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BPL: Chanderpaul guides Bengals home

Hits unbeaten 87 in seven-wicket win over Dhaka in BPL.

News Desk February 19, 2012

A 75-ball 87 by West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul ensured Khulna Royal Bengals cruised home to a seven-wicket win over Dhaka Gladiators in their Bangladesh Premier League clash.

Chasing 141 for victory, Chanderpaul combined with Shakibal Hasan (39) to guide his team past the finish line. Chanderpaul’s knock included 11 boundaries and a six as he added 94 for the third wicket with Shakib after early breakthroughs by Dhaka had seen Bengals being reduced to 15 for two.

Mashrafe Murtaza, Azhar Mahmood and Mosharraf Hossain picked up a wicket apiece for Dhaka.

Earlier, a disciplined show by Bengals restricted Dhaka to 140 for eight despite a 42-ball 53 by Mohamamad Ashraful. Sanath Jayasuria snared two scalps for Bengals.

Elsewhere, Sylhet Royals were consigned to yet another defeat as Barisal Burners prevailed by nine wickets. Openers Ahmed Shahzad and Brad Hodge shared a 116-run partnership that helped Burners overhaul Royals’ 120 for seven. Shahzad scored 60 with the help of three boundaries and five sixes, while Hodge hit 54 as Royals struggled to contain the free-scoring duo.

Earlier, Suhrawardy Shuvo’s three-wicket haul restricted Royals to a below-par total. Sohail Tanvir top-scored with 33 for Royals.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 20^th, 2012.

COMMENTS (1)

Alejandro | 12 years ago | Reply Before trying to find fatuls with umpires, senior players should correct their own weakness. Spinners (of tiny fingers &short in stature) that can't spin & extract bounce of the wicket have no use at any level of this game. Murali was a nothing bowler till he develop his away going delivery, therefore off-spinners that can’t produce an away going delivery is of no use. Similarly the pace bowlers should have control and a perfect body action to swing the ball both ways. The local selectors have no clue what to look for in a player as a result they’ve always picked batsmen that have no control over their stoke making. None of them can score a fifty runs without offering 2-3 straight forward chances because their strokes have always made the ball to travel some distance before touching the ground as they can’t middle & stroke the ball all along the ground and leave balls there to be left alone. They may score big centuries under favorable conditions combine with weak fielding of opponents but, the end results is the match is lost or drawn. We badly need batsmen the class of Jonathan Trott who has skills to bat under any conditions. There is nothing wrong with the two openers they are perfect as Test batsmen, problem lies with the three seniors. (+4)

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