Fortune Barisal were knocked out of the match by losing Tamim Iqbal, Ahmed Shehzad and Mushfiqur Rahim within three runs. From there, the team returned to the match with the excellent pair of Mahmudullah-Soumya Sarkar. Barisal set Dhaka a target of 190 runs based on their pair of 139 runs. In response, Dhaka’s innings stopped at 149 runs due to irresponsible batting. And that’s how Barisal saved the possibility of play-off by winning by 40 runs. The team led by Tamim Iqbal is in the fourth position of the table with 8 points in 8 matches.
Barisal set a target of 190 runs to Dhaka, who are at the bottom of the points table, in the second match of the day at the Mirpur Sherebangla Stadium. In response, Dhaka started losing wickets at regular intervals. Australian batsman Alex Ross played the highest innings of 52 runs for the team. Apart from him, no one could resist the Barisal bowlers. Dhaka were all out for 149 runs due to the failure of the batsmen. Dhaka’s only win was against Comilla in the opening match on January 19. After that could not break the cycle of loss. Dhaka has set the record of 8 consecutive defeats in the history of BPL. And with this loss, Taskin Ahmed’s team has been knocked out of the BPL playoffs.
The most successful of Barisal’s bowlers, Mohammad Saifuddin is back after nine months of injury. He did an all-round performance against Chittagong in the previous match. Did not bat on Saturday. But he is the best bowler of the team with the ball. His victim was three wickets at the cost of 21 runs. Besides, Obed McCoy and Mehdi Hasan Miraj took two wickets each. Akiv Javed took a wicket.
Earlier, Barisal was in danger after winning the toss and deciding to bat. They lost three top order batsmen for just 19 runs. Then Mahmudullah came to the crease, then Soumya Sarkar was on the non-strike side. When Mahmudullah came to the crease, Barisal was on the edge of the ditch. However, these two batsmen played with responsibility and made the team’s score much longer. On this day, two people made the Dhaka bowlers the neighborhood bowlers by raining sixes in 22 yards.
At the end of 20 overs, their run was 189 for 4 wickets. Soumya Sarkar scored 75 runs off 48 balls. Mahmudullah Riyad scored 73 runs off 47 balls. 139 runs came from 85 balls in the fourth wicket partnership of the two. That’s how Barisal got big capital.
Mahmudullah went to the crease and came down the wicket and hit Shariful for a six. The next ball stands in place for a spectacular cover drive. Soumya also got confidence from Mahmudullah’s scoring shot. Then the left-handed batsman hit Taskin for two fours in the fifth over. At the end of the power play, Barisal’s run stood at 46. 79 at the end of 10 overs. The two batsmen added 67 runs in the next 6 overs. At this time, these two batsmen brought a festive occasion to the Mirpur gallery with sixes and fours. In the batting frenzy of the two, it seemed that Barisal’s run would cross two hundred. But when Shariful Mahmudullah was caught in the 17th over, the run rate slowed down a bit. In the end, Mahmudullah scored 73 runs in 7 fours and 4 sixes.
In the end, Soumya Sarkar and Shoaib Malik’s 18-ball 31-run partnership stopped the team’s scoreboard at 189 runs. Unbeaten on 75 runs, Soumya hit 6 sixes with 4 fours. With him unbeaten Shoaib Malik scored 19 runs in 10 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.
Shariful Islam and Taskin Ahmed got two wickets each for Dhaka. Shariful 36 and Taskin spent 35 runs.
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