2024-02-19 12:58:47
37 runs were required in the last two overs. Liton Das, who scored a career-best 84 runs, was on strike. This batsman took a catch at mid-on with average timing, but the Sylhet strikers could not get the ball due to the distance. Liton didn’t get a strike in the remaining five balls, Tanjim Hassan Shakib’s first ball bowled in the next over and returned to Sajghar. Comilla Victorians also lost with Lytton’s century.
Sylhet won the toss and scored 177 runs for 5 wickets at Chittagong’s Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday (February 19). Comilla’s innings stopped at 165 runs to chase. Mohammad Mithun’s team left the field with a fourth win in the 11th match after winning by 12 runs.
Even though they themselves were knocked out of the tournament, this victory ensured the fight of the top four teams. Second-placed Comilla has 14 points in 10 matches.
Lytton’s highest score in a recognized T20 was 83 runs. In the 19th over, Russell did not take the chance of a single. Even if he got a few more balls, he could have touched the three-digit magic figure for the first time. In the end his innings stopped at 85 runs. The captain of Comilla scored this run in 58 balls with 3 sixes and 7 fours. Lytton had a slow start, slowly opening his arms after settling down. Fifty comes off 36 balls.
Russell scored 23 runs off 14 balls. Which is second highest in Comilla’s batting. Lytton held the lead from the start but wickets were falling at regular intervals at the other end. Tawheed Hriday 17 and Johnson Charles returned 12 runs.
At the end, Zaker Ali Anik was unbeaten on 7 runs. Moeen Ali played 5 balls and returned empty handed.
Tanjim Hasan Shakib took maximum 3 wickets for Sylhet. Samit Patel bowled miserably despite not getting a wicket. He gave only 15 runs in 4 overs.
Comilla played Andre Russell-Sunil Narine who joined the team yesterday in this match. Narine had a great start but Russell was a flop.
On the other hand, Samit, who was dropped in the previous match due to controversy, made a great contribution in this return. In addition, Windies’ hard hitter Kenner Lewis was in the eleven. Sylhet got off to a great start with his bat. He returned with 33 runs off 25 balls. After his out, the team was in some trouble. Nazmul Hossain Shanto (12) and Yasir Ali Rabbi (2) returned to the courthouse one after another.
After that the resistance of Sylhet started. Benny Howell-Mohammed Mithun took control of the game. The duo changed the course of the game by making a 42-ball 77-run partnership. This pair broke when Mithun returned for 28 runs off 20 balls. However, the wheels of the run are still active in the Howell storm. He scored 62 runs off just 31 balls. The innings was arranged with 4 sixes and 6 fours. Narin-Rishad Hossain took maximum 2 wickets for Comilla. Narine gave only 16 runs but Rishad gave 37 in 3 overs!