Chittagong Kings made a giant stride toward the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) playoffs, romping to a five-wicket win over Rangpur Riders at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on in the city on Tuesday, reports BSS.
After winning eight matches on the trot, Rangpur now lost three matches in a row.
Chasing the victory target, Chittagong lost two wickets cheaply before Parvez Hossain Emon steadied the ship with 41 off 43.
Emon shared 34 runs with skipper Mithun who made 20 after which added further 41 runs with Haider Ali.
After the dismissal of Emon, Haider plundered the bowlers all corner of the
park to ensure the side's victory. He scored 48 off 18 balls not out. Akif Javed and Mohammad Saifuddin grabbed two wickets apiece for Rangpur.
Iftikhar's knock that included seven fours and three sixes earlier gave Rangpur's scoreboard some decent look.
He added 75 runs with Mahedi Hasan in 46 balls for the unbeaten sixth wicket stand after the side was in troubling 68-5 in 12.2 over.
Mahedi was unbeaten on 22.
Put into bat first, Rangpur made a poor start with opener Steven Taylor continuing his horrendous form being out for naught in the first over.
Soumya Sarkar hammered 17 ball-23 but failed to convert it to big. After his dismissal, Rangpur middle order fell like pack of cards before Iftikhar came as the saviour.
Fast bowler Syed Khaled Ahmed picked up 2-44 in four overs for Chittagong.
The match is crucial for Chittagong to stay alive for playoffs race. Rangpur which lost the previous two matches had already confirmed playoffs.
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