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Shahid Afridi is Man of the Match in a T20 game for the 28th time, second only to Chris Gayle. "I was a little bit worried because the last game I played was in England and after that three months of nothing. It's always a great occasion to play in front of big crowds, the people love cricket here, and the love they give me is really nice. Situation was not that easy for them, pitch was not that easy. Credit to our bowlers. They didn't try to rotate strike, if they had played sensibly, 140 would have been possible and that would have been a good target. It's a miracle I'm still playing, Shakib told me to go out and entertain and I'm glad I did that"

"We played really well throughout the game. Sunil and Afridi with the ball changed the whole game. And then it was just about the batsmen batting through. Evin Lewis and Afridi entertained the crowd thoroughly," Shakib Al Hasan says. "Some games one or two players change it. But in a tournament we need all 11 players to stand up. We know we won't play such games everyday and hopefully when pressure times come we can put our hands up and do well"

Nasir Hossain says the pitch is turning "a little bit" and so our top and middle order faltered. Some players made mistakes, like me as well, we played the wrong shots. Hopefully in the next match we will come back strongly

8.30 pm For the record, this pitch didn't seem as bad as 53 for 9 or as easy as 106 for 7 in the eighth over. It seemed a bit damp, allowing cross-seam deliveries to kick up and spinners hitting a good length to get a lot of turn. Sunil Narine used these conditions to great effect, completely confounding three batsmen, to move past 300 T20 wickets. Meanwhile, Shahid Afridi, having landed in Bangladesh only yesterday, got out of bed, drank his coffee, took four wickets and hit five sixes. His aggression never let the Sylhet Sixers bowlers settle, not that they could have done much to defend a total of only 101

"There was no plan," Evin Lewis says. "Afridi is an attacking guy, went out there and executed his hits, took pressure off me. He was full of confidence after getting four wickets. Bowlers did an excellent job, kudos to the spinners, important to get the victory here. The pitch wasn't that difficult. Afridi tore the bowlers apart, they didn't find the line and length"

7.5
6
PW Hasaranga to Lewis, SIX, there's the game! Too full. On leg stump. To a batsman who is in prime hitting form. The ball should have gone to the next city, but is content to settle in with the crowd behind deep midwicket
7.4
6
PW Hasaranga to Lewis, SIX, overpitched outside off and Lewis deposits it over long-off
7.3
1
PW Hasaranga to Shakib Al Hasan, 1 run, some turn, some drift, a rare good ball from Sylhet. This moves in the air to pitch on middle, grips the wicket and breaks into the left-hander. Shakib, watching it all, defuses it to fine leg
7.2
1
PW Hasaranga to Lewis, 1 run, nudges a good length ball on leg stump through square leg
7.1
6
PW Hasaranga to Lewis, SIX, heaves it over deep midwicket. Too short. Too easy. Ninth six of the innings, and Dhaka clearly are prepping for early dinner.

END OF OVER:
7 | 10 Runs | DHD: 86/2 (16 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 12.28, RRR: 1.23)

  • Shakib Al Hasan17 (10b)
  • Evin Lewis25 (14b)
  • Danushka Gunathilaka1-0-10-0
  • Nasir Hossain1-0-11-0
6.6
4
Gunathilaka to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR, keeps giving the two left-handers pace to work with. Plants them outside off as well, basically asking to be late cut with third man up inside the circle
6.5
1
Gunathilaka to Lewis, 1 run, lashes it to the sweeper cover
6.4
4
Gunathilaka to Lewis, FOUR, picks the gap between third man and backward point - having been given three chances to do so. Third time's the charm for the cut shot
6.3
0
Gunathilaka to Lewis, no run, slices a flatter delivery outside off to short third man
6.2
0
Gunathilaka to Lewis, no run, cuts a short, but quick, delivery off the stumps to cover
6.1
1
Gunathilaka to Shakib Al Hasan, 1 run, strikes the bat very very high, with Shakib seemingly beaten for pace. The ball pops out to the left of the non-striker

Danushka Gunathilaka to bowl. Offspin from around the wicket

END OF OVER:
6 | 11 Runs | DHD: 76/2 (26 runs required from 14 overs, RR: 12.66, RRR: 1.85)

  • Evin Lewis20 (10b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan12 (8b)
  • Nasir Hossain1-0-11-0
  • Tim Bresnan2-0-20-2
5.6
0
Nasir Hossain to Lewis, no run, backs away and punches a shortish delivery to cover. And at 76 for 2, Dhaka have the highest Powerplay score of the season. They are also only 26 runs away from victory.
5.5
1
Nasir Hossain to Shakib Al Hasan, 1 run, clatters a short and wide delivery to the sweeper
5.4
0
Nasir Hossain to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, goes for the slog sweep, but this time Nasir holds the ball back. Shakib is already through his swing and nearly ends up being bowled
5.3
6
Nasir Hossain to Shakib Al Hasan, SIX, offers the length to get under and Shakib hoists it over the bowler's head. Cuh-leaaaan strike
5.2
4
Nasir Hossain to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR, crisply hit through point. A touch short, Shakib picks it up early, rocks back in his crease and laces the ball in front of the fielder
5.1
0
Nasir Hossain to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, good length on off stump from around the wicket, Shakib blocks

Nasir Hossain takes the ball now.

END OF OVER:
5 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | DHD: 65/2 (37 runs required from 15 overs, RR: 13.00, RRR: 2.46)

  • Evin Lewis20 (9b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan1 (3b)
  • Tim Bresnan2-0-20-2
  • Taijul Islam2-0-35-0
4.6
0
Bresnan to Lewis, no run, another big appeal for lbw with Lewis stuck in the crease and playing around another offcutter. This ball, however, pitches outside leg stump and the umpire makes the right call to shoot down Bresnan's hopes. And there is an inside edge as well
4.5
1
Bresnan to Shakib Al Hasan, 1 run, whips a length ball on middle to deep midwicket
4.5
5w
Bresnan to Shakib Al Hasan, 5 wides, bouncer, soars over the batsman's head and bests the wicketkeeper as well
4.4
0
Bresnan to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, fuller delivery on middle and leg, pushes it back down the pitch
4.3
0
Bresnan to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, fuller delivery outside off, drives to mid-off

Shakib Al Hasan has come out, he will face the hat-trick ball

4.2
W
Bresnan to Delport, OUT, taken at mid-off! Oh, that's a fairly tame way to go. It's a simple, good length ball on off stump and Delport has basically given catching practice, not caring enough to put in that little bit of power that would have helped the ball over Nasir Hossain's head

CS Delport c Nasir Hossain b Bresnan 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Out comes Cameron Delport, another big ball-striker

4.1
W
Bresnan to Shahid Afridi, OUT, pins him lbw! It's the offcutter which fools Afridi as he attempts a flick.The ball pitches on middle, he's through the shot already, it hits his front pad on the knee in line with leg stump. Would it have wandered down? Would it have been high? The umpire says no to both questions. But HawkEye reveals it would miss the sticks

Shahid Afridi lbw b Bresnan 37 (17b 1x4 5x6) SR: 217.64

END OF OVER:
4 | 26 Runs | DHD: 59/0 (43 runs required from 16 overs, RR: 14.75, RRR: 2.68)

  • Evin Lewis20 (8b)
  • Shahid Afridi37 (16b)
  • Taijul Islam2-0-35-0
  • Abul Hasan1-0-10-0
3.6
6
Taijul Islam to Lewis, SIX, if there's one thing worse than a length ball it's a full toss, on leg stump. Lewis helps himself with a pull over deep square leg. That's 26 runs off the over

Dynamites 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st59Shahid AfridiE Lewis
2nd0CS DelportE Lewis
3rd47Shakib Al HasanE Lewis

Bangladesh Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
CV1293180.578
DHD1274151.631
KT1274150.075
RR126612-0.267
SYS12479-0.429
RR12488-1.098
CC12387-0.473
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