Sylhet set 147-run target for Rajshahi

Sports Desk: Sylhet Sixers, thanks to Shabbir Rahman's 41 run off 26 balls, have set 147-run target for Rajshahi Kings in the 17th Match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

The match started at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka at 1:00pm on Friday.

Rajshahi Kings' Captain Darren Sammy won the toss and invited Sylhet to bat first.

Sylhet Sixers managed to score 146 runs losing six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Shabbir Rahman scored 41 runs which includes four sixes and a four while Danushka Gunathilaka hit 40 runs off 37 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes.

Tim Bresnan (unbeaten) scored 29 off 17 balls while Upul Tharanga and Nurul Hasan (wk) each bagged 10 runs.

Andre Fletcher returned to the pavilion for duck and Captain Nasir Hossain scored nine runs off 11 balls.

Liam Plunkett (unbeaten) hit 6 runs off 2 balls while one run came from extra.

Rajshahi Kings' Kesrick Williams bagged two wickets while Mohammad Sami, Mehidy Hasan, James Franklin and Samit Patel each shared one wicket.

risingbd/Dhaka/November 17, 2017/A K Azad