Tharanga and Fletcher lead Sylhet to third straight win
Andre Fletcher and Upul Tharanga added their third fifty-plus opening stand in three matches to power Sylhet Sixers to their third successive win the BPL
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Fletcher launched Sylhet's innings with a flicked six off Kesrick Williams in the second over before he combined with Tharanga to take 18 runs off the next over bowled by Hosain Ali. The West Indies opener hit top gear when he blasted Mehidy Hasan Miraz for two successive sixes - the first of which brought up the fifty stand.
But unlike Chittagong, Sylhet had middle-order enforcers who were willing to bat deep into the slog overs. Danushka Gunathilaka led the end-overs surge with 42 off 22 balls, including a scooped six off Franklin. In all, Gunathilaka took 23 runs off nine balls from the former New Zealand allrounder.
Mominul Haque, widely regarded as a Test specialist, kicked off Rajshahi's chase with a brace of sixes off Nasir Hossain and contributed 24 in a 50-run stand with Wright.
But Liam Plunkett set Rajshahi back with two wickets in the sixth over; Mominul and Rony Talukdar falling in the space of three balls. Rajshahi recovered slightly before Abul Hasan emulated Plunkett in the 10th over. He first had Mushfiqur Rahim slicing a catch to Sabbir at long-on and then had Samit Patel playing on. By then Rajshahi had slumped to 79 for 4.
Playing in the BPL for the first time since 2013, Wright struck his second fifty in the competition. He and Franklin added 54 runs in just 4.5 overs but the asking rate kept soaring. The scoreboard pressure got the better of Wright when he holed out to deep midwicket for 56 off 39 balls.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84