The game is between Fortune Barisal and Rangpur Riders. But the fight was like Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal. The fans were looking forward to see what happens between these two stars of the national team who have become ‘friends to enemies’.
The fight was quite intense. Shakib’s celebration after Tamim’s dismissal or Tamim’s venchi after Shakib’s dismissal were enjoyed by the audience. In such a match, there was tension at the end.
Shakibra lost Tamim by 1 wicket with 3 balls in hand. Fortune Barisal lost to Rangpur Riders in the last over. This is Rangpur’s ninth win in 11 matches. On the other hand, Barisal’s fifth loss in the same match.
Jimmy Neesham was caught on the boundary while hitting a personal 4-run six off Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Substitute fielder Pritam Kumar dropped an easy catch. That Neesham made 28 off 17 balls at the crucial time of the match. In that one catch, the match ran out of Barisal’s hands.
Rangpur’s target was 152 runs. Rangpur scored 74 runs for 1 wicket in 6 overs of the power play at the start of Brendan King’s innings. After King returned to 45 with 3 fours and 4 sixes in 22 balls, the team seemed to lose rhythm.
Mirage-McCoy held Rangpur. The team lost 6 wickets for 118 runs. Had Jimmy Neesham taken the catch, the result could have been different. That didn’t happen.
But the match went to the last over. Rangpur’s ninth wicket fell with ten balls remaining. Rangpur needs 2 runs in the last over. Only one wicket in hand. In the last over bowled by Saifuddin, Shamim Patwari tied the score with singles in the first ball, Rangpur camp was buoyant when Hasan Mahmud hit the edge of the bat for four in the next ball.
Before this, Abu Haider Rony took 5 wickets alone with only 12 runs in 4 overs, making the best bowling figures of the current BPL.
It was Abu Haider who crashed Fortune Barisal from a good position in a match that was burning with the ball. The team that scored 100 runs for 1 wicket in 10 overs lost 9 wickets at the end of 20 overs to total 151.
Tamim Iqbal started the tournament by winning the toss and choosing to bat at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Fortune Barisal scored 38 runs in the opening pair of 4 overs. Tamim was playing with a lot of confidence.
Rangpur Riders captain Nurul Hasan Sohan gave the ball to Shakib Al Hasan in the fourth over. Those who were looking forward to see the Shakib-Tamim duel, their hopes were dashed.
Shakib fooled Tamim with the first ball. Not understanding the spin of the world’s best all-rounder, Tamim gently touched the bat and let the ball float in the air.
Shakib could have taken the return catch. But he was not in a hurry, Muminul Haque who was standing next to him palmed the easy catch. Tamim’s innings stopped at 33 runs off 20 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Another opener Tom Banton was out for 26 off 24 balls.
Barisal suffered the biggest blow in the 13th over of the innings. Abu Haider Rony broke Barisal’s backbone by taking three catches in one over. In the first ball of the over, Mushfiqur Rahim gave a catch to the wicketkeeper Sohan in 3 balls 5, Soumya Sarkar (0) was bowled in the third ball, Markute Myers also gave a return catch in the fifth ball.
Myers’ innings of 46 runs off 27 balls had 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Experienced Mahmudullah Riyad was also defeated by Roni’s excellent bowling. While batting, he gave the catch to Shamim Patwari (9 balls 9).
Barisal’s score was 100 for 1 wicket in 10 overs. After losing 8 wickets in the last 10 overs, they managed to score only 51 runs!
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