flicks this full toss into the deep square leg boundary. Khulna Titans are off the mark in BPL 2017. The experience and calm that Klinger brings has helped them ride a few wobbles and close out this chase. This also means Sylhet's three-match winning streak has been halted. Not the kind of result they wanted to give to their home fans on the last day of the tournament here, but they're still sitting pretty on top of the points standings.
Sylhet vs Khulna, 8th match at Sylhet, Nov 08 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
8th match (N), Sylhet, November 08, 2017, Bangladesh Premier League
135/5
(18/20 ov, T:136) 138/4
Khulna won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
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end of over 189 runs
KT: 138/4CRR: 7.66
Michael Klinger47 (36b 5x4)
Carlos Brathwaite23 (16b 2x6)
Mohammad Sharif 4-0-27-0
Abul Hasan 3-0-39-0
Righto. That brings us to the end of our coverage. Hope you enjoyed it. We have a two-day break, but the tournament resumes on Saturday in Dhaka. We'll be delighted to have you join us then. Until then, it's goodbye from Karthik and me, Shashank Kishore. Cheers.
Khulna captain Mahmudullah is not just the winning captain but also the Player of the Match. "I was very happy, the way we played today," he says. "They were superb upfront with the new ball, especially picking up a couple of early wickets. We wanted to keep it simple. In the first game, we panicked a bit. Here we were stable and calm. We executed really well."
Sylhet captain Nasir Hossain: Disappointed today. The batting didn't come off, we lost too many wickets in the powerplays, couldn't string partnerships in the middle overs. I'm happy with my batting. I wanted to bat long and rotate the strike.
Michael Klinger: The bowlers were fantastic. After going for 200 in game one, to come back like that was special. So in the chase, even though we lost early wickets, there was no real pressure. But you had to put your ego away for a little bit and fight through. The run rate never really got too much over six or seven, we knew if we creak it up a little bit, we would be able to get home. We managed to get boundaries semi-regularly. It's been a lovely week here in Sylhet, hopefully we can keep the momentum going in Dhaka.
17.6
4
Sharif to Klinger, FOUR runs
17.5
1
Sharif to Brathwaite, 1 run
high full toss which he bunts down to long-on, wanted the second but is sent back
17.4
1
Sharif to Klinger, 1 run
squeezed towards deep cover, this was much slower and fuller
17.3
1
Sharif to Brathwaite, 1 run
pleasing extra cover drive to the boundary rider
17.2
1
Sharif to Klinger, 1 run
slips out a high full toss, which he looks to whip but gets a leading edge towards point
17.1
1
Sharif to Brathwaite, 1 run
low full toss outside off, driven wide of cover
end of over 1710 runs
KT: 129/4CRR: 7.58 • RRR: 2.33
Carlos Brathwaite20 (13b 2x6)
Michael Klinger41 (33b 4x4)
Abul Hasan 3-0-39-0
Mohammad Sharif 3-0-18-0
16.6
1
Abul Hasan to Brathwaite, 1 run
flicks this low full toss to midwicket as they scamper a quick single
16.5
6
Abul Hasan to Brathwaite, SIX runs
flat-bats this slower delivery over the long-on boundary. Made it look so easy. Jeez, what power
16.4
•
Abul Hasan to Brathwaite, no run
looks to muscle this away over midwicket but is cramped for room, mistimed to the man there
16.3
1
Abul Hasan to Klinger, 1 run
clipped away off the pad to deep backward square leg
16.2
1
Abul Hasan to Brathwaite, 1 run
squeezes out this yorker-length delivery to long-off
16.1
1
Abul Hasan to Klinger, 1 run
sliding stop at wide mid-off to that crisp drive off the front foot
end of over 166 runs
KT: 119/4CRR: 7.43 • RRR: 4.25
Michael Klinger39 (31b 4x4)
Carlos Brathwaite12 (9b 1x6)
Mohammad Sharif 3-0-18-0
Abul Hasan 2-0-29-0
15.6
1
Sharif to Klinger, 1 run
driven firmly into the gap at cover
15.5
1
Sharif to Brathwaite, 1 run
yorker-length, manages toe-end this down to long-off
15.4
1
Sharif to Klinger, 1 run
fetches this pull from way outside off, down to deep midwicket
15.3
1
Sharif to Brathwaite, 1 run
squeezes this full delivery wide of point
15.2
1
Sharif to Klinger, 1 run
floats this full outside off, driven to sweeper cover
15.1
1
Sharif to Brathwaite, 1 run
full and sliding into middle and leg, worked to deep square leg
end of over 1518 runs
KT: 113/4CRR: 7.53 • RRR: 4.60
Michael Klinger36 (28b 4x4)
Carlos Brathwaite9 (6b 1x6)
Abul Hasan 2-0-29-0
Ross Whiteley 2-0-10-1
Time for a time-out, one that Sixers will do well to use. This is quickly getting away from them
14.6
4
Abul Hasan to Klinger, FOUR runs
threads the gap between cover and extra cover. That's a bullet hit. Too full, can't keep bowling into the swinging arc.
14.5
2
Abul Hasan to Klinger, 2 runs
gets on top of the bounce and pulls this into the gap between deep midwicket and deep square leg
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