Nabi, Chigumbura leads Sylhet Royals win against Chittagong Kings


Sylhet Royals 176 for 7 (Mohammad Nabi 43, Cooper 3 for 21) beat Chittagong Kings 172 for 6 (Naeem 72, Gazi 2 for 21) by 3 wickets


Sylhet Royals going nicely on  their way to a 5th successive win, beating Chittagong Kings by three wickets, to raise their lead at the top of the table.

Paul Stirling, Mohammad Nabi and finally Elton Chigumbura made  31 off 17 balls, batted violently to take the Sylhet Royals to win  with 3 balls left. Stirling started the chase by going across the line a number of times in his 25-balls 38 earlier than getting run out after a mix up with Mohammed Nabi. 

Nabi made up for his mistake by striking successive sixes soon after in a crucial 43 runs  off 26 balls. But the chase came down to Elton Chigumbura and the Zimbabwean made the difference with his three maximums, shepherding the finish with Suhrawadi Shuvo who crunched a boundary to finished  the victory.

Earlier, Naeem guide  the Kings innings to made  a career best 72 runs from  52 balls with nine boundaries showing he could adapt after remodelling his game to suit longer versions. Naeem and Ravi Bopara added 78 runs  for the 1st  wicket before the Kings started to lose regular wickets. Ryan ten Doeschate scored  21 from  10 deliveries  towards the end to prop up the total. Nabi named for Man of the Match Award. For the Kings it continuous their troubles at home and this was their 3rd  loss in four matches.

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