Khulna beat Dhaka by 5 wickets

Khulna Tigers beat Durdanto Dhaka by five wickets in the 33rd game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Friday.

Dhaka started falling under pressure from the beginning of the innings as they lost three wickets in 27 runs. They were restricted to 128/7 after 20 overs. 

Mosaddek Hossain, Alex Ross and Irfan Sukkur added 26, 25 and 25 respectively.

In reply, Khulna overtook the target of 129 runs losing five wickets with 28 balls in hand.

Parvez Hossain Emon, Shai Hope and Afif Hossain contributed 40, 32 and 43 for their team.

Playing XIs

Durdanto Dhaka: Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Adam Rossington (wk), Saif Hassan, Alex Ross, Sean Williams, Irfan Sukkur, Chaturanga de Silva, Mosaddek Hossain, Alauddin Babu, Taskin Ahmed (c), Shoriful Islam.

Khulna Tigers: Afif Hossain, Shai Hope (wk), Anamul Haque (c), Evin Lewis, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mukidul Islam, Wayne Parnell, Nahidul Islam, Arif Ahmed, Oshane Thomas.