Chittagong wins by beating Sylhet, setting a record for the highest team run in the BPL Season
Chittagong wins by beating Sylhet, setting a record for the highest team run in the BPL Season
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প্রকাশিত জানুয়ারি ৯, ২০২৬, ১২:২৫ পূর্বাহ্ণ
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Special Correspondent, Sylhet
Chittagong lost the toss and elected to bat first in the second match of the day on Wednesday at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Chittagong scored 198 runs for the loss of 5 wickets after the stipulated 20 overs.
Chittagong Royals stormed against Sylhet Titans by coming out to bat. They set a record for the highest run in the season. Sheikh Mehedi stormed after the brilliant batting of Adam Rossington and Mahmudul Hasan Joy. With that, Chittagong scored the highest run total in the current season. The port city team set Sylhet a target of 199 runs.
Rajshahi Warriors scored the highest 192 runs in this season. They chased down Sylhet Titans’ 190 runs on the opening day.
Rossington scored the highest 49 runs for Chittagong. The English batter scored 49 runs off 38 balls with 6 fours and a six. Mahmudul Hasan Joy scored 44 runs off 21 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. In the end, Sheikh Mehedi played an unbeaten innings of 33 runs off 13 balls with 4 fours and a six.
In addition, Hasan Nawaz scored 25 runs off 20 balls, Naeem Sheikh scored 18 runs off 15 balls and Asif Ali scored 13 runs off 8 balls.
For Sylhet, Ruel Mia took 3 wickets. Moeen Ali and Azmatullah Omarzai took one wicket each.
At the beginning of the match, Chittagong came out to bat and scored 198 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, Sylhet lost all their wickets and scored 184 runs.
In today’s first match, Dhaka Capitals defeated Noakhali Express by 7 wickets.
