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FLYING PRASANNA
Khulna Titans' Seekugge Prasanna employed his acrobatic skills to grab a near impossible catch and dismiss Rajshahi Kings left hander Zakir Hossain during their Bangladesh Premier League encounter yesterday. It was an Abu Jayed full-length delivery off the last ball of the third over that Zakir, albeit mistimed, smacked towards the mid-wicket region. The ball looked as though it had gone past Prasanna's head at short mid-wicket but the Sri Lankan leapt backwards fully stretched and palmed the shot with his right hand to complete the phenomenal catch. This feat is undoubtedly one of the best catches of the season and puts Prasanna right up there with Nadif Chowdhury, who earlier made a similarly outrageous catch.
ROSSOUW FACES THE MUSIC
Khulna Titans opener Rilee Rossouw looked confident coming in to chase a target of 167 against Rajshahi Kings. The left-hander seemed unperturbed despite Khulna losing two quick wickets at the other end. However the scene changed after the second ball of the 10th over, bowled by Mehedi Hasan Miraz. Rossouw hit the ball over cover for a boundary but the umpire suddenly signalled it as a dead ball since the ground's Disk Jockey (DJ) failed to turn off the music on time. Rossouw was clearly furious with the decision and vented his frustration by striking the pad with his bat. He then tried to play the same shot off the next ball but this time he was caught at cover, resulting in another burst of anger from the South African. It seems the distraction was a little too much to handle.
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Despite it being a busy working day in the capital, the second BPL game yesterday between star-studded sides Dhaka Dynamites and Rangpur Riders was played in front of a full house at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. It is a dream come true for the country's avid cricket fans that get to witness big names of world cricket such as Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Shahid Afridi, Keiron Pollard and of course Shakib Al Hasan pitted against each other. There was not even a single vacant spot at the home of cricket in Mirpur where the crowd witnessed the first Gayle storm of the tournament, extraordinary bowling by Shakib and some sensational hitting from Afridi. The spectators must surely feel that they got their money's worth while watching their heroes at full swing during the tense game that was wrought with drama.