DHAKA, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS) - A career-best 4-15 by pacer Syed Khaled Ahmed helped Sylhet Titan restrict Rangpur Riders to a meager 111-9 in the Eliminator game of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.

Former England all-rounder Chris Woakes, who is playing his first match today and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed claimed two wickets apiece to further damage Rangpur.

Khaled and Woakes who shared the new ball ripped through Rangpur's top order after their captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz put them into bat first.

Khaled struck in his first over, claiming the wicket of inform Towhid Hridoy for 4 before coming back to dismiss Rangpur skipper Liton Das for 1.

In between Woakes sent back his compatriot Dawid Malan for 4, leaving Rangpur reeling to a miserable 11-3.

Soon the scoreboard was made 29-4 when Salman Irshad removed Kyle Mayers for 8. 

Khushdil Shah and Mahmudullah Riyad tried to repair but Nasum struck with the wicket of Khushdil, ending the 34-run fourth wicket partnership.

Khushdil made 19 ball-30 with three sixes. Nasum also took the wicket of Mahmudullah who made team-best 33. 

Nurul Hasan Sohan was the only other batter apart from the duo to reach double digits by making 18, which eventually helped Rangpur go past 100 runs, which looked unlikely.

The loser of the game will be eliminated from the final race straightway.