Rangpur Riders Vs Sylhet Strikers 7th Match 23 January 2024

7th T20 • Shere Bangla National Stadium • Dhaka

Sylhet Strikers

120/8 (20)

Rangpur Riders

125/6 (18.2)

RR won by 4 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Azmatullah Omarzai

47(35)

0/10

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Info

Sylhet Strikers

120/8 (20)

Batters

Najmul Hossain Shanto

58.33

c Mondol b Murad

Mohammad Mithun

166.67

st Hasan b Hasan

Mashrafe Mortaza

(C)

85.71

runout (Hasan / Omarzai)

Yasir Ali Chowdhury

150.00

c Nabi b Hasan

Zakir Hasan

25.00

st Hasan b Nabi

Benny Howell

115.63

c King b Mondol

Ben Cutting

105.71

c Talukdar b Mondol

Tanzim Hasan Sakib

33.33

Not out

Dushan Hemantha

100.00

runout (Azam)

Richard Ngarava

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6)

120/8

Did not Bat

Nazmul Islam

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

4.50

8.67

4.25

7.25

6.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mohammad Mithun

st Hasan b Hasan

1-13

1.2

Mashrafe Mortaza

runout (Hasan / Omarzai)

2-24

3.6

Yasir Ali Chowdhury

c Nabi b Hasan

3-33

5.1

Zakir Hasan

st Hasan b Nabi

4-36

6.4

Najmul Hossain Shanto

c Mondol b Murad

5-39

8.2

Ben Cutting

c Talukdar b Mondol

6-107

17.4

Benny Howell

c King b Mondol

7-117

19.3

Dushan Hemantha

runout (Azam)

8-118

19.4

Rangpur Riders

125/6 (18.2)

Batters

Rony Talukdar

85.71

c Hasan b Ngarava

Babar Azam

114.29

Not out

Brandon King

0.00

b Nazmul Islam

Nurul Hasan

(C)

114.29

c Cutting b Sakib

Shamim Hossain Patwari

50.00

lbw b Hemantha

Mohammad Nabi

0.00

lbw b Hemantha

Mahedi Hasan

0.00

lbw b Hemantha

Azmatullah Omarzai *

134.29

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(18.2 Ov, RR: 6.82)

125/6

Did not Bat

Hasan Mahmud, Hasan Murad, Ripon Mondol

Bowlers

EXT

Richard Ngarava

3.2

8.40

9.00

4.50

5.00

7.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rony Talukdar

c Hasan b Ngarava

1-12

2.2

Brandon King

b Nazmul Islam

2-24

3.4

Nurul Hasan

c Cutting b Sakib

3-33

4.6

Shamim Hossain Patwari

lbw b Hemantha

4-39

6.3

Mohammad Nabi

lbw b Hemantha

5-39

6.5

Mahedi Hasan

lbw b Hemantha

6-39

6.6

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jan, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

Match

7th T20,

Bangladesh Premier League

Umpires

David Millns (England), Mahfuzur Rahman (Bangladesh), Tanvir Ahmed (Bangladesh, TV)

Referee

Raqibul Hasan (Bangladesh)

Toss

Rangpur Riders elected to bowl

1 0 0 1 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 4

1 1 0 1 2 4

Over 17

Runs: 9

4 1 0 4 1 6

Over 18

Runs: 16

1 6

Over 19

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match Azmatullah Omarzai

47(35)

0/10

Commentary

That is it for this game. This is Probuddha Bhattacharjee signing off from this game on behalf of my co-commentator, Pradeep. Do stay tuned on Sportskeeda and enjoy the second game of the day in the tournament coming up soon.

Nurul Hasan (Rangpur Riders Captain): First of all it was a great game. We need to take more responsibility while batting. Especially the top-order need to more responsible. Our bowlers did a great job. Mahedi did a great job in the powerplay. Babar Azam is a class act, but as I said we need to take more responsbility at the top of the order in the next few games. Thank you!!!

Azmatullah Omarzai (Player of the Match): First of all I want to thank God. I batted with Babar Azam, a world class batter. His experience fed my the confidence to go on with the innings. At the beginning I was just trying to give the strike to Babar. I waited for the lose delivery and too advantage of it whenever they gave me that.

Mashrafe Mortaza (Sylhet Strikers captain): I think in this sort of wicket, 140 or 150 always looked at that and a special spell from Hemantha but we were short by 20 or 30 runs. Both combination is a must, we were good with the bat, but not with the ball, but today good with the ball and not with the bat. Just two games, we need to come back well, we need to gain the momentum and hopefully a win in the next game will do that.

Match End!!!!

Rangpur Riders have won the match by 4 wickets with 10 balls remaining in the game
Sylhet Strikers - 120/8 (20 Overs)
Rangpur Riders - 125/6 (18.2 Overs)

Benny Howell - 43 (36) | Mahedi Hasan - 2/18(4 Overs)
Babar Azam - 56*(49) | Dushan Hemantha- 3/20 (4 Overs)

That brings us to the end of the match. An enthralling knock by Babar Azam to take his team home and ably complemented by Azmatullah Omarzai at the other end.

Earlier in the day, the Rangpur Riders won the toss and decided to field first. They had the opposition under the mat at 39 for 5 in the ninth over the innings. The spinners were used effectively by Nurul Hasan and it looked like the innings was going nowhere for the Strikers. But a 68-run partnership between Benny Howell and Ben Cutting meant that the Strikers got something to fight for in the second innings. At the end of their 20 overs they managed to score 120 runs for the loss of eight wickets.

The story was much the same for the Riders. Mashrafe watched the behavior of the wicket in the first innings and thus introduced the spinners early. They also kept losing wickets at regular intervals. It was Dushan Hemantha who catalyzed the destruction of the Riders’ middle-order with three wickets in the seventh over. At the end of seven, the Riders were struggling at 39 for 6. The onus was all on Babar Azam to bail his team out of the situation.

Babar got a decent partnership going along with Azmatullah Omarzai from this stage. The Riders kept progressing towards the target. At the end of the 16th overs, the Riders had 93 runs on the board with the duo still unseparated. It looked like the Riders would get through as Babar was playing a very calm and composed knock under pressure.

The duo stitched an unbeaten partnership of 86 runs off 68 delivers. They accelerated the march towards the win after the second Time out. In the end, Babar Azam remained undefeated at 56 off 49, while Azmatullah Omarzai was not out at 47 off 35 guiding the team to a four wicket win with 10 balls remaining in the game.

18.2 Richard Ngarava to Azmatullah Omarzai, SIX! GAME, SET AND MATCH! Azmat finishes the game in style as they came out of the dead and won the game in the end. Back of a length into the batter, Azmat hangs back and pummels it over wide long-on for a maximum.

18.1 Richard Ngarava to Babar Azam, OH! Back of a length on the off-stump, Babar hangs back and pulled it straight to short mid-wicket. Cutting fires the throw at bowler's end and concedes a single.

WHOA!!!! 16 runs off that over and the game is literally over. Great batting by the duo. They dug the team out from 39 for six to take the W here.

overs

118 /6 score

runs

Azmatullah Omarzai *

41 (34)

Babar Azam

55 (48)

Tanzim Sakib

1 /36

17.6 Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Azmatullah Omarzai, SIX! BAM! Massive over for the Riders and they just need 3 now. Short into the batter, sits up nicely and Azmat clubbed it all the way over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

17.5 Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Babar Azam, low full toss on the off-stump, Babar smacked it down to long-off for one.

The Riders are now looking to get it done as quickly as possible. The victory is now just 10 runs away for them.

17.4 Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Babar Azam, FOUR! SHOT AND A HALF! It is out of the grasp of the Strikers now. Another imperious pull from Babar, short into the batter and Babar stood tall and dispatched it to deep square-leg for a boundary.

17.3 Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Babar Azam, bangs in the short delivery over leg-stump, Babar ducks under it to let it go to the keeper.

17.2 Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Azmatullah Omarzai, full on the fourth stump, Azmat driven it crisply but finds mid-off and picks up a single.

17.1 Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR MORE! The wheels are coming off now for the Strikers. Slower bumper, might just be too short and Azmat waits and absolutely swatted it to deep mid-wicket, races away to pick out the ropes.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib [3.0-0-20-1] has been brought back into the attack.

That boundary has now brought down the required rate to about run a ball. Babar Azam has played an outstanding knock under pressure and he is taking the Riders through on his lone shoulders.

overs

102 /6 score

runs

Babar Azam *

50 (45)

Azmatullah Omarzai

30 (31)

Richard Ngarava

1 /21

16.6 Richard Ngarava to Babar Azam, FOUR! TOP SHOT! FIFTY FOR BABAR! Stand and delivery stuff from Babar. Short into the batter, Babar stood tall and pulled it emphatically past square-leg, Howell with a dive goes in vain as it beats him to pick out the ropes.