Shakib\\\'s Renegades to face Melbourne Stars today
Saturday, 10 January 2015
After a 37-run win against Hobart Hurricanes Wednesday, world-famed Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan' s Melbourne Renegades will face Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL) T20 Cricket at Melbourne Cricket Ground today (Saturday), reports UNB.
The match will start at 2:10 pm Bangladesh time (7:10pm Australian time).
In the remaining group matches, Melbourne Renegades will meet Brisbane Heat (Jan 13) and Adelaide Strikers (Jan 19) at the Etihad Stadium.
This is the second stint in the BBL for Shakib. He played two matches for the Adelaide Strikers last season, and joined the Renegades side for this season as the number one all-rounder in T20 cricket.
Shakib was included in the Renegades squad in place of Andre Russell, who was called in West Indies ODI team to play against South Africa.
Meanwhile, in his first match for Renegades on January 7, Shakib Al Hasan scored 14 runs off 12 balls and took two wickets for 33 runs while his side scored 163/7 in 20 overs.
With that result, Renegades tasted 2nd win in the eight-team battle as they beat Sydney Thunder by 8 wickets at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne on December 30, 2014 while lost to Sydney Sixers by 8 wickets at Sydney Cricket Ground, December 19, Perth Scorchers by 35 runs at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on December 26 and to Melbourne Stars by 112 runs at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne on January 3, 2015.