Second Qualifier Match. The losing team is eliminated. The winning team will go to the finals. Such an important match spread a different thrill due to the invisible duel of Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal.
Shakib won the face-to-face with Tamim in the group stage. Who will win the Bachamara match? The fans were looking forward to see it. In the end, Shakib lost to Tamim. Fortune Barisal entered the final by defeating Rangpur Riders by 6 wickets and 9 balls in the second qualifier match of BPL in Mirpur.
Barisal reached the final after passing two tough tests in the play-offs. They lost to Chittagong Challengers in the first qualifier. On the other hand, Rangpur was on top of the points list in the group stage. They are the ones who lost three matches in a row!
After losing to Comilla Victorians in their last match in the group stage, Rangpur lost to the same opponent in the first qualifier as well. Couldn’t get to the final even in the second chance. As a result, Fortune Barisal and Comilla Victorians will meet in the final on Friday.
The target for Fortune Barisal was 150 runs. Mehedi Hasan Miraj opened with Tamim Iqbal chasing runs. They started watching. But in the fourth over, Abu Haider Roni hunted the pair with the ball in hand. Tamim took the catch for 10 off 8 balls, Miraz was caught LBW after one ball (8 off 18 balls).
After losing 2 wickets for 22 runs, Barisal was pulled back by Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim. They added 47 runs off 37 balls for the third wicket. This pair broke when Soumya returned to 22 off 18 balls.
Mushfiq then made another partnership of 50 runs off 27 balls with Kyle Myers. Myers made 28 off 15 balls. Mushfiqur traveled the rest of the way with David Miller. Mushfiqur left the field as a winner with 47 runs off 38 balls. Miller scored an unbeaten 22 off 18 balls.
Before this, Rangpur Riders did not have 7 wickets for 77 runs, about 15 overs had passed then. The collection at Rangpur would be stuck around 100 runs, it seemed. Who knew, Shamim Patwari will do such eye-catching batting!
In the face of the extreme disaster of the team, Shamim not only took the lead, he brought fighting capital to Rangpur Riders with a 20-ball fifty. Shamim Patwari’s unbeaten innings of 59 runs off 24 balls made Rangpur 66 runs in the last 5 overs. They lost 7 wickets and accumulated 149 runs on their board.
Barisal captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss and invited the Shakibs to bat at Mirpur Sher Bangla Cricket Stadium. Rangpur was put under pressure at the start of batting.
Makeshift Sheikh Mehdi Hasan was sent to open with Rony Talukder to spoil Barisal’s plans. Mehndi could not facilitate. In the second over of the innings with 2 runs from 5 balls, this all-rounder caught wicketkeeper Mushfiqur off Mohammad Saifuddin’s ball.
In that over, Saifuddin picked up the crucial wicket of Shakib. Shakib also scored 1 run from 4 balls and was defeated by Saifuddin’s swing and caught by the wicketkeeper. Rony Talukder increased the danger of the team. Kyle Myers was caught on the boundary for 8 off 12 balls.
Rangpur lost 3 wickets for 18 runs. Hard hitter Nicholas Puran also continued to bat. Couldn’t get runs. In the end, the Caribbean batsman came back as Soumya Sarkar’s great catch while picking up Mehedi Hasan Miraj. He scored only 3 off 12 balls.
Jimmy Neesham was playing with confidence despite the coming and going of teammates. But being too confident brings danger. Neesham was caught by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur with the bat as James Fuller went out the leg side. His innings stopped at 28 runs off 22 balls.
Rangpur lost 5 wickets for 48 runs. Mohammad Nabi and Nurul Hasan Sohan tried to manage the disaster. Set in the 15th over, James Fuller guided these two batters to home. Nabi took 12 catches in 15 balls and Sohan was bowled in 14 balls in 17 balls.
Shamim Patwari’s incredible batting from there. The left-hander bowled four-sixes over an edge. He hit 5 fours and sixes in an unbeaten innings of 59 runs off 24 balls.
Fortune Barisal’s James Fuller took 3 wickets for 25 runs. Mohammad Saifuddin took two wickets at the cost of 27 runs.
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