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Rangpur defeated Sylhet by 8 wickets

Rangpur Riders has defeated Sylhet Super Stars by 8 wickets in the 24th match of BPL-2015 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in city’s Mirpur on Monday.Rangpur Riders captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and invited Sylhet Super Stars to bat first.Sylhet Super Stars scored 59 all out in 11.5 overs of the 20-over match.Arafat Sunny picked up four wickets, Mohammad Nabi took three wickets, Shakib Al Hasan took two wickets and NLTC Perera got one wicket.Rangpur Riders easily reached the target with 61 balls remaining for 2 wickets.Shakib was unbeaten on 29 from 24 balls and Jahurul was not out on 9-run.Mohammad Shahid of Sylhet took two wickets.Rangpur RidersAbdullah Al Mamun, Abu Jayed, Al-Amin, Arafat Sunny, Jahurul Islam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Mithun (Wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nabi, Muktar Ali, Murad Khan, NLTC Perera, DJG Sammy, Saqlain Sajib, SMSM Senanayake, Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), LMP Simmons, Soumya Sarkar, Wahab RiazSylhet Super StarsAbdur Razzak, RS Bopara, Hammad Azam, DSNFG Jayasuriya, Junaid Siddique, Mohammad Shahid, Mominul Haque, EMDY Munaweera, Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper), Nazmul Hossain Milon, Nazmul Islam, Nurul Hasan, Rubel Hossain, OA Shah, Shahid Afridi (Captain), Sohail Tanvir and Subashis Roy