Dhaka’s batsmen started playing against Sylhet in their sixth match after losing in five consecutive matches. Liton Das and Munim Shahriar picked up a pair of wickets against Sylhet. Two Bangladeshi batsmen, Liton Das and Tanjid Hasan Tamim, opened for Dhaka’s franchise Dhaka at the end of the scheduled 20 overs with their 129-run partnership. However, this pair broke in the first over of the innings. Tanjid Hasan Tamim went back to court today with 6 runs off 4 balls. In his departure, Dhaka broke the opening pair by 7 runs.
Liton Das and Munim Shahriar formed a partnership after losing the first wicket for 7 runs. By relying on this pair, Dhaka started to recover from the initial shock. Liton scored a personal half-century against Sylhet today in 29 balls. Munim Shahriar also took half century after Liton.
Rakim Cornwall finally stopped this pair and gave Sylhet a breakthrough. Liton Das, who scored 73 off 43 balls, returned to Sajghar after being lbw by Rakim Cornwall. The pair of 129 runs broke on his departure.
Munim Shahriar also returned to Sajghar in the same over after the departure of Liton Das. He returned to the pavilion after being the victim of Rakim Cornwall with 52 off 47 balls. On his departure, Dhaka lost 3 wickets for 137 runs.
Dhaka captain Thisara Perera and Sabbir Rahman formed a pair after losing 3 wickets for 137 runs. In the end, they stormed with the bat. Sabbir scored 23 runs off 10 balls. 18 runs off 9 balls from Thisara’s bat. Rakim Cornwall took 3 wickets with the ball for Sylhet. He took 3 wickets with 27 runs after bowling 4 overs. Rhys Topley and Tanjim Shakib took one wicket each.
(Dhaka Times/January 10/NBW)
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