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Rangpur vs Khulna, 38th match at Dhaka, Dec 03 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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38th match (N), Mirpur, December 03, 2017, Bangladesh Premier League
Rangpur Riders FlagRangpur Riders

#4

147/6
Khulna Titans FlagKhulna Titans

#3

(20 ov, T:148) 128/8

Rangpur won by 19 runs

mohammad-mithun
Player Of The Match
Mohammad Mithun
, RAR
50* (35)
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Over20
4 runs
KT 128/8CRR: 6.40
Shafiul Islam 4 (9b)Mohammad Irfan 1 (2b)
Isuru Udana1/37 (4)

9.35pm There it is - Rangpur, Khulna, Dhaka, and Comilla are the four teams in the playoffs. How crucial were those late hits from Mithun? Rangpur plundered 33 off their last two overs to lift the total to 147. That has made the difference this game. Do stick around for the presentation.

Mahmudullah: Losing wickets in regular intervals hurt us. The last two overs the bowlers went for runs, but we managed to restrict them to a good total. Next game we need to pull our socks up and finish in the top two.

Mashrafe: With Archer's wicket we were in the game. Mithun has not got to finish games this season, but today we finished it. Because of his innings we won the game. On this wickets spinners can play a good role, that's why we had three spinners. At the moment, we are happy we can through.

Mithun, Man of the Match for his unbeaten 50 off 35 balls.

That is all we have for you from this match. Thanks for reading. Until next time, goodbye and good night

Waleed Zahoor: "Mahmullah's pathetic captaincy has cost them the match. Not playing Junaid was a big blunder, but giving the last 2 overs to Archer and Shafiul were even bigger howlers. Brathwaite and Abu Jayed wouldn't have bowled this poorly "

19.6
2
Udana to Shafiul, 2 runs

pretty full and angling across off, Shafiul reaches out and carves it away past the left of long-off. Rangpur win by 19 runs and make the playoffs

19.5
1
Udana to Mohammad Irfan (5), 1 run

full-toss angling across off, toe-ended down to long-off

19.4
•
Udana to Mohammad Irfan (5), no run

back of a length and wide of off again, slashes and only connects with thin air

19.3
1
Udana to Shafiul, 1 run

full-toss, angling across off, and that's stabbed away to the off-side sweeper

19.2
•
Udana to Shafiul, no run

really full and slanting across off, Shafiul, having backed away, can't reach it. Left alone

19.1
•
Udana to Shafiul, no run

good length and slanting away outside off, runs past the swinging bat

Khulna need 24 off the last over. Here is Udana from over the wicket

Over19
1 run, 1 wicket
KT 124/8CRR: 6.52  RRR: 24.00
Shafiul Islam 1 (5b)Mohammad Irfan 0 (0b)
Ravi Bopara2/4 (2)
18.6
1
Bopara to Shafiul, 1 run

tickled off the hips to short fine leg

18.5
•
Bopara to Shafiul, no run

slower cutter again, floats through outside off, another big swing and a miss

18.4
•
Bopara to Shafiul, no run

another slower cutter, drifts past the leg stump as Shafiul swings and misses

18.3
•
Bopara to Shafiul, no run

slower awaycutter outside off, the batsman swipes waaaaay too early... and misses

18.2
•
Bopara to Shafiul, no run

Bopara grabs a cracking return catch! He claims a catch, the two on-field umpires converge and refer it to the TV umpire. The soft signal is out. Low full-toss outside off, scooped away to the left of the bowler. Has Bopara taken it cleanly? Replays suggest the ball touched the ground before Bopara wrapped his fingers around it

18.1
W
Bopara to Ariful, OUT

Baz falls on his back at long-on and completes a sharp catch. Bopara floats a slower, back-of-a-length ball outside off, miscues a heave to long-on

Ariful Haque c McCullum b Bopara 6 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 85.71

Bopara

Over18
16 runs, 1 wicket
KT 123/6CRR: 6.83  RRR: 12.50
Ariful Haque 6 (6b)
Isuru Udana1/33 (3)
17.6
1W
Udana to Ariful, 1 run, OUT

A horrid mix-up between the wickets and Archer is run out at the keeper's end. Wide yorker, jammed out to long-off. Archer wants a double, he is more than half way down the pitch, Ariful, however, isn't interested. Archer can't undo his steps in time

Jofra Archer run out (Bopara/†Mohammad Mithun) 19 (11b 0x4 2x6) SR: 172.72
17.5
1b
Udana to Archer, 1 bye

really full and slanting away wide outside off from around the wicket, Archer ventures across off, has a big slog, and doesn't make contact. The keeper does not gather it cleanly and they get a bye

17.4
6
Udana to Archer, SIX runs

Archer swings for the hills, and clears deep midwicket. Reads the slower, shorter ball on off, barely 100ks, smites it for another leg-side six

Baundele: "This is very poor captaincy by Mashrafe, bringing in Udana, who is very inconsistent with his line and length. Mash should have learnt from their previous match."

17.3
2
Udana to Archer, 2 runs

slower, short ball outside off, Archer forays down the track and flat-bats it wide of long-on

17.2
•
Udana to Archer, no run

Udana now nails a yorker outside off, squeezed out to cover

17.1
6
Udana to Archer, SIX runs

Udana aims for a yorker but ends up serving a half-volley on middle and leg stumps, Archer picks it up and dispatches it over deep midwicket. He picked the slower one and sent it soaring over the boundary

Over17
7 runs
KT 107/6CRR: 6.29  RRR: 13.66
Jofra Archer 5 (6b)Ariful Haque 5 (5b)
Mashrafe Mortaza0/21 (4)
16.6
1
Mortaza to Archer, 1 run

whipped off the pads to deep midwicket, too full for Archer to get under and swipe it away. Excellent lengths from Mashrafe this over

16.5
1
Mortaza to Ariful, 1 run

near yorker on middle, sliced down to long-off

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