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Warriors thrash Rangers by 105 runs

Comilla Warriors have thrashed the Rangpur Rangers to win their first match in the Bangladesh Premier Leauge’s special edition - Bangabandhu BPL.

They restricted the Rangers to 68 all out in the second match of the tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Chasing challenging 174-run target set by Comilla Warriors, no player of the Rangpur Rangers could manage a big score.

In the low score of 68, the highest score, 17, came from Mohammad Naim while Mohammad Shahzad and Mohammad Nabi added 13 and 11 runs respectively. 

For Comilla Warriors, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Al-Amin Hossain bagged 3 wickets each while Abu Haider, Soumya Sarkar and Sunzamul Islam took 2 each. 

Earlier, the Warriors' captain MD Shanaka's 75 runs propelled the team to post 174-run target. They lost 7 wickets to make score.