Rilee Rossouw’s incredible 83 runs off 44 balls wasn’t enough to secure victory for the Rangpur Riders over the Dhaka Dynamites as they lost by two runs on Friday in the Bangladesh Premier League.
BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE
Dhaka Dynamites 183-9 (Shakib Al Hasan 36, KA Pollard 62, AD Russell 23; Sohag Gazi 2-28, Shafiul Islam 3-35, BAC Howell 2-25)
Rangpur Riders 181-9 (RR Rossouw 83, Mohammad Mithun 49; SP Narine 2-40, Al Islam 4-26)
Dynamites won by 2 runs
Rajshahi Kings 124 (I Udana 32, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 30, Zakir Hasan 27; Abu Hider 2-37, Mohammad Saifuddin 2-25, LA Dawson 2-17, Shahid Afridi 3-10)
Comilla Victorians 87-2 (Anamul Haque 40, E Lewis 28, Tamim Iqbal 21; Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1-33, Qais Ahmad 1-21, Mustafizur Rahman 1-24)
Comilla Victorians won by 5 wickets with 8 balls in hand
Stars quick Liam Plunkett was the #BBL08 @Dream11 MVP of the Night thanks to his four wickets!
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BIG BASH LEAGUE
Adelaide Strikers 178-5 (TM Head 43, CA Ingram 57, JW Wells 32 not out, JM Bird 1-13, LE Plunkett 4-36)
Melbourne Stars 137 (DJ Bravo 33, EP Gulbis 37 BR Dunk 20; MG Neser 2-32, Rashid Khan 1-18, WA Agar 2-33, B Laughlin 3-19, LN O’Connor 2-24)
Strikers won by 41 runs
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