Rangpur Riders just blew away the top team Sylhet strikers of the tournament. Shoaib Malik and Nurul Hasan Sohan gave the finishing touch on the stage made by Rony Talukdar-Nayeem Sheikh. Rangpur Riders won by a huge margin of 8 wickets. That too with 12 balls in hand. This is Rangpur’s fifth consecutive win in the current edition.

Nayeem Sheikh and Rony Talukdar, the two openers of Rangpur Riders, started the storm in the run chase at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla. Rony Talukdar was the one who was aggressive between the two. Fifty took only 27 balls. One hundred runs came in the opening pair in just 9.3 overs. At that time, Rony Talukdar stopped Mushfiqur Rahim’s palm from Mohammad Irfan’s ball. His innings of 66 runs in 35 balls with 8 fours and

Nayeem Sheikh also moved to Fifty. His innings were stopped by Rezaur Rahman for 45 runs in 32 balls with 6 fours. After that, Rangpur captain Nurul Hasan Sohan and Shoaib Malik were moving well. In this pair, Rangpur reached the port of victory by 8 wickets with 12 balls in hand. Shoaib Malik remained unbeaten on 4 off 24 balls and 41* off one over boundary and Sohan remained unbeaten on 17 off 17 balls.

Earlier, Sylhet Strikers scored 170 runs for 2 wickets after losing the toss. In the beginning, However, Sylhet was under pressure from Rangpur’s bowling cannon. In particular, Nazmul Hossain was playing calmly and slowly. Only 26 runs came in the Powerplay. Hasan Mahmud bowled Shanto, who scored 15 runs off 22 balls, in the 9th over and broke the opening pair for 43 runs. Zakir Hasan could not score more than 7 runs today.

After that, Sylhet captain Mushfiqur Rahim made a great partnership with Touhid Hridoy in today’s match. Towhid Hridoy’s Mushfiqur also picked up the fifty off 30 balls. The pair exceeded one hundred. Rangpur’s bowlers could not break this pair anymore. Towhid Hridoy remained unbeaten on 55 off 55 balls with 13 fours and 2 sixes and Mushfiqur remained unbeaten on 55 off 35 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. 111 runs came in their unbroken partnership. Sylhet Strikers scored 170 runs for 2 wickets in 20 overs.