His team’s target in the match was 212. That was 10.6 per over. Saikat Ali, who came down to open the innings, reached two figures by playing 20 balls. Where it was necessary to play at a strike rate of 150, opener Saikat Ali’s power play to reach double figures with only 50 strike rate shows how defensive and negative the approach was of Chittagong Challengers.
Although Saikat scored 63 runs from 45 balls in the end, it did not help the team. Shubhagat home team lost by 53 runs.
Why such a slow batting approach? Saikat Ali came to the press meet after the game and faced this question. As if they had accepted, they gave up because the run was high. Saikat said, ‘The run is actually a bit tough for Mirpur above two hundred.’
However, Saikat Ali is unwilling to blame his team’s bowlers for scoring so many runs against them, ‘You see our bowlers bowled very well in the entire tournament. We won five matches. All but the first of these were won by the bowlers. As a result, one day we may not bowl well that way. But the wicket was also good. ‘
Coming down to open the innings, Saikat wanted to explain the reason for his slow play. He tried to stay on because of the dismissal of two foreigners Joss and Tom and the measured bowling of Rangpur’s 2 spinners Shakib and Sheikh Mehdi.
About the beach, ‘I opened today for the first time. Just looking for some momentum. And at that time Shakib Bhai and Mehdi bowled very well in the first six overs. When we got Josh and Tom out, we tried not to throw too many wickets. Tried to find momentum. When I hit Imran Bhai (Imran Tahir) for a six, I thought I got the momentum. I tried then. Tried in the beginning too. But Shakib Bhai and Mehdi bowled very well, everyone bowled well.’
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