to near victory scoring 73 runs in the 6th wicket stand.

Earlier, Khulna Titans, riding on a half century by West Indian batsman Carlos Brathwaite, scored a moderate 156 for 5 in stipulated 20 overs against Dhaka Dynamites, which decided to bowl first after winning the toss.

Khulna Titans lost three early wickets -- Michael Klinger (10), Dhiman Ghosh (2) and Nazmul Hossain Shanta (24) -- for 46 runs in 9.4 overs. Their misery further consolidated with the dismissal of captain Mahmudullah (14), leaving the team total 71 for 4 in 12.2 overs.

Dhaka Dynamites: Evin Lewis, Shahid Afridi, Cameron Delport, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Mosaddek Hossain, Nadif Chowdhury, Jahurul Islam (wk), Abu Hider Rony and Khaled Ahmed.

Khulna Titans: Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Michael Klinger, Rilee Rossouw, Mahmudullah (capt), Dhiman Ghosh (wk), Akila Dananjaya, Ariful Haque, Carlos Brathwaite, Jofra Archer, Shafiul Islam and Abu Jayed.



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