Mahmudullah the saint again as Khulna Titans sneak 4-run win over Chittagong Vikings

Pursuing 128 for the win, the Vikings had conveyed the condition down to requiring six from the last over at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.


Chittagong had gathered 44 from the last four overs before the last one and with Mohammad Nabi (39) terminating on all chambers, triumph seemed, by all accounts, to be in their grip before Mahmudullah (3-24) shook them.

The 30-year-old Bangladesh allrounder amazed his adversaries with three wickets to the detriment of only one flee arms spread in festivity before gripping his head in dismay himself.

A comparable accomplishment from Mahmudullah had earned Khulna a strained three-run win against Barisal Bulls in their opener. Protecting six keeps running in that match in the last over, he gave away three runs and took the same number of wickets.

Choosing to handle to start with, Nabi (3-22) and Taskin Ahmed (2-17), helped by some fine knocking down some pins from the other Chittagong spinners, had limited Khulna to 127 for seven.

Khulna started on a high note, drooped in the mid-overs before Ariful Haque (25 off 16) propelled a late ambush. They scored 34 from their initial three overs, 30 from the last three and 63 from the 14 in the middle.

In spite of the fact that the aggregate was tall contrasted with their hopeless 44 full scale from the last match against Rangpur Riders, guarding 127 against Chittagong's solid batting line-up guaranteed to be an overwhelming assignment.

Be that as it may, seamers Kevon Cooper (2-17) and Shafiul Islam (4-28) gave Khulna an impeccable begin.

Openers Tamim Iqbal (3) and Dwayne Smith (3) tumbled to Caribbean medium pacer Cooper for poor timings before Shafiul took out the center request all to his name to diminish Chittagong to 78 for six.

Nabi and Chaturanga de Silva (19) restored the pursuit including 45 from 25 balls for the seventh wicket yet Mahmudullah then had his say.

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