MOMENTS
MOMINUL COMPENSATES
Rajshahi Kings opener Mominul Haque will consider himself lucky as he was able to make up for the dropped catch of Sylhet Sixers' Sri Lankan left-hander Danushka Gunathilaka. Mominul was sloppy and looked casual when Gunathilaka, batting on 33, pulled pacer Forhad Reza in the 12th over straight to Mominul at deep midwicket, but the pocket dynamite was late in reacting and eventually dropped a dolly of a catch. But the drop catch did not prove too costly for Mominul or Rajshahi as he grabbed the next opportunity given by the same batsman one over later. After the addition of seven more runs, Gunathilaka flicked left-arm seamer James Franklin to the same region where he was dropped earlier and this time Mominul did not err in completing a simple catch. He also more than made up for the seven extra runs he cost his team by scoring 42 in Rajshahi's winning chase.
FRIDAY FULL HOUSE
After a blockbuster Sylhet leg where the locals turned up in huge numbers to watch the BPL matches for the first time in their city, there was not much fanfare to be seen since the tournament shifted to Dhaka. The past few days saw a rather modest attendance at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, but Mirpur reclaimed its colour and festive air as it was a full-house holiday crowd that turned up to watch the lucrative tournament yesterday. There was concern over the weather as rain was forecast, but the weather too decided to be being sporting in the end. Instead, the stands were packed and the crowd witnessed some blistering batting from local cricketers Sabbir Rahman, Mominul Haque and the young Zakir Hasan, who entertained with a deluge of sixes and fours in the first match between Rajshahi Kings and Sylhet Sixers.
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