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Rajshahi in last four

Sports Reporter
Duronto Rajshahi confirmed their semifinal spot in the BPL T20 after an easy eight-wicket win over Khulna Royal Bengals yesterday.
After nine games, Rajshahi have 12 points while Khulna are on ten after the lacklustre outing at the sparse Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The Royal Bengals, who made only 106 runs and lost the game with 5.5 overs to spare, now have to beat Sylhet in their final league game today to reaffirm their place in the last four.
Khulna's day began on the wrong foot when they lost Sanath Jayasuriya off the second ball of the game, while his opening partner Herschelle Gibbs's horrid run continued when he got out for three in the second over. Niall O'Brien and Dwayne Smith put together a 34-run third wicket stand to get the side out of the rut but the West Indian all-rounder fell to Marlon Samuels.
Sean Ervine, the Zimbabwean all-rounder, then luckily picked up the dangerous Nasir Hossain when the uppish cut found Sabbir Rahman at point. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan was bowled by Saqlain Sajib for 11, to make it 55 for five at the end of the eighth over.
They were eventually bowled out in 18.5 overs, helped mostly by O'Brien who made 35 off 39 balls with two boundaries. Sami and Ervine took three wickets each while Marlon Samuels, Saqlain Sajib, Taijul Islam and Abdur Razzak picked up one each.
"I won't say that no one wanted to take responsibility, it was just that no one did. Why it happened can only be answered by each of the individuals," said Shakib at the end of the game.
"We batted badly, we didn't take responsibility. The top six batsmen have a responsibility, and it looked like none of us took up that responsibility," he added.
Rajshahi took only 14.1 overs to finish the chase. Samuels celebrated his IPL call-up with a rapid 50 off 38 balls. He struck seven fours and two sixes during his knock. He was helped by Junaed Siddiqui, who made an unbeaten 29 off 32 balls while Shahzaib Hasan struck five fours and a six in a whirlwind start that saw him make a 12-ball 28.
At the end of the game, veteran sports journalist Kamruzzaman distributed the prize for the man-of-the-match award that went to Ervine for his three-wicket haul.
SCORES IN BRIEF
KHULNA: 106 all out in 18.5 overs (O'Brien 35, Smith 18; Sami 3-16, Ervine 3-19).
RAJSHAHI: 110-2 in 14.1 overs (Samuels 50, Junaed 29 not out; Shakib 1-17, Nazmul 1 -8). Result: Rajshahi won by eight wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Sean Ervine.