Khulna Titans seal playoffs spot, eliminate Rangpur Riders with win over Dhaka Dynamites
Captain Mahmudullah crushed 50 off 27 conveyances before withdrawing eight runs short of the 159-run target, on account of a shocking catch by Tanveer Haider.
The Englishman stayed unbeaten on 26 off 16 balls to finish the pursuit with two overs to save.
Khulna additionally secured the second spot with the win as Rangpur bowed out with Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong Vikings and Rajshahi Rulers taking the main four spots.
Comilla Victorians and Barisal Bulls, champions and runners-up of the last release, separately, have as of now been wiped out.
Dhaka and Khulna, the main two groups, will now secure horns again in the principal qualifier for a spot in the last.
Chittagong and Rajshahi, the third and fourth-put groups, will go head to head against each other in the eliminator.
The failures of the main qualifier will go up against the victors of the eliminator in qualifier two to assert the rest of the spot in the last.
With the top spot as of now clinched, Dhaka rested Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell and Sunzamul Islam for the last match of the competition's pool stage on Sunday.
Requested that bat to start with, the home group posted 158-7 riding on a tasteful half-century from Kumar Sangakkara (59 off 41 balls) and littler, yet huge, commitments from a portion of the others.
The previous Sri Lanka chief was given a relief in the second over off Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury and he utilized his additional life to give his group a blustery begin.
The left-hander split eight exquisite limits while Mehedi Maruf (16) played second fiddle in a 58-run opening stand. Sangakkara pushed on after his accomplice died and included 29 more with Nasir Hossain (19).
Howell then got the prized scalp of Sangakkara with one that kept low to crush into the stumps. Nasir likewise ran himself out two overs later however in the midst of the tumbling wickets, Shakib Al Hasan (11), Seekkuge Prasanna (14) and Mosaddek Hossain (20) contributed with the races to post a battling complete.
Khulna lost opener Andre Fletcher ahead of schedule for 9 however his opening accomplice Hasanuzzaman crushed three sixes and the same number of fours to impact 40 off 19 balls and give them a decent begin.
The Titans came to 61-1 in 8.1 overs before Hasanuzzaman balooned up a slower to stroll back.
In spite of the fact that Abdul Mazid snailed to 21 off 36 balls, he bolstered the opener in a 52-run second-wicket remain before including 46 more with Mahmudullah.
Be that as it may, it was the captain who turned the tides of the match. He drained five fresh limits and two colossal sixes to take the ship close to the drift. After he skied one in the spreads, Howell conveyed his bat until the end.
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