3rd phase of BPL begins today

Batting sensation Chris Gayle during his practice session at the BCB Academy ground on Saturday.
Batting sensation Chris Gayle during his practice session at the BCB Academy ground on Saturday.
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The 3rd phase of BRB-Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket begins today (Sunday) after two-day recess at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here with joint league leader Barisal Bulls taking on bottom-placed Sylhet Super Stars in the opener.The match will kick off 2:30 pm (BST). Batting sensation and the highest scorer, the highest century maker and the highest six hitter of T20 cricket Chris Gayle of West Indies will play for Barisal Bulls for the first time in the ongoing 3rd BPL in Sunday’s match. Barisal Bulls also studded with West Indian cricketer Evin Lewis, who scored the first and lone century in the ongoing BPL and local pacer Al Amin Hossain, who made the lone hattrick in the ongoing 3rd BPL. Shakib-al Hasan’s Rangpur Riders will face Dhaka Dynamites in the other match of the day at 6:30 pm (BST) at the same venueLeague Standings after 2nd phase matches: Teams M  W  L  T  NR  Pts  NRR Comilla Victorians  7 5  2  0  0  10  +0.644 Barisal Bulls  6  5  1  0  0  10  +0.422Rangpur Riders  7  4  3  0  0  8  +0.189Dhaka Dynamites  6  3 3 0  0  6  -0.216Chittagong Vikings  8  2  6  0  0  4  -0.465Sylhet Suiper Stars  6  1  5  0  0  2  -0.544

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