Comilla Victorians defeated Khulna Tigers by 65 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Khulna Tigers captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to field first, but his move did not work very well as Comilla piled up a big total of 188-6 in 20 overs.
Moeen Ali scored 75 runs from only 35 runs, he hit only one four and nine sixes in his innings.
Faf Du Plessis scored 38 runs, Liton Das produced a quickfire 41 from 17 balls.
In reply, Khulna had a brittle start and could not recover as they kept losing wickets in regular intervals.
They were all-out for 123 in 19.3 overs, Thisara Perera was the top-scorer with 26 runs.
Comilla now have registered 13 points with a healthy run-rate of 0.831 and certainly, claim a spot in the play-offs.
On the other hand, a heavy defeat made things critical for Khulna, tomorrow they will be facing the same opposition and must win their game and also hope that Fortune Barishal must defeat Minister Dhaka so that they have some chance.
