|| CF Correspondent ||

Rangpur Rangers captain Mohammad Nabi urged the local players to step up as they are in the perpetual defeat jinx in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL).

The latest eight-wicket defeat to Khulna Tigers was Rangpur’s fourth straight defeat in the tournament which kept them at the bottom table. And thereby to their dismay they haven’t any point to show in the point table.

Rangpur came to the match against Khulna Tigers with a hope to break the defeat jinx but eventually saw them being hammered by the opponents bowlers and batsmen that scripted their eight-wicket defeat.

In a pitch conducive to the batsmen, Rangpur could put up just 137-9 which Khulna overhauled with ease, reaching the winning target in just 12.3 overs.

After that defeat, Nabi, the former Afghanistan captain also, was critical on the local players’ performance.

“The pitch was very good but we couldn’t bat according to the merit of the pitch,” Nabi said.

“Such was the target that was easy for them [Khulna] to achieve because the wicket was good. I think the local players should step up and perform well,” he added.

However, in the match against Khulna, a local player Naim Sheikh was the highest scorer with 49 runs while Fazle Rabbi made 42. But in the last three matches, their local batsmen or bowlers couldn’t do anything worthy.

Even the bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed was erratic throughout the game.