Dhaka – Comilla Victorians were dismissed cheaply for 63 runs against Rangpur Riders in their second clash of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Masrhafe Bin Mortaza, the captain of Rangpur, took his first four-wicket haul in the BPL.Comilla’s 63 is their lowest first-innings total and fourth lowest first-innings total in the history of BPL.
Rangpur won the toss earlier and opted to bowl first. Comilla were struggling from the start of their innings as they lost five wickets for just 18 runs. Mashrafe took four of them for 11 runs which was his best-ever bowling figure in a T20 match.
Mashrafe finished his bowling quota of four overs taking four wickets with 18 dot balls. The spectacular Mashrafe started his hunting taking the wicket of Tamim Iqbal.
Taking four wickets for 11 runs, Mashrafe surpassed his previous best bowling in the BPL of three wickets for 16 runs.
Shafiul Islam and Nazmul Islam Apu followed Mashrafe in a perfect manner as they took two wickets each. While Shafiul Islam scalped Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Saifuddin, Nazmul Islam bagged the wickets of Shahid Afridi and Mahedi Hasan.
Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani super-star, was the only batsman to touch a two-digit score in the match. He scored 25 of 18 balls with three fours and one six to his name.
In their first match of the ongoing BPL, Comilla beat Sylhet Sixers by four wickets. On the other hand, Rangpur won their previous match against Khulna Titans after losing the first match to Chittagong Vikings.UNB
