Sylhet Strikers, in great form in the current season of BPL, stumbled in their first match at home. Rangpur Riders defeated them by 6 wickets in a low-scoring match on Friday afternoon.

After losing the toss and batting first, Sylhet can only score 92 runs for 9 wickets. In response, Rangpur won by losing 4 wickets in 15.4 overs.

Rangpur lost the first wicket by 27 runs chasing runs. Mohammad Naeem Sheikh was caught by Imad Wasim off the ball of Rezaur Rahman Raja. Rangpur Khaya double blow after 44 runs. At this time, Mashrafe bin Murtaza returned two balls in succession, Mahedi Hasan and Shoaib Malik. Mahedi scored 8 runs but Shoaib Malik hit a golden duck. Ronnie came to start the innings and left the field with 41 runs in 38 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. And Nawaz remained unbeaten for 18 runs off 13 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. Azmatullah Omarzai was a man of the match with 17 runs with 1 maiden in 4 overs with 3 wickets.

Before that, Sylhet suffered a great batting disaster due to the bowling cannon of Rangpur bowlers. They lost 7 wickets while scoring 18 runs. From there, Sylhet can score 92 runs by losing 9 wickets with the bat of Tanzim Hasan Shakib and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. Shakib scored 41 off 36 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Mashrafe scored 21 runs off 21 balls with 2 sixes. None of the rest could touch the double-digit quota. Apart from Omarzai with the ball, Hasan Murad took 3 wickets with 12 runs in 4 overs. Mahedi Hasan also took 2 wickets with 12 runs in 4 overs.

Despite losing in this match, Sylhet Strikers are at the top of the points table as usual with 12 points from 8 games. On the other hand, Rangpur has won 4 out of 7 matches and has collected 8 points, and has taken fourth place in the points table.