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DHAKA: Chris Gayle's fabulous century went in vain as Dhaka Gladiators defeated Barisal Burners by 21 runs in a galore of sixes on the fifth day of the Bangladesh Premier League here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.

Chasing a mammoth target of 209, Barisal Burners was looking in sight of winning the match as Gayle was plundering runs but all hopes were vanished when he was out & the team could reach 187-5 in the allotted twenty overs.


Gayle played a thunderous innings of 116 runs off only 61 balls with eleven sixes & six fours.

Captain Mashrafe Mortaza & allrounder Azhar Ali claimed wickets each for Dhaka Gladiators.

The crowd enjoyed a rain of sixes & as lots of as 26 sixes were struck by various batsmen in the match.

The only other main scorer was Mithun Ali who contributed 38 with a six & a.

Azhar Mahmood top scored with an unbeaten 77 off 47 balls. He hit eight fours & sixes.

Earlier, Dhaka Gladiators piled up a immense total of 208 for with 14 sixes in twenty overs after it won the toss in the tenth match of the event.

For the Burners, Yasir Arafat & Kabir Ali claimed wickets each.

Opener Imran Nazir made 58 off 35 balls with sixes & fours while Kieron Pollard scored 36 in a brief 15-ball innings which included sixes. Darren Stevens also hit a six.

 Tremendous is showing all matches of the event live from the venue.
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