Nasir Hossain's Sylhet Seekers lifted the win in the opening match of the BPL FIFA World Cup. Hosts defending champion Shakib Al Hasan scored Dhaka Dynamite by nine wickets. The ball was left to the left 19 more balls.
Deanamites, who were reduced to batting, lost 7 wickets in the 20 overs, 136 runs scored. Nasir Hossain's Sylhet Sixers scored 137 runs as hosts. In batting, Sylhet reached the winning pitch without any wicket in 16.5 overs.
Earlier in the field, Sylhet took wickets in the first over of the match. In the beginning of the innings, the attack came in the attack by Nasir Nadir himself. Last night Dynamite opener Mehedi Maruf (0) returned to bat after Nasir turned back. Another opener Evin Lewis scored 26 runs in 24 fours and a six.
Namah Kumar Sangakkara got three for 28 in three fours and a chakkaya 32 before the departure. Mosaddek Hossain Sangak returned to his 6-run knock. Shakib got 23 runs from the bat. He made this innings in a boundary of 21. Kieron Pollard got off to a fine 11 runs, Adil Rashid returned to 3 runs.
Cameroon Daleport 13 and 20 runs and Abu Haider Rony remained unbeaten on 7 runs in 8 balls.
Nasir Hossain took 4 wickets in 21 overs and took 2 wickets. Abul Hasan, who took two wickets in 24 overs in 4 overs, and Liam Plunkett got two wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. Taijul, Krismar Santoki and Shuvagat home did not get any wicket.
Sylhet's Caribbean opener Andre Fletcher and Sri Lankan Upul Tharanga, batting on 137 in the simple target. Both of them took 125 runs in the opening pair. Fletcher had a wonderful innings of 63 runs. His 51-ball innings included 5 fours and three sixes. Adil Rasheed was caught by Evelyn Lewis, the Caribbean star
Upul Tharanga scored an unbeaten 69 runs in 48 balls with five fours and two sixes. Sabbir remained unbeaten on 2 runs.
Dhaka skipper Shakib did not get any wicket with 23 runs in 4 overs. Mohammad Shaheed, Saqlain Sajib, Abu Haider Rony, Delawand and Kieron Pollardo did not get any wickets. Adil Rashid, who took 31 runs in 4 overs, took only one wicket.
