|| CF Correspondent ||

Rajshahi Royals seemed to make it a habit to win the game in a royal manner. After comprehensively crushing pre-tournament favorite Dhaka Platoon by nine wickets in the opening game, they got the better of Sylhet Thunder in a show of impeccable team game.

The bowlers first did the job then batsmen took the onus to help the side secure an eight-wicket victory over Sylhet Thunder and made it two in two in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) on Friday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

While it was Rajshahi second victory in a row, for Sylhet it was second straight defeat, having suffered a five-wicket defeat to Chattogram Challengers in the first match.

This time Sylhet Thunder put up worst performance than the first game as they were wrapped up for just 91 runs in 15.3 overs. For Rajshahi it was just a cake-walk as they reached the winning mark of 95-2 in just 10.5 overs.

Hazratullah Zazai who scripted the side’s victory against Dhaka Platoon this time got third-ball duck, being baffled by Nayeem Hasan’s straight delivery as Rajshahi started chasing. But his dismissal put no impact on the side as Liton Das kept the side in the hunt with free-flowing batting.

Liton was unbeaten on 44 off 26, sending the ball across the rope for seven times and combined for a 62-run partnership with Afif Hossain for the second wicket to take the side on the verge of the victory.

Afif was dismissed after his 25 ball-30, studded by three fours.

Shoaib Malik then accompanied Liton in taking the side to the home. Malik was not out on 16.

Nayeem Hasan and Naveen-ul-Haq took the fallen two wickets of Rajshahi.