Burners blow Duronto away

Barisal Burners 180/2 (20/20 ov)

Duronto Rajshahi 158/9 (20.0/20 ov)

Barisal Burners won by 22 runs

Barisal Burners make it two wins out of two after defeating Duronto Rajshahi by 22 runs in the fourth match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Duronto Rajshahi managed to score 158/9 in 20 overs, chasing 181 for victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.

Opener Mizanur Rahman held the innings for together before departing for a well-made 65. Abdul Razzaq was the other notable contributor with 27. Sabbir Rahman was 15 not out.

Yasir Arafat, Nazmul Islam and Shane Harwood took two wickets each. Ahmed Shehzad and Chris Gayle picked up one wicket.

Earlier, Barisal Burners, who won the toss, made 180/2 in 20 overs.

Ahmed Shehzad top-scored with 67. Brad Hodge remained unbeaten on 38 and Shahriar Nafees was not out 28. First match centurion Gayle made 39.

Gayle was caught by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim off Marlon Samuels
Marlon Samuels and Abdul Razzaq claimed a wicket each for Duronto.

Barisal Burners won their opening match against Sylhet Royals by 10 wickets on Friday.

SQUADS

BARISAL BURNERS

Chris Gayle, Ahmed Shehzad, Shahriar Nafees (cpt), Brad Hodge, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mithun Ali, Nazmul Islam, Shane Harwood, Mominul Haque, Yasir Arafat, Farhad Hossain

DURONTO RAJSHAHI

Mizanur Rahman, Junaed Siddique, Marlon Samuels, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Sabbir Rahman, Sean Ervine, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Sami, Saqlain Sajib