http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League: Chittagong Kings v Sylhet Royals – Match Update
Sylhet Royals 152 v Chittagong Kings 154 - Chittagong Kings won by 7 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
In the eleventh match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, Chittagong Kings beat Sylhet Royals by seven wickets on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
After winning the toss, Royals chose to bat first, but were left in ruins as they lost their first wicket with only two runs on the board when opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imrul-Kayes-c64265, departed without scoring a run.
Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Trego-c2181 as the duo crafted a productive partnership where they hammered the bowlers all around the park, giving spectators plenty to cheer about.
Akmal particularly seemed in impeccable form as he punished every bowler who came in his way.
The batsman was the second wicket to fall after scoring a resilient knock of 54 runs. At the time of his demise, Royals had amassed 85 runs on the board.
With 142 runs on the board, Trego also perished after playing a sensational innings of 51 runs off 48 deliveries. His wicket was taken by medium-pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Farhad-Reza-c56788.
Later, middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alok-Kapali-c43787, hammered 34 runs and stayed unbeaten, as Royals managed to bolster 152 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets in their 20 overs.
Needing 153 runs to win the match, Kings also had a disastrous start to their innings as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jahurul-Islam-c1624 was dismissed on nil. At the time of this wicket, Royals had only posted one run on the board.
Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611, as the two batsmen sought a hefty partnership against their opponents.
However, with 40 runs on the board, Royals suffered the loss of their second wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamshed-c66276 fell after posting 11 runs on the board.
Five runs later, Roy also lost his wicket after scoring 30 runs. With three wickets down, middle-order batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 forged an exceptional partnership and batted superbly to steer their side to victory.
Both batsmen stayed unbeaten as Rahman scored 48 while Mahmudullah clobbered 56 runs.
Mahmudullah, was also named as the Player of the Match for his handy work with the bat.
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