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Chittagong Kings Win Over Sylhet Strikers
At Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, the Chittagong Kings dominated the match today, defeating the Sylhet Strikers by 96 runs to guarantee a postseason berth with one game remaining.
In pursuit of Chittagong’s 196, the Sylhet Strikers were defeated by a significant margin as Shoriful Islam and Khaled Ahmed ripped through their batting lineup.
Khulna Tigers vs Durbar Rajshahi
As a result, Khulna Tigers, who defeated Rangpur in their previous match today, and Durbar Rajshahi will compete for the final playoff position.
With a career-best T20 record of four wickets for five runs, Shoriful put Sylhet out for 100 runs by getting the final run-out of Sumon Khan. Eight of the ten wickets that fell came from the Chittagong pace pair, which also included Khaled Ahmed, who took four for 31.
Jaker Ali Anik and Zakir Hasan score
With Jaker Ali Anik managing 17 and Zakir Hasan scoring 19 off 12, Sylhet had no standout scorers.
Chittagong scored 56 runs in the Powerplay after relying on Khawaza Nafay’s spectacular 30-ball 52 despite losing the opening wickets of Parvez Hossain Emon and Graham Clarke, both of whom were taken by Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
In order to maintain the run-rate near 10, captain Muhammad Mithun would also hit a 52 off of 38 balls. Shamim Hossain seized the lead with a 23-ball 38 after Nafay and Mithun left, and Khaled Ahmed added a vital 25 off 13 in the closing moments to help Chittagong reach 196 for 8.
