Shakib leads Dhaka beat Barisal Burners by eight wickets

Dhaka Gladiators 115 for 2 

Shakib 54, Dilshan 49* 

Burners 114 for 9 

Mahmood 30, Liddle 2 for 16

Dhaka Gladiators back  on top of the points stand after post  their 7th  victory  in the tournament. They thrash  Barisal Burners by eight wickets and with 44 balls to left as the Burners' believes  of a final four finish took a beating.

Shakib Al Hasan's fifty  hastened the win  and finished the match  early. Shakib smashed  54 off 31 deliveries included  with seven fours  and a six, and was guided  on the way by Tillakaratne Dilshan scored  an unbeaten 49 off 39. The pair came together after Mohammad Ashraful dismissal to a pull shot off Azhar Mahmood in the 2nd  over of the small chase, and put on  92 runs for the second wicket.

Shakib was mainly attacking and played some superb shots off the four pronged seam attack of the Burners. Afghanistan fast bowler Hamid Hassan's debut match at the BPL finished without a wicket as he went for 28 off his four overs spell.

But batting looked  more difficult when the Burners batted first after they were muted to 114 for 9 in 20 overs. Mahmood made 30 off 33 deliveries  but found no support as Brad Hodge fell for 12 and Sabbir Rahman, the other in form batsman in the Burners line up, scored  only 18 off 14.

Mashrafe Mortaza, Alfonso Thomas, Shakib Al Hasan and Chris Liddle claimed  two wickets each.