2024-02-29 14:27:04
Another final before the final. The top two teams of BPL, Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders are full of stars. The gallery of the stadium is also houseful to watch them play. 25 thousand spectators who came to Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla stadium saw a match like collecting money.
Where the Comilla Victorians had the last laugh after fierce competition. The BPL champions reached another BPL final. Comilla won the first qualifier by defeating Rangpur Riders by 6 wickets.
Rangpur will get another chance to reach the final. They will play the second qualifier on February 28. Where their opponents are Fortune Barisal. Who will be Comilla’s opponent in the final on March 1, will be decided on that day.
Rangpur lost the toss and went down to bat, collecting 185 runs for 6 wickets in the storm of Jimmy Neesham. In response, Comilla easily reached the port of victory with the stormy batting of Tawheed and Liton. Comilla dream final with 1 over left. They are already the most successful team in BPL having won four titles. Now another finalist waiting to kiss the fifth title.
Comilla did not have much speed in chasing the target. Even after losing Sunil Narine on the first ball of the innings, they were absolutely settled. Narine took a catch behind the wicket when Fazal Haque went to pull Farooqui’s bouncer. Liton and Tawheed put on 143 runs off 89 balls for the second wicket, which is the record partnership in BPL this year. By that, Comilla got the basis of victory.
Both took time to settle in the beginning. After this, he counter-attacked with a four-six fountain around the wicket and scored quick runs. Comilla is very easy to reach the target. Tawheed reached fifty off 31 balls and Liton on 38 balls. Even after touching the milestone, their bats continued.
It seemed that at least one of the two would get a century. But, no one could leave the field with victory, did not get a century. Tawheed caught Shakib at long-on for 64 runs when the left-handed pacer Roni’s ball flew. Tawhid finished his innings with 43 balls, 5 fours and 4 sixes. Lytton scored 83 runs off 57 balls. This opener hit 4 sixes with 9 fours. In the end, Moeen Ali and Russell completed the victory. Moeen secured the victory by hitting a six in the free hit and remained unbeaten on 12 runs. Russell scored 2 runs in 2 balls.
Earlier, Jimmy Neesham pulled Rangpur’s innings alone. A boundary off the last ball of the innings would have made his century. But, Mushfiq could not match Hasan’s ball timing. The left-handed batsman scored 97 runs off 49 balls to the delight of the crowd. Hit 7 sixes with 8 fours. Captain Sohan scored the second highest 30 runs. Although he batted slowly in the beginning, he made up for it by hitting 4 fours and 1 six.
Nicholas Puran scored 14 runs and Mahedi Hasan scored 22 runs for the first time. Shakib’s innings stopped at 5 runs in the top order. Rony Talukder 13 and Shamim Patwari returned to the dressing room with zero runs.
Mushfiqur was the most expensive bowler in Comilla. He took 1 wicket for 72 runs in 4 overs. Russell got 2 wickets for 37 runs. Sunil Narine was their best. He took 1 wicket for 11 runs in 4 overs.