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Mohammad IsamESPN
Dhaka Dynamites 191 for 3 (Lewis 75, Denly 44) beat Chittagong Vikings 187 for 5 (Anamul 73, Ronchi 59) by seven wickets
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Dhaka Dynamites scaled their biggest chase in the BPL to beat hosts Chittagong Vikings by seven wickets. They chased down 187 with seven balls to spare, comfortably beating their previous highest successful chase of 157 that they achieved earlier in the season. The win took Dhaka to 11 points, level with toppers Khulna Titans, while Chittagong remained rooted to the bottom.
Evin Lewis‘ whose strike rate of 241.93 is the highest for any score equal to or above 75 in BPL history, set up the chase. His 31-ball 75 in combination with Joe Denly‘s sparkling strokeplay that yielded 44 off 39 balls helped get ahead of the asking rate. They were so far ahead that their dismissals hardly caused any flutter for Dhaka. Cameron Delport blasted three sixes in his unbeaten 24-ball 43 to complete the win.
Earlier, Anamul Haque and Luke Ronchi struck fifties as Dhaka conceded 187, their highest this season. Anamul hit six sixes, the most he’s ever hit in a T20 innings, in his 47-ball 73, while Ronchi, the captain, struck four sixes. Towards the end, it was Sikandar Raza’s unbeaten 11-ball 26 that helped them offset the damage done by Sunil Narine. The West Indian didn’t pick as many wickets as he would’ve liked, but stemmed the run flow by bowling 14 dots in his four-over spell, finishing with figures of 1 for 11.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo