Live Cricket Score, Rangpur Riders vs Khulna Titans, BPL 2016, Match 23 at Chittagong: RR win by 7 wickets

Good Afternoon! শুভ অপরাহ্ন! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2016. The 23rd match of this extravaganza will be played between Rangpur Riders and Khulna Titans at Chittagong on Tuesday. While Titans are comfortably placed at the top of the table, the Riders are positioned at No. 3. All the same, Riders have played one match less (5) and will jump to the top if they win today’s contest, given the net run-rate. For that matter, the previous contest between these two teams was a one-sided one. Riders won the match by 9 wickets, with 72 balls remaining.

Riders’ Shahid Afridi claimed a stunning four-wicket haul and conceded only 12 runs off his 3 overs. In addition, Arafat Sunny caught the opposition in spin with his match figures of 3 for 0. Yes, you read it right. He did not conceded a single run off 2.4 overs he bowled. On the other hand, Shuvagat Hom top-scored with 12 runs for the Titans (the second highest being 8 by a No. 8 batsman). They were eventually bowled out for 44. In reply, Riders chased down the target in 8 overs, with 9 wickets in hand.

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And this was only match the table-toppers have lost so far. As a result, they will look to avenge the loss and bag another win to maintain the top position.

Squads:

Rangpur Riders: Anwar Ali, Arafat Sunny, LA Dawson, Elias Sunny, RJ Gleeson, Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Muktar Ali, Naeem Islam  (c), Nasir Jamshed, Rubel Hossain, RJMGM Rupasinghe, SMSM Senanayake, Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Sohag Gazi, Soumya Sarkar, Ziaur Rahman

Khulna Titans: Abdul Mazid, Alok Kapali, Ariful Haque, KK Cooper, ADS Fletcher, Hasanuzzaman, BAC Howell, Junaid Khan, B Laughlin, Mahmudullah (c), Mosharraf Hossain, Naeem Islam jnr, N Pooran, Shafiul Islam, Shuvagata Hom, LMP Simmons, Taibur Rahman, MH Wessels (wk)