Nothing is happening at all. After winning the first match, the great Dhaka continues to lose. Today (Saturday) Fortune Barisal beat them by a big margin of 40 runs in Mirpur Sher Bengal in BPL.
With the big win, Tamim Iqbal’s team rose from five to number four in the points table. They have 4 wins in 8 matches. On the other hand Dhaka is at the bottom with only one win after playing 9 matches.
Chasing the big target of 190 runs, Dhaka was never great in the match. No one could fight for the team except one Alex Ross. Saifuddin scored 52 runs off 30 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes with 9 balls left in the innings.
SM Mehrab scored 28 off 29 balls. None of the rest could even touch the house of twenty. All in all, the great Dhaka were bowled out for 149 runs with two balls to spare, giving the fans disappointment once again.
Saifuddin took 3 wickets for 21 runs. Two wickets each for Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Obed McKay.
Before this, Fortune Barisal was in danger at the beginning. Tamim Iqbal was out for 16 runs, Ahmed Shehzad was out for 17 runs and Mushfiqur Rahim was out for 19 runs. Barisal was starting to lose three top batsmen quickly.
From there, Fortune Barisal built on the experience of Mahmudullah Riyad and the innings of Soumya Sarkar’s return to form to put up a huge score of 189 runs in front of the great Dhaka. Soumya Sarkar remained unbeaten on 75 runs. Mahmudullah Riyad was dismissed for 73 runs.
Barisal captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss and decided to bat first. They came down to bat at the beginning and were attacked by the great Dhaka bowlers. Barisal lost 3 wickets for 19 runs especially in the face of Taskin and Shariful. Then Riyad and Soumya made a partnership of 139 runs.
Shariful Islam finally broke this pair. By then, Mahmudullah Riyad gave a 47-ball 73-run innings. In the last ball of the 17th over, he put Shariful’s ball on his gloves and deposited it behind the wicket. Finished the innings with 7 boundaries and 4 sixes.
Shoaib Malik came to bat at number 5. Soumya and Shoaib Malik combined to take Fortune Barisal to 189 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Soumya Sarkar scored an unbeaten 75 off 48 balls. He hit 6 sixes with 4 boundaries.
Taskin Ahmed and Shariful Islam took two wickets each for Dhaka.
MMR/MKR
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