Can they thrill again?
The second round of fixtures of the Bangabanadhu T20 Cup begin today with the five-team tournament wide open and all teams still in the race for the title. However, Gazi Group Chattogram look like the team to beat, having won all four of their matches.
Today will see the repeat of the opening-day fixtures, which had sparked an exciting start to the tournament with two final-over thrillers.
Ariful Haque's four massive sixes in the final over off Mehidy Hasan Miraz had helped Gemcon Khulna take the game away from Fortune Barishal while an all-round performance from Mahedi Hasan -- who hit a fifty and then defended nine runs off the final over -- helped Minister Group Rajshahi seal a two-run victory over Beximco Dhaka on the opening day.
The teams meet once again today, albeit at different times than usual. The day game between Tamim Iqbal's Barishal and Mahmudullah Riyad-led Gemcon Khulna will start at 12:00pm while the second fixture between Mushfiqur Rahim's Dhaka and Najmul Hossain Shanto's Rajshahi will commence at 5:00pm. Although the last match of the first round of fixtures saw Chattogram win a high-scoring thriller against Rajshahi on Wednesday, such fascinating encounters have been few and far between. The pacers have been the highlight of the tournament and, with the second round beginning today, the onus will be on batsmen to give spectators what they seek the most from T20 cricket -- high-scoring encounters.
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