All-round Shakib routs Sylhet

Sylhet Super Stars coach Sarwar Imran had said on Sunday that the side's last three matches would all be "knockout games". On Monday while, they were not technically knocked out of the tournament yet, Rangpur Riders belted them in an eight-wicket win.

Arafat Sunny took his second four-wicket haul in T20s, giving away just 14 runs in four overs while Mohammad Nabi took three wickets. Shakib Al Hasan picked up two wickets while Thisara Perera had one as Sylhet were bowled out for 59 runs in 11.5 overs, the second-lowest innings total in the BPL, narrowly beating Barisal Bulls' 58 all out, against them in their previous game.

However, Sylhet now hold the record for getting bowled out in the least number of overs in a BPL innings. The previous lowest was 13.5 overs, in which the Chittagong Kings bowled out the Sylhet Royals for 74, in the 2013 edition. Mohammedan Sporting Club hold the record for getting bowled in the leas tnumber of overs in Bangladesh - 8.4 overs.

Shakib decided to bowl, predictably, and straightaway opened the attack with Sunny. Darren Sammy dropped a simple catch in the first over of their innings, before Sunny bowled the survivor, Dilshan Munaweera, off the next ball. Junaid Siddique gave Sunny a simple return catch in the next over before Mushfiqur Rahim couldn't connect a switch-hit and was caught at point.

Sunny's fourth wicket was Nazmul Hossain Milon who was bowled trying to slog him in the seventh over. Sylhet captain Shahid Afridi was stumped by Shakib who also removed Nurul Hasan earlier for a catch at mid-off.

Perera had Ravi Bopara leg-before and there was a danger that Sylhet would break the record of being bowled out for the lowest score, 58, which they had inflicted on Barisal in their previous game. Thankfully for them, Sohail Tanvir struck a six and four before Mohammad Nabi removed the last three wickets, giving away just 15 runs. When last man, Rubel Hossain, tried to loft him in the 12th over, Nabi ran back 20 yards and completed a stunning catch to end the Sylhet innings.

In the chase, Mohammad Shahid took two wickets - getting Lendl Simmons to edge to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim in the second over and having Soumya Sarkar caught at deep square-leg in the sixth over, before Rangpur wrapped up the chase with consummate ease as Shakib anchored the innings with an unbeaten 29.