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Sylhet Strikers beat Fortune Barishal by two runs in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, on Tuesday.
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Barishal needed 14 runs in the last over, but they could only manage to score 12, with the help of Wasim Junior as he struck a six and a four in the last two deliveries of Rejaur Rahman Raja.
Sylhet's Rejaur scalped three wickets while Mohammad Amir and Tanzim Hasan Sakib picked up two wickets each.
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Chasing 174, Barishal made an emphatic start as opener Ibrahim Zadran and Saif Hassan struck a 45-run opening partnership but impulsive Saif departed scoring 31 off 19 hitting four sixes.
Zadran top-scored with 42 while Shakib al Hasan played a brief innings of 29 runs. Karim Jannat played a cameo innings of 21 off 12.
Najmul Hossain Shanto smashed 89 off 66 to power Sylhet Strikers to post 173-5 in 20 overs.
Shanto hit 11 boundaries with one six to play his remarkable innings and added 81 runs with Tom Moores to rescue the side when Sylhet were slumped to 15-3 as Wasim took three wickets in an over.
Tom departed after scoring 40 off 30 deliveries aided by four boundaries and a six and Thisara Perera played a short innings of 21 runs.