Rana stars in Rangpur's 5th straight victory

Fast bowler Nahid Rana put up an impressive performance to script Rangpur Riders' comprehensive seven-wicket win over Dhaka Capitals for their fifth straight victory in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on Tuesday, reports BSS.

Rana ran through Dhaka batting line up with three wickets, conceding just 21 runs in his four overs and with little help from others wrapped up them for just 111 in 16.3 overs.

Alex Hales scored 27 ball-44 runs with four fours and three sixes, Rangpur reached 113-3 in 13.2 overs to hand Dhaka their fourth straight defeat in the tournament.

After being dismissed for duck in the last two matches, Azizul Hakim Tamim, finally opened his account in BPL but he was able to score just 5 runs before being removed by Mustafizur Rahman.

Hales who scored an unbeaten century just less than 24 hours ago in Rangpur's eight-wicket victory over Sylhet Strikers, kept the runs flowing.

Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, playing his first match for Dhaka got the better of Hales before he reached his 50-run-mark but Khushdil Shah with unbeaten 13 ball-27 helped the side canter to the victory with ease.

Khushdil Shah along with his Pakistan compatriot Akif Javed earlier took two wickets to complement Nahid Rana in stifling Dhaka Capitals.