Das, Warner set up Sylhet’s win against Rangpur in BPL
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Sylhet Sixers clinched a 27-run victory over Rangpur Riders in their Bangladesh Premier League fixture on Wednesday.
Sixers, being sent in to bat first, got off to a flyer thanks to a 73-run partnership between Liton Das and Sabbir Rahman.
Das proved to be the top-scorer for the side with his 43-ball 70, which included nine boundaries and one six.
Following Rahman’s departure, skipper David Warner entered the fray and smashed a 36-ball 61 which included 14 runs off a Chris Gayle over while batting as a right-hander.
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Shafiul Islam was the pick of the bowlers for Riders as he finished with figures of 3-31 in four overs.
The run chase of 188 proved to be a tough task for Rangpur espiecllay once two of their key batsmen, Chris Gayle and Alex Hales, were dismissed early and the side was reduced to 11-3.
However, Rilee Rossouw and Mohammad Mithun paired up for an 89-run partnership to take the side to 100-4. It was always going to be a long shot for Rangput though and they were eventually restricted to 160-6 in their 20 overs as Mehedi Hasan Rana and Taskin Ahmed took two wickets each.
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