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Rajshahi clinch last-over thriller

Sports Reporter
Duronto Rajshahi needed three wickets to pull off an unlikely win, while the smart money was on
Chittagong Kings taking the three runs off the last over to win. In the end it was Rajshahi, through three eventful deliveries, who ended up winners by two runs much to the delight of the unlikely victors. But most ecstatic was captain Tamim Iqbal who gestured emphatically at his jersey to prove a point against
his former team after the controver-sies of the first season.
The last two overs transformed a low-scoring affair into a thrilling finish in the first match of the second day of the Bangladesh
Premier League (BPL) T20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
Chittagong needed nine runs from the last two overs in chase of 100 runs and they almost sealed the fate of the match by taking six runs from the penultimate over courtesy of some misfielding and a dropped catch by Ziaur Rahman. But there was more drama reserved for the last over in front of a sparse crowd. Despite only three runs needed from the last six balls, Zimbabwean gentle medium pacer Sean Ervine set Chittagong hearts aflutter by removing Marshal Ayub, who offered a simple catch to Abul Hasan at cover, off the very first ball. Then in the next ball, captain Tamim Iqbal dislodged the stumps with a direct hit from mid-on to send Enamul Haque back and Ervine finished the job in fantastic fashion, dismissing Arafat Sunny off the third ball. Ervine's last over magic was good enough for him to earn the man-of-the match award.
Chittagong Kings captain
Mahmudullah Riyad however was the main culprit behind losing the low-scoring match. The right-hander's 42-ball 40 went in vain as he played the wrong shot at the wrong time to leave his team at 87 for seven in the 18th over. The Tigers vice-captain had victory in his hands but unnecessarily tried to clear the ball over midwicket only to find the hands of Tamim at long-on off pacer Abul Hasan, who actually turned the match in Rajshahi's favour by earlier taking the wickets of Naeem Islam and New Zealand hard-hitting batsman Jacob Oram.
The focus was however on dashing opener Tamim because of last season's controversy with his former team Chittagong Kings, but the left-hander got out cheaply and none could excel with the bat in the match that resulted in Rajshahi being bundled out for below a hundred after deciding to bat first.
Rajshahi's two foreign recruits Moeen Ali and Ervine failed to even reach double digits while their local brigade were also unable to put up a respectable total. Number eight batsman Mukter Ali was top-scorer with an unbeaten 31-ball 22. His knock eventually proved vital for his side and the athletic fielding effort and impressive bowling from
the local players helped Tamim to make a mark in the end with a typically expressive celebration enacted for the benefit of the Kings dugout.
SCORES IN BRIEF
DURONTO RAJSHAHI: 99 for9in20overs (Mukhtarnot out 22, Tamim 17, Ziaur 13, Extras 16; Mahmudullah 2-17,Bopara2-19)
CHITTAGONG KINGS: 97 all out in 19.3 overs (Mahmudullah 40, Mehrab 18; Abul 3-20, Ervine 2-6) Result: Duronto Rajshahi wonby2 runs.
Player-of-the-match: Sean Ervine.