Chittagong beats Rajshahi to win first match

Chittagong beats Rajshahi to win first match

In the BPL, Durbar Rajshahi also saw the opposite picture in a one-day interval. Despite winning Taskin Ahmed's record match yesterday, Rajshahi left the field with a loss today. They lost to Chittagong Kings by 105 runs. In fact, Rajshahi could not withstand the pressure of the opponent's runs. Batting first, Chittagong set a target of 220 runs with Pakistani batter Usman Khan's century. Chasing this huge target in their third match, Rajshahi was all out for 114 runs. Rajshahi started losing wickets one after another from the beginning of the Kings' innings. Sabbir Hossain was dismissed for 8 runs off the last ball of the first over by Shariful Islam. Another opener from Pakistan, Mohammad Haris, was trying to take control of the team by scoring 32 runs. However, his innings of 3 sixes and 2 fours off 15 balls was stopped by his compatriot Mohammad Wasim. Enamul Haque Bijoy, who had scored fifties in two of the first two matches, also departed before Haris' dismissal. Rajshahi captain stopped for 8 runs today. Chasing a target of 220 runs, Rajshahi came under pressure after losing 3 wickets for 52 runs. Later, they could not handle that pressure anymore. After that, they could only score 114 runs by losing wickets at regular intervals. In this, Chittagong won the second highest win in the history of BPL by playing the second match. Earlier, Dhaka Dynamites and Comilla Warriors also won by 105 runs. This is the first win for the port city team in this year's BPL. The best bowler of off-spinner Alish Al Islam with 3 wickets for 17 runs for Chittagong. Although he took 3 wickets like Alish, another left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny spent 23 runs. Usman scored his first century in this year's BPL. His innings of 123 runs with 6 sixes and 13 fours is the second century of his BPL career. Earlier, the Pakistani batsman played an unbeaten innings of 103 runs for Chittagong Challengers in the 2023 BPL. His innings at a strike rate of 198.38 helped Chittagong collect the highest 219 runs in the BPL so far. England's Graham Clarke scored the second highest 40 runs for the team.