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Chittagong dance past Dhaka

Sports Reporter
Chittagong Kings relied on the dancing Caribbeans in their come-back win over Dhaka Gladiators yesterday. The 13-run win at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium was a timely comeback after their twin losses in their hometown.
Dwayne Bravo and Kevon Cooper starred with bat and ball and did little jigs after every success as the Kings defended their 120-run total successfully by holding the Gladiators to 109-7 in their 20 overs.
"It [dancing] is part of our culture. That is the way the West Indians' celebrate. That is our unique way of celebration; we obviously love dancing, so that is how we do it. (Kevon)Cooper, (Kieron) Pollard, we all have our different styles and it is nothing personal toward anyone and that is our way," said Bravo after the game.
The thrill of a low-scoring game kept the large weekend crowd on its toes for most of the afternoon. After Chittagong made off with a good start with the bat, Dhaka pegged them back with the eventual left-arm spin and but the pull-back by the away team, mainly through good catching, was what stood out in the end. Ziaur Rahman's excellent penultimate over, conceding just three runs when 23 were required from twelve balls, sealed the deal for the Kings.
Cooper used his change of pace in the four overs, picking up three wickets while Bravo took two. The West Indians, as well as Ziaur Rahman, Jason Roy and Arafat Sunny took excellent catches while Enamul Haque Jr contributed with two scalps of his own.
The Dhaka innings never took off despite Mohammad Ashraful's steady 20 off 28 balls. It was actually young Anamul Haque who kept them in the game for a while but his lack of power stood out, making only a run-a-ball 22 with two boundaries.
Earlier, Nasir Jamshed's early dismissal didn't dissuade Jahurul Islam, who went on to make 40 off 35 balls with the help of three boundaries. After he fell to Kieron Pollard in the eleventh over, Bravo took over with some exquisite shots. The two sixes and two boundaries put the spark on his unbeaten 43-ball 48 while at the same time took the Kings to the safety of alOO-plustotal.
He found little support elsewhere as Elias Sunny picked up three wickets. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Pollard also took one apiece.
The loss gave Chittagong a timely boost after the two consecutive defeats as they now have ten points from eight games. Dhaka on the other handhaveeightfromeight.
Chittagong opener Tamim Iqbal sat out the game with fever.
SCORES IN BRIEF
CHITTAGONG: 120-6 in 20 overs (Jahurul 40, Bravo 48 notout; Sunny 3-23).
DHAKA: 107-9 in 20 overs (Anamul 22, Ashraful 20;
Cooper 3-13, Bravo 2-21, Enamul2-15).
Result: Chittagong won by 13 runs.