Bengals slay Gladiators

Khulna Royal Bengals 175/5 (20/20 ov)

Dhaka Gladiators 156/7 (20.0/20 ov)

Khulna Royal Bengals defeated Dhaka Gladiators by 19 runs in the third match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Saturday.

Andre Russell bagged four wickets to ease Bengals' victory. Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain picked up a wicket each.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (0) was caught out off Herschelle Gibbs off Russell. Naved-ul-Hasan (2) was bowled out by Russell.

Darren Stevens (38) was dismissed run out. Nazimuddin (21) was sent back caught by Dwayne Smith off Nasir Hossain.

Mohammad Ashraful (9) was out bowled by Russell. Earlier in the very same over Russell rid of Azhar Mahmood (28) for a catch to Saghir Hossain.

Imran Nazir (14) was stumped off Shakib Al Hasan.

Earlier, Khulna Royal Bengals posted 175/5 in their 20 overs.

Andre Russell (37) and Nasir Hossain (22) remained unbeaten for Khulna.

Nazmul Hasan Milon (1) was sent back by Elias Sunny for a catch to Naved-ul-Hasan.

Shakib Al Hasan (42) was bowled out by Naved. Mosharraf Hossain got rid of Dwayne Smith (37) for a catch to Azhar Mahmood.

Opener Shivnarine Chanderpaul (19) was sent back bowled by Mahmood while his partner Herschelle Gibbs (14) was sent back by Mahmood off a decent caught and bowled effort.

Earlier, Khulna Royal Bengals won the toss and elected to bat first.

SQUADS

KHULNA ROYAL BENGALS

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Herschelle Gibbs, Fidel Edwards, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nazmul Hossain Milon, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan (cpt), Jos Buttler, Abdur Razzak, Maisuqur Rahman, Nasir Hossain

DHAKA GLADIATORS

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (cpt), Anamul Haque, Dhiman Ghosh, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Ashraful, Naved-ul-Hasan, Nazmul Hossain, Saeed Ajmal, DI Stevens, Azhar Mahmood, Elias Sunny