Evin Lewis century powers rampant Barisal Bulls to the top with 9-wicket win over Dhaka Dynamites

A scintillating unbeaten century by Evin Lewis has fired Barisal Bulls to the top of the Bangladesh Premier League with a nine-wicket thrashing of Dhaka Dynamites.

The Bulls have surged to four wins in five matches while the Dynamites slipped to their second defeat.

The Caribbean batsman hit a whirlwind 101 to help his team topple the Dynamites' 158 for 5 with eight balls to spare at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday.

He stitched a 127-run opening stand with Rony Talukdar (38) to take the game away from the Dynamites and, in the process, overshadow Kumar Sangakkara's classy knock with the first ton of this edition.

It was the competition's eighth century overall. Three of those have been smashed by West Indies opener Chris Gayle.

Lewis' onslaught epitomised the batting of the West Indies master blaster in many ways as he studded his 65-ball innings with seven sixes and six boundaries.

He raced to fifty off 39 balls before hammering Ryan ten Doeschate for three sixes and two fours in an over to pile 32 runs off the next seven balls.

The 23-year old left-handed batsman took his foot off the gas momentarily as he closed in on his century after Rony's dismissal.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rony played a good hand in the match-winning partnership with his 34-ball innings after he had been involved in dismissals of three Dynamites' batsmen.

Earlier, Sangakkara's second successive half-century and some late hitting by ten Doeschate had guided Dhaka Dynamites to 158 for 5 after being put to bat first. 

Sangakkara, who scored 75 at No. 3 on the slow Mirpur track in the last match, opened and anchored the innings at a good strike rate.

The former Sri Lanka captain got little help from the other end early on, with Shykat Ali (15), Lahiru Thirimanne (5), Nasir Hossain (5) and Abul Hasan (8) falling early.

Ten Doeschate (45 off 32 balls) walked in at No. 6 and the duo finally salvaged the innings with a four and a six off Taijul in the 12th over.

Sangakkara cracked seven boundaries and reached his half-century off 42 deliveries. He made 59 with ten Doeschate before being sent back by Kevon Cooper.

The Dutch allrounder then hit Al-Amin Hossain for two more sixes in the last over to take his team to the total.