In the first match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the experienced Sylhet Strikers lead by Mashrafe Mortaza did not give a bit of chance of youth based Chattogram Challengers. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's team Sylhet Strikers defeated Chattogram Challengers by a big margin of 8 wickets by showing their power with both bat and ball.
On Friday after losing the toss and batted first at Mirpur Sher-e Bangla Stadium Chattogram Challengers scored a total of 89 runs in the first innings. In reply, Sylhet Strikers reached the target easily with cool handed batting of Nazmul Shanto and Zakir Hasan.