Tawheed Hriday scored his first century in BPL against the great Dhaka one match ago. He was still on that path. He can regret if he wants to, if Khulna Tigers had a few more runs on the scoreboard, maybe this cricketer of Comilla Victorians would have scored his second century in three matches. His storming innings of 91 runs helped Comilla win by 7 wickets. Hriday also won the man of the match award.
In the beginning, Khulna climbed to the top of the points table by winning four matches in a row. Big things were expected of the young team. But after four consecutive wins, five consecutive losses have crushed the fans’ dreams. Khulna lost another match against Comilla on Wednesday. Batting earlier today, they set a target of 165 runs to Comilla. The four-time champions reached the target in a heart-pounding innings with the loss of just 3 wickets in 21 balls.
Khulna captain Vijay won the toss and decided to bat by surprising everyone at Chittagong Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Everyone in the top order got off to a good start but none could make the innings big. Due to this, Khulna could not build a big collection even with a good batting wicket. They scored 164 runs after losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Evin Lewis scored maximum 36 runs for the team. The Caribbean batsman decorated his innings with 3 fours and 2 sixes off 20 balls.
Besides, Afif Hossain 29, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 28, Alex Hales 22, Wayne Parnell 20 and Vijay 18 runs from the bat. Among the Comilla bowlers, Moeen Ali and Matthew Ford took two wickets each. Alis Al Islam and Mostafizur Rahman took one wicket each.
Liton Das was caught at point on the first ball of the second over, playing for the target of 165 runs given by Khulna. Will Jacks didn’t last long either. The English batsman got out after scoring 18 runs off 10 balls. After joining the team today, Johnson Charles, who came down to play the match, could not score more than 13 runs. By that time, however, Hriday went down to the crease and raised a storm. Losing three wickets for 84 runs, Comilla easily cruised the rest of the way.
Hriday and Zaker Ali scored an unbroken 84 off 54 balls to secure the team’s win. Heart can regret BPL missed his second century! He remained unbeaten after playing an innings of 91 runs off 47 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes. Zaker played an innings of 40 runs off 31 balls.
Among Khulna’s bowlers, Mukidul Islam, Nahid Rana and Parnell took one wicket each.
Comilla has 14 points from 7 wins in 9 matches. He has touched the top team Rangpur Riders. Lytton’s team is second as they are behind in net run rate. And Khulna is fifth with the previous 8 points.
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