Khulna Tigers are not going to win the ninth edition of BPL. Yasir Ali Rabbi, who lost the leadership, played great innings. But that was not enough to make Khulna win. Even today they lost to Fortune Barisal by 37 runs. In this, Fortune Barisal has strengthened second place in the points table with 7 wins in 10 matches. On the other hand, Khulna remained at the bottom with only 2 wins in 10 matches.

Khulna Tigers were struggling from the beginning in the run chase. In the second over of the innings, Tamim Iqbal (1) was bowled by Mohammad Wasim. Another opener Andy Balbrain scored 12 runs before being caught by Khaled Ahmed. In the seventh over, Mahmudul Hasan Joy was bowled by Shakib Al Hasan for 48 runs. Khulna captain Shai Hope could have been stumped in that over, but wicketkeeper Enamul Haque broke the stumps without catching the victory ball! After that, However, Hope could not last long. Khaled Ahmed stopped his innings of 37 runs in 24 balls.

Former Khulna captain Yasir Ali was playing well today. Fifty took 35 balls. In the end, he fell victim to Karim Janat for 60 off 38 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Nahidul, another victim of this Afghan pacer, scored 24 off 24 balls. The gap between the run and the ball increased so much that 42 runs were needed in the last over! Naturally, it was not possible to match this figure. Two more wickets fell in that over bowled by Karim Jana. Khulna stopped at 157 runs for 8 wickets. Barisal won by 37 runs. Karim Janat took 4 wickets for 29 runs.

Earlier, Fortune Barisal scored 194 runs for 5 wickets after losing the toss in the first match of the match at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla on Friday. After a good start, they lost their first wicket for 32 runs. Enamul Haque Bijoy returned with 12 runs in 7 balls. The other opener Fazle Mahmud was batting well. At one time, it seemed like it would be fifty. However, Hasan Murad’s ball was caught by Shafiqul Islam while blowing the ball and his innings of 39 runs in 29 balls stopped. Ibrahim Zadran scored 23 runs in 23 balls.

Shakib was still in an explosive mood. Iftekhar became his companion. Shakib left as soon as the pair of two gathered. His innings of 36 runs off 21 balls with 11 fours and 4 sixes ended with Mahmudul Hasan winning the ball of Van McLaren. Iftekhar picked up the fifty off 30 balls. He remained unbeaten on 51* off 31 balls with 3 fours and sixes. In the end, Karim Janat’s cameo of 16 runs off 8 balls played an effective role.