Rangpur Riders stretched their winning streak to six after they hammered Khulna Tigers by 78 runs during their ninth Bangladesh Premier League match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday.
Shakib Al Hasan and Mahedi Hasan starred with the bat as they struck 69 off 31 balls and 60 off 36 balls respectively while skipper Nurul Hasan Sohan made an unbeaten

32 off 13 balls as Rangpur posted a massive total of 219-5 in their 20 overs after they elected to bat first.
Luke Wood finished with 3-19 in his four overs for Khulna.

Rangpur’s South African leggie Imran Tahir then claimed 5-26 in his four overs while Shakib took two and Mahedi, Hasan Mahmud and Jimmy Neesham took one wicket each as Rangpur bowled Khulna all out for 141 runs in 18.2 overs to clinch their seventh win in the tournament.

Khulna’s new English recruit Alex Hales scored the highest 60 off 33 balls while another Englishman Luke Wood made the second highest 20 runs.
The win almost confirmed Rangpur’s playoff berth as they remained on top of the points table with 14 points. However, Khulna’s playoff chances suffered a big blow with this defeat as it was their fourth consecutive loss in the tournament after winning four matches in a row.  

With this win, Rangpur also took revenge on Khulna for their first leg defeat. The former champions earlier suffered a crushing 28-run defeat to Khulna in Sylhet.
Rangpur will face Chattogram Challengers in their 10th BPL league stage match at the same venue on Friday.