Comilla Victorians Vs Fortune Barisal 41st Match 21 February 2024

41st T20 • Shere Bangla National Stadium • Dhaka

Comilla Victorians

140/8 (20)

Fortune Barishal

141/4 (19.4)

FB won by 6 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Tamim Iqbal

66(48)

Player of the Series Tamim Iqbal

COV

Info

Comilla Victorians

140/8 (20)

Batters

Sunil Narine

88.89

c Sarkar b McCoy

Litton Das

(C)

100.00

b Islam

Towhid Hridoy

96.15

c Akif Javed b McCoy

Mahidul Islam Ankon

16.67

c McCoy b Islam

Moeen Ali

104.55

c Sarkar b Akif Javed

Andre Russell

127.27

b Islam

Jaker Ali Anik

237.50

Not out

Matthew Forde

0.00

c Islam b Saifuddin

Mohammad Enamul Haque

42.86

c McCoy b Saifuddin

Tanvir Islam

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7)

140/8

Did not Bat

Mohammad Musfik Hasan

Bowlers

EXT

5.67

4.00

8.00

10.00

6.67

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sunil Narine

c Sarkar b McCoy

1-24

3.6

Litton Das

b Islam

2-38

6.2

Mahidul Islam Ankon

c McCoy b Islam

3-40

8.1

Towhid Hridoy

c Akif Javed b McCoy

4-76

13.1

Moeen Ali

c Sarkar b Akif Javed

5-86

14.5

Andre Russell

b Islam

6-96

15.6

Matthew Forde

c Islam b Saifuddin

7-97

16.2

Mohammad Enamul Haque

c McCoy b Saifuddin

8-124

18.5

Fortune Barishal

141/4 (19.4)

Batters

Tamim Iqbal

(C)

137.50

c Hridoy b Russell

Ahmed Shehzad

14.29

st Ankon b Enamul Haque

Kyle Mayers

100.00

c & b Hasan

Mushfiqur Rahim

70.83

c Ankon b Hasan

Mahmudullah *

109.09

Not out

Soumya Sarkar

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 11)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 7.17)

141/4

Did not Bat

Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Saifuddin, Obed McCoy, Taijul Islam, Akif Javed

Bowlers

EXT

Matthew Forde

9.00

Mohammad Enamul Haque

5.50

Sunil Narine

4.50

Moeen Ali

13.00

Andre Russell

9.75

Mohammad Musfik Hasan

3.4

5.18

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ahmed Shehzad

st Ankon b Enamul Haque

1-10

1.5

Kyle Mayers

c & b Hasan

2-74

11.2

Mushfiqur Rahim

c Ankon b Hasan

3-113

16.4

Tamim Iqbal

c Hridoy b Russell

4-122

17.5

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Feb, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

Match

41st T20,

Bangladesh Premier League

Umpires

Deighton Butler (West Indies), Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh), Morshed Ali Khan(Bangladesh, TV)

Referee

Showkatur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Toss

Fortune Barishal elected to bowl

1 0 0 W 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 1

1wd 0 1 1 6 W 6

Over 18

Runs: 15

4 0 0 1 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 5

6 0 0 2lb

Over 20

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Tamim Iqbal

66(48)

Player of the Series Tamim Iqbal

Commentary

That is it from the first BPL encounter of the day with Fortune Barishal making it through to the playoffs. The Khulna Tigers, who have been eliminated as a result, will be taking on Sylhet Strikers to conclude the league stage of the tournament in a while from now. Do join us for that as this is Sourabh Agrawal and Bidipto Datta taking your leave! Goodbye!

MATCH SUMMARY

Fortune Barishal won by 6 wickets

Tamim Iqbal 66(48) | Taijul Islam 3/20(3)
Zakir Ali 38*(16) | Musfik Hasan 2/19(3.4)

Fortune Barishal have won with 2 deliveries to spare and as a result have become the final team to qualify for the playoffs of BPL 2024.

At the halfway stage, it seemed like 140 could be a tricky score to achieve on this track and it exactly proved to be the same. It was not a straightforward chase on this surface where a few deliveries were holding onto the surface and a few were getting steep bounce. Barishal did not get off to an ideal start as their opener Ahmed Shehzad was dismissed in the second over by Mohammad Enamul Haque.

After that, the skipper Tamim Iqbal was joined by Kyle Mayers and the two left-handers stitched a very crucial partnership of 64 runs and mixed caution with aggression really well. Just when it looked like it will be an easy chase for Fortune Barishal, Musfik Hasan broke the partnerhsip and removed Kyle Mayers for 25. Tamim then combined with veteran Mushfiqur Rahim as they added a further 38 runs with the former getting to his fifty. Again when it looked like smooth sailing for Fortune Barishal, it was that man again, Musfik Hasan who got Mushfiqur to provide the breakthrough for Comilla. The match was evenly poised when 28 runs were needed off 18 deliveries but the 18th over turned the match in the favor of Fortune Barishal when they managed to get 15 runs off it even though Tamim was dismissed after a well made 66 by Andre Russell. Mahumudullah and Soumya Sarkar guided Fortune Barishal home with 2 deliveries to go.

Eariler in the piece, it was an iffy batting performance by the batters of Comilla Victorians. Most of their batters including the likes of skipper Litton Das (12), Moeen Ali (23), Towhid Hridoy (25) got starts but could not convert it into a substantial score for their team and that substantial score which Tamim got in the second half proved to be the difference between the two teams. Comilla got to 140, thanks largely to a late surge by Jaker Ali who made an outstanding contribution of 38 runs in just 16 deliveries on this tricky surface, For Fortune Barishal, Taijul Isam was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets; also, fast bowlers like Saifuddin and McCoy were good with their variations and the hard lengths they hit.

Tamim Iqbal is the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Tamim Iqbal (Fortune Barishal captain): Happy, really happy! I think we have a really good team! Proud of the boys here. This was a good wicket for bowling and our players did a fine job with the ball and in the field. Yes I did expect someone from their side to come out and bat well, guess we were slightly off in terms of out execution but then, I don't want to be too critical of our players. Mirpur is a different wicket, we cannot get carried away with the thought of how flat the pitch was in Chattogram. We did a decent job in chasing the runs down. Kyle Mayers is a fine all-rounder. The partnership he string together with me definitely helped us. It's good to score the runs, but then, it's about the play-offs now more than anything else, as captain and part of the team management.

It is time for the post-match presentation now!

Litton Das (Comilla Victorians captain): I thought it was a difficult wicket to bat on, but the way Jaker Ali Anik finished the innings was brilliant! We have a lot of belief in out lower order to score some crucial runs. In the first 20 overs, I felt we were in the game. Yes, things could have gone a bit better for us but we were in the game after the 1st innings. We could have tried things a bit differently with the ball, but then, we tried certain things, just that they didn't come off accordingly. That 18th over went for a couple of sixes and it cost us a bit. But away, it's about the play-offs now.

Fortune Barishal have qualified for the playoffs and as a result Khulna Tigers have been eliminated from the competition.

19.4 Musfik Hasan to Mahmudullah, OH! THAT WAS NASTY BUT IT ALSO IS A WIN FOR FORTUNE BARISHAL! Short and accurate on off-stump. Mahmudullah tried to pull it away off the back foot but ended up getting pinged on the helmet. The ball rolled down to the square region on the off-side and the batters ran through for a leg-bye. Then came an overthrow to the bowler's end which allowed for the second run to be taken. Mahmudullah seems alright after the blow and Fortune Barishal qualify for the play-offs.

2 needed off 3 balls!

19.3 Musfik Hasan to Mahmudullah, back of a length around off-stump. Crunched on the up off the back foot but straight to cover for no run.

19.2 Musfik Hasan to Mahmudullah, short outside off-stump. Mahmudullah went for the pull shot on the back foot but failed to make any contact. Dot ball!

19.1 Musfik Hasan to Mahmudullah, over the wicket, SIX RUNS! Pace taken off and bowled full around off-stump. Mahmudullah stayed on the back foot and slapped it through the line over deep extra cover for a maximum!

Musfik Hasan [3.0-0-13-2] is back into the attack.

A brilliant 19th over from Sunil Narine to keep his team in the contest. Having said that, the batters could have at least collected 1s or 2s instead of playing out dot balls. Fortune Barishal need 8 runs off 6 balls to qualify for the playoffs!

overs

133 /4 score

runs

Soumya Sarkar *

6 (3)

Mahmudullah

6 (7)

Sunil Narine

0 /18

18.6 Sunil Narine to Soumya Sarkar, really full and into the block hole on off-stump. Squeezed out, back to the bowler from the front foot, no run.

18.5 Sunil Narine to Soumya Sarkar, round the wicket, OH! Good length arm-ball on off-stump. Soumya tries to sweep but ends up inside edging it on to the pads, no run.

8 off 8 now!

18.4 Sunil Narine to Mahmudullah, really full around off-stump. Squirted away to the point area from the back foot for a single.

18.3 Sunil Narine to Mahmudullah, short outside off-stump. Chopped to cover point on the back foot. No run though after a slight mix-up.

18.2 Sunil Narine to Mahmudullah, full toss around off-stump. Driven away to cover off the front foot but for no run.

18.1 Sunil Narine to Mahmudullah, over the wicket, FOUR RUNS! Full and flat around off-stump. Mahmudullah uses the pace and glides it away to the left of short third man for a boundary!