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- Updated: December 8, 2016
For his first 34 deliveries on Wednesday night, Sabbir Rahman batted very calmly. He picked up 13 singles, two twos and a boundary. It wasn’t the Sabbir Rahman of three weeks ago, when he hit Barisal Bulls’ bowlers for nine sixes and nine fours in his maiden T20 century. This time, he was trying to bat through a 126-run chase to put Rajshahi Kings in the final of BPL 2016-17.
His 35th ball, delivered by Mosharraf Hossain, was banished over the straight boundary. Then he got back to picking up singles and twos. In the final over with four to win, he charged at Mahmudullah’s first ball, adjusted himself quickly when the delivery looked too short to slam down the ground, and simply drove the ball for a single to finish unbeaten on 43.
In his next innings after that superb 122, Sabbir had slammed 46 off 30 balls against Chittagong Vikings, but since then his scoring tapered off. While his 105 in the nine innings between …
