Bangladesh Premier League: Dhaka Gladiators v Duronto Rajshahi – Match Update
Duronto Rajshahi 144 v Dhaka Gladiators 130 - Duronto Rajshahi won by 14 runs
In the 14th match of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League, Duronto Rajshahi beat Dhaka Gladiators by 14 runs on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
The side owe their victory to pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sami-c77289, who grabbed a sensational hat-trick to leave the batting side winless as he bowled the last over of the matchm where Gladiators needed 20 runs to win the game.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Gladiators chose to field first in order to restrict Duronto Rajshahi on a small total.
However, Duronto Rajshahi got off to a flying start as they posted an opening stand of 45 runs with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Junaid-Siddique-c1749 clobbering impressive shots everywhere.
Siddique then fell in the 6th over after playing an innings of 25 runs. With the openers back in the pavilion it was time for middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804, to take the field, but before he could bolster a productive partnership with Hasan, the opener fell after batting an innings of 23 runs.
At the time of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990’s wicket, Duronto Rajshahi had managed to post only 54 runs on the board.
One run later, the batting side suffered the loss of another wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khondaker-Mosharraf-Hossain-c71365.
Rajshahi, then suffered a batting collapse as wickets fell at random, leaving Samuels without any backup.
The batsman hammered 36 runs to help his side amass 144 runs in 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets.
Dhaka Gladiators, then got off to an impressive start as openers Imran Nazir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160 smashed 42 runs together, before Haque lost his wicket after scoring 20 runs.
The middle-order exhibited resolve as most batsmen chipped in; however, Rajshahi bowlers crawled back in the game by grabbing wickets just at the right time.
In the end, while Sami incinerated the batting side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Nazir-c64248 stood in utter disbelief with a 54-run unbeaten knock as his side faltered after scoring 130 runs.
Samuels was named as the Player of the Match for his batting heroics.
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