Rangpur Riders only lost to Fortune Barisal and Khulna Tigers in this year’s BPL. Apart from these two teams, no one could beat Rangpur. They have won 8 matches in a row. Finally Comilla Victorians stopped Rangpur’s Jayarath.
Today (Tuesday) Comilla defeated Rangpur by 6 wickets and 15 balls in Chittagong’s Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. This is their eighth win in 11 matches. Comilla is number two with 16 points. On the other hand, Rangpur is at the top with 18 points after 12 matches.
Chasing the target of 151 runs, Liton Das got off to a good start with Sunil Narine. They scored 36 runs off 24 balls. In the fifth over, Shakib Al Hasan gave Rangpur hope by hunting a pair. Narine made 15 off 11 balls and Tawhid returned to the dressing room before Hriday opened his account of runs.
However, the third wicket Liton and Mahidul Islam drew 65 runs from 55 balls and the match was very much in the hands of Comilla. Comilla’s runs then crossed 100, Shakib dismissed Liton in the 14th over. Lytton’s innings was 43 runs off 42 balls.
In the next over, Rangpur returned to the match when Abu Hyder Roni picked up another set of batters. He scored 39 runs off 29 balls with 4 boundaries and a six.
Comilla needed 44 in the last 5 overs. But in the team that has a batter like Andre Russell, what are they worried about this run! Russell left the field after winning Comilla with an unbeaten 43 off 12 balls with 4 four-sixes.
Before that, Jimmy Neesham fought alone. This all-rounder saved Rangpur Raiders from danger and brought fighting capital. Rangpur Riders scored 150 runs before being bowled out in 19.5 overs by Nisham’s responsible innings.
Rangpur was in great danger after losing the toss and batting. They lost 4 wickets for 39 runs. Shakib played a 24-run innings from 19 balls and gave the team some progress.
Still, Rangpur lost 7 wickets before the hundred (93 runs). Jimmy Neesham pulled the team from there. In the end, Neesham remained unbeaten on 69 runs off 42 balls, hitting 2 sixes with 9 boundaries.
Mushfiq Hasan bowled well. He took 3 wickets with only 18 runs in 4 overs. Andre Russell took 3 wickets for 20 runs.
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