MOMENTS

AIRBORNE NADIF

Dropped catches have been a constant feature in the fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League so far but Dhaka Dynamites player Nadif Chowdhury broke the mould when he took a gem of a catch in their encounter with Rasjshahi Kings. Known as a fantastic fielder, Nadif lived up to expectations by taking a magnificent catch at backward point to dismiss Mushfiqur Rahim. The wicketkeeper-batsman tried to smash a powerful reverse sweep off Shahid Afridi off the last ball of the 10th over but Nadif launched into the air with an outstretched left hand to palm the ball and complete the stunner of a catch, which was by far the best of this BPL season.

POLLARD COMPLETES 500 T20 SIXES

Dhaka Dynamites big hitter Kieron Pollard became the second batsman to hit 500 sixes in T20 cricket during their match against Rajshahi Kings yesterday. The West Indian, who started the game just three sixes away from the milestone, struck the first off left-arm spinner Samit Patel way over long on. He then lashed a foolish delivery by medium pacer Farhad Reza towards the same region and was then just one six away from his 500th. The 30-year-old eventually reached the landmark off the second ball of the last over as he hit a short delivery outside off stump from Hossain Ali to over deep mid-wicket and complete his 500 sixes in a total of 351 innings. However, teammate and fellow big hitter Chris Gayle leads the chart with 772 sixes from 303 T20 innings while New Zealand's Brendon McCullumn has 400 from 293 and Australia's David Warner has tallied 314 from 237.

RUBEL'S CLASH WITH IMRUL

A lot of controversy followed the on-field verbal clash involving Rangpur Riders skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Chittagong Vikings pacer Subhashish Roy. And once again two Bangladesh national team members became embroiled in a similar incident. The event occurred during yesterday's second BPL fixture between Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders. Comilla's Imrul Kayes and Rangpur's Rubel Hossain became engaged in the argument after the last ball of the fourth over. Imrul inside-edged a Rubel delivery for four and started walking over to partner Liton Das, to possibly discuss strategy, but Rubel suddenly charged forward and uttered something which led to a heated moment among the two. Although the exact reason behind the conflict remains unknown, at the time of the event, the umpire had to step in and separate the two cricketers to avoid an even more unpleasant situation.