Dhaka: Chittagong Vikings’ hope for a semifinal berth in the 3rd Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) faded away after losing to Dhaka Dynamites by 45 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.

On the other hand, Dhaka Dynamites brightened their chances to find themselves in the top four clashes collecting eight points from eight matches with four wins and four losses.

Replying to Dhaka Dynamites’ 121 for 8, Chittagong Vikings miserably folded their innings at 76 in 16.5 overs in their penultimate game of the league.

Number five batsman Umar Akmal scored the team highest 14 off 22 balls while Bilawal Bhatti (11 off 15b; 1x4) and Elias Sunny (10 off 12b; 1x4) were the other notable scorers for Chittagong Vikings reaching the double figure.

Mosharraf Hossain displayed a brilliant performance grabbing four wickets for 16 in four overs to be adjudged man of the match. Mustafizur Rahman grabbed two wickets for economic seven runs in 2.5 overs.

Abul Hasan and Yasir Shah took one wicket each conceding eight and 14 runs respectively, bowling two and four overs.

Sent in to bat first, Dhaka Dynamites scored 121 for 8 wickets in 20 overs featuring 56 runs in 8.5 overs in the 5th wicket stand by Kumar Sangakkara and Mosaddek Hossain.

The 5th stand carried the team total to 91/5 in 16.5 overs from 35/4 in 8 overs, before Kumar Sangakkara was caught by Umar Akmal off a Shafiul Islam delivery.

Number six batsman Mosaddek Hossain followed Sangakkara in the very next ball also caught by Umar Akmal off Shafiul Islam.

Kumar Sangakkara hit team highest 38 off 36 balls involving three fours and one six while Mosaddek Hossain scored 24 off 29 balls including three fours.

Number seven Malcolm Waller scored 19 off 10 balls with three fours and one six before being caught by Umar Akmal off a Mohammad Amir delivery at 119/8 in 19.5 overs.

Yasir Shah (10 off 9b; 2x4) and Nasir Hossain (10 off 10b; 2x4) were the other double figure scorers for Dhaka Dynamites.

Opening bat in the 25th BPL match, Dhaka Dynamites lost their four top order batsmen-- Yasir Shah, Shykat Ali, Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Hossain -- for a meager 35 in 8 overs.

Delivering four overs each, Mohammad Amir and Shafiul Islam captured three wickets each for economic 18 and 21 runs respectively.

Asif Hasan and Bilawal Bhatti took one wicket each conceding 6 and 24 runs respectively in 2 and 4 overs.

With the day's debacle, Chittaong Vikings was placed bottom in the six-team battle securing four points from nine matches with two wins and seven losses and they will play their last match of the league against Barisal Bulls on Wednesday.