Dhaka Dynamites have defeated Sylhet Sixers by eight wickets in their match of the 5th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.
Earlier after winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the defending champions restricted the Sixers to 101 runs.
Sylhet lost nine wickets in 20 overs for their collection riding on the unbeaten stand of 49* off 7 overs between Abul Hasan and Taijul Islam in the 10th wicket stand, reports agencies.
Before that, Pakistani all-rounder googly-boy Shahid Afridi (4/12), West Indian spinner Sunil Narine(3/10) and left handed pace bowler Abu Hider (2/10) delivered four overs each to handle Dhaka's bowling department.
Afridi, Narine, Hider destroyed 90 per cent of Sylhet's batting strength in a fast mood, taking nine wickets for 53 runs in 13th over.
Number 9 batsman Abul Hasan top-scored with 30* off 26 balls, including three boundaries and one six while Taijul Islam (16* off 20b; 1x4), opener Danushka Gunathilaka (15 off 9b; 3x4) and skipper Nasir Hossain (10 off 14b;1x4) were the other double-digit scorer for S
