Sabbir Rahman hits an unbeaten 82 off 33 balls with nine sixes, but his 50 went in vain as Dhaka Capitals suffered a seven-wicket defeat to Chittagong Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match on Thursday in Sylhet.

Dhaka’s innings was powered by Sabbir’s 82 not out. Along with nine sixes, he hit three fours. Despite a slow start, Sabbir’s innings kept them strong in the contest. But the other batters failed to accelerate when they needed it most. Tanzid Hasan also hit a 50. He ended up on 54 off 48 balls.

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Khaled Ahmed was the best bowler for the Kings. He bagged three wickets for just 21 runs.

In response, Chittagong began strongly. Usman Khan smashed 55 off 33 balls, supported by Parvez Hossain Emon, who made 17 off 16.

The pair added 55 runs for the opening wicket before Emon fell in the sixth over. Graham Clark then joined Usman, contributing 39 off 32 to keep the chase on track.

After Clark’s dismissal in the 17th over, captain Mohammad Mithun and Shamim Hossain guided the Kings to victory. Mithun remained unbeaten on 33 off 22, while Shamim struck a quick 30 off 14 balls, including four fours and a six.

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With this win, the Kings moved to fourth place on the points table while Dhaka remained winless after matches, sitting at the bottom of the points table with zero points and a negative net run rate of -1.527. The Kings maintained their positive net run rate of 1.262.

Rangpur Riders, with six consecutive victories, lead the table with 12 points and an impressive net run rate of 1.732. Fortune Barishal, despite their loss to Rangpur earlier in the day, hold the second spot with six points from five games and a net run rate of 0.838.