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Chattogram vs Khulna, 18th match at Dhaka, , Nov 17 2017 - Match Result

RESULT
18th match (N), Mirpur, November 17, 2017, Bangladesh Premier League
(18.2/20 ov, T:161) 164/5

Khulna won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
49 (26)
rilee-rossouw
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Scorecard summary
Chittagong Vikings 160/5(20 overs)
62 (47)
3/26 (4)
1/22 (4)
Khulna Titans 164/5(18.2 overs)
48* (35)
1/14 (2)

So Khulna rise to second place after that win. Chittagong still stuck in the penultimate position. This is all we have for today. More action coming up on another double-header tomorrow. Do join us then. Goodbye until then.

Rilee Rossouw is Man of the Match. "I didn't expect the wicket to be so good, I expected it to turn a lot more in the second innings," he says. "But luckily I stuck to my guns. The coach sent me up the order today and encouraged me to play my natural game. The team comes first. If I do well and the team wins, it's happy days."

"Rilee set up the game for us. It was a good choice to send him up the order," says Khulna captain Mahmudullah. "I need to think about my catching. It wasn't up to the mark and we need to pull ourselves up. In the middle, we needed a small partnership becuase we knew we had Seekkuge Prasanna and Carlos Brathwaite."

"We lost with two overs to spare, so obviously we didn't have enough runs on the board," says Chittagong captain Luke Ronchi. "But the guys tried really hard. It was a mixture of errors with bat and ball, areas in both departments that we can improve on. Captaincy was not expected but it's a privilege."

10.22pm Carlos Brathwaite. Two balls: one four and one six. That's pretty uncomplicated and straightforward. He just walked in and finished the game off like a boss, almost as if to show the rest how it's done. Not that Chittagong had much of a chance. The game was steadily slipping out their grasp but Brathwaite just sent them plummeting to defeat. It was allround a shoddy day on the field for both teams with numerous dropped catches, missed stumping chances, lazy fielding efforts and horrific lines that resulted in 17 wides. Not to mention a generous offering of full tosses that came gift-wrapped to the batsmen. Rossouw set it up nicely with his all-out attack at the top, but it was Mahmudullah who pulled them out of a dicey position with Khulna losing three quick wickets. And more than able support from Ariful Haque.

Mahneel: "Mahmudullah making up for his poor fielding with bowl and then a match winning unbeaten stand, just any other day in the office for Mahmudullah!"

18.2
4
Jordan to Mahmudullah, FOUR runs

fuller ball, clipped uppishly through cow corner for a four. And that will do it

18.1
Jordan to Mahmudullah, no run

very full and angling in, clipped to deep midwicket

Jordan comes on. He has zero to defend.

end of over 1817 runs • 1 wicket
KT: 160/5CRR: 8.88 RRR: 0.50
Carlos Brathwaite10 (2b 1x4 1x6)
Mahmudullah44 (33b 3x4 1x6)
Taskin Ahmed 3-0-38-1
Chris Jordan 3-0-24-0
17.6
6
Taskin to Brathwaite, SIX runs

Taskin's nightmarish game ends with a six. Short ball, not going to unsettle the towering Brathwaite who flays a pull over cow corner

17.5
4
Taskin to Brathwaite, FOUR runs

oh, has he bludgeoned that. Stays leg side of this full delivery just outside off, clears the front leg at the very last moment to give himself the space to free his arms and absolutely shovels it through extra cover. Neatly picks the gap through the two fielders there as well

17.4
1
Taskin to Mahmudullah, 1 run

short of a length, opens the face and punches to backward point

17.3
W
Taskin to Ariful, OUT

a needless shot ends Ariful's innings. Short ball, gets a little big on him and he top-edges the pull to wide long-on

Ariful Haque c Jordan b Taskin Ahmed 34 (24b 0x4 3x6) SR: 141.66
17.3
1w
Taskin to Ariful, 1 wide

tries to take this out of the reach of the batsman and ends up bowling an off-side wide. More tripe from Taskin

17.2
1
Taskin to Mahmudullah, 1 run

full toss outside off, it's the slower ball. Mahmudullah backs away and chips it in the air but wide of the bowler

17.1
4
Taskin to Mahmudullah, FOUR runs

goes across the line for a heave over the leg side. It's a length ball outside off and he gets a leading edge past the keeper to third man

end of over 1710 runs
KT: 143/4CRR: 8.41 RRR: 6.00
Ariful Haque34 (23b 3x6)
Mahmudullah38 (30b 2x4 1x6)
Chris Jordan 3-0-24-0
Tanbir Hayder 3-0-29-1
16.6
2
Jordan to Ariful, 2 runs

again a full toss, driven to sweeper cover

16.5
6
Jordan to Ariful, SIX runs

full, angling in, slogs it over deep midwicket. Keeps the fielder there interested for just a moment but goes over him

16.4
Jordan to Ariful, no run

wide yorker, outside off, Ariful tries to jam the bat down but makes no contact

16.3
Jordan to Ariful, no run

extremely full outside off, pushed back to the bowler

16.2
1
Jordan to Mahmudullah, 1 run

pitched up on off, drilled extremely hard down the ground to long-on

16.1
1
Jordan to Ariful, 1 run

full toss, punched to mid-off where the fielder gets down and rolls to his right to make the stop

end of over 1616 runs
KT: 133/4CRR: 8.31 RRR: 7.00
Mahmudullah37 (29b 2x4 1x6)
Ariful Haque25 (18b 2x6)
Tanbir Hayder 3-0-29-1
Taskin Ahmed 2-0-21-0
15.6
2lb
Tanbir to Mahmudullah, 2 leg byes

short of a length, down the leg side, goes too hard as he swivels for the pull, falls over and ekes it out to deep fine leg off the splice

15.5
1
Tanbir to Ariful, 1 run

goes for a wild slog again and ends up hammering it down to long-on

15.4
6
Tanbir to Ariful, SIX runs

that has been slogged out of here. Pressure on Chittagong now after the twin sixes. Pitched up on middle and leg and dispatched into the crowd

15.3
6
Tanbir to Ariful, SIX runs

floated up outside off, comes down the track to meet the pitch and thumps it with a half-angled bat over the bowler's head

15.2
Tanbir to Ariful, no run

short ball, that's a lousy delivery. Swivels around and goes hard at a pull bit picks out backward square leg

Match details
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
TossKhulna Titans, elected to field first
Series
Season2017/18
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days17 November 2017 - night (20-over match)
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Match Referee
PointsKhulna Titans 2, Chittagong Vikings 0
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