Dhaka, Jan 13 (UNB) - Chittagong Vikings captain Mushfiqur Rahim smashed a tremendous 75 off 41 balls on Sunday evening against Comilla Victorians to overshadow Thisara Perera’s unbeaten 74 to register the second successive win for his team in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). 

In the last five overs, the Vikings needed to score at an average of 12.8. Mushfiqur accomplished it with style scoring 75 off 41 balls with seven fours and four sixes.

In the first innings of the match, Thisara struck 74 off 26 balls to propel the Victorians to a challenging total of 184/5. But at the end of the match, Thisara finished being in the losing side. 

The Vikings started the biggest successful chase of BPL’s sixth season so far with a 58-run opening stand between Cameron Delport and Mohammad Shahzad. Delport departed scoring 13 as the first dismissed batsman of the Vikings. But, Shahzad ended up with an explosive 46 off 27 balls. The Afghan batsman put up the ideal platform for the Vikings. 

Mushfiqur Rahim came to the middle after the dismissal of two wickets and departed with seven runs needed to win in the last over. Liam Dawson came to bowl the last over and ended up conceding eight runs in four balls. Robbie Frylinck, the South African recruit of the Vikings, hit Dawson for a six and ensured an imperious win for the Vikings. 

This is the third win of Chittagong Vikings in four matches, and Comilla’s second loss in four matches as well. 

Earlier in the match, Thisara grabbed the limelight of BPL hitting a 20-ball fifty in his first appearance this season.

Thisara joined the Victorians just this morning and took the field. He added 98 runs along with Mohammad Saifuddin in the sixth wicket stand off 40 balls to post a challenging total of 185 runs.

Chittagong Vikings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Their decision seemed to be a right one until Saifuddin and Perera stood up in the sixth wicket stand. 

The Victorians lost their star batsman Tamim Iqbal without posting a single run on the board. Tamim got dismissed by a Robbie Frylinck delivery podding a catch to the wicketkeeper. 

In the second wicket stand, Anamul Haque and Evin Lewis added 21 runs. Anamul managed 10 off 10 before falling to Abu Jayed Rahi. Imrul Kayes came into the middle and spread some hope scoring 24 off 21 balls. But he failed to maintain his good start. 

After the dismissal of Imrul Kayes, Comilla suffered an abrupt blow when Evin Lewis has been stretchered out due to a leg injury. He scored 38 runs off 34 balls with six fours. 

Comilla lost five wickets in 86 runs in 13.2 overs. And right after that, Saifuddin and Perera made that unbelievable stand of 98 runs. 

Perera completed his fifty in 20 balls. After hitting the fifty, he attacked Robbie Frylinck in the 19th over to hit 30 runs with four sixes and one four. 

He remained unbeaten for 74 and Saifuddin companied him with another unbeaten innings of 26 off 19 balls. 

Khaled Ahmed, the right-arm pacer of Bangladesh, took three wickets for the Vikings while Robbie Frylinck and Abu Jayed Rahi took one wicket each. 

Comilla Victorians will face off Sylhet Sixers in their home - Sylhet International Stadium — on January 15 at 6:30pm while Chittagong Vikings will lock horns against Khulna Titans on January 19 at 6:30pm at the same venue.
 

Dhaka, Jan 13 (UNB) - Thisara Perera hit an explosive 74 off 26 balls with three fours and eight sixes to propel Comilla Victorians to 184/5 against Chittagong Vikings on Sunday evening at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in their fourth match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). 

Thisara joined the Victorians just this morning and took the field. He added 98 runs along with Mohammad Saifuddin in the sixth wicket stand off 40 balls to post a challenging total of 185 runs.

Chittagong Vikings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Their decision seemed to be a right one until Saifuddin and Perera stood up in the sixth wicket stand. 

The Victorians lost their star batsman Tamim Iqbal without posting a single run on the board. Tamim got dismissed by a Robbie Frylinck delivery podding a catch to the wicketkeeper. 

In the second wicket stand, Anamul Haque and Evin Lewis added 21 runs. Anamul managed 10 off 10 before falling to Abu Jayed Rahi. Imrul Kayes came into the middle and spread some hopes scoring 24 off 21 balls. But he failed to maintain his good start. 

After the dismissal of Imrul Kayes, Comilla suffered an abrupt blow when Evin Lewis was stretchered out due to a leg injury. He scored 38 runs off 34 balls with six fours. 

Comilla lost five wickets in 86 runs in 13.2 overs. And right after that, Saifuddin and Perera made that unbelievable stand of 98 runs. 

Perera completed his fifty in 20 balls. After hitting the fifty, he attacked Robbie Frylinck in the 19th over to hit 30 runs with four sixes and one four. 

He remained unbeaten on 74 and Saifuddin companied him with another unbeaten innings of 26 off 19 balls. 

Khaled Ahmed, the right-arm pacer of Bangladesh, took three wickets for the Vikings while Robbie Frylinck and Abu Jayed Rahi took one wicket each. 

Dhaka, Jan 13 (UNB) – Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman defended nine runs in the final over to win the game by five runs for his team Rajshahi Kings against Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Sunday.

With this, Rajshahi register their second win of the sixth season of the BPL.

The Riders needed nine runs in the last over to chase the target of 136. With Rilee Rossouw and Farhad Reza in the wicket, the Riders were hopeful. But Mustafizur bowled tremendously well to deny them the win.

In the first ball of the last over, Rossouw managed only a run. In the next three balls, Reza failed to add anything on the board. In the fifth ball, the Riders got an extra run when Reza ran for a single without touching the ball with the bat. In the last ball, they needed seven runs, and Rossouw managed only one. And thus, Mustafizur pulled it off for his team. 

The Riders finished on 130/6 in 20 overs and lost the match by five runs. Rossouw remained unbeaten for 44 off 45 balls but his effort went in vain. Mohammad Mithun (30) and Chris Gayle (23) were the other batsmen to add some runs on the board for the Riders.

Right-arm pacer Kamrul Islam and Pakistan star Mohammad Hafeez bagged two wickets each for the Kings.

Earlier, wicketkeeper-batsman Zakir Hasan guided Rajshahi Kings to score 135 for eight wickets after being sent to bat first. Zakir was awarded man of the match at end of the match.

Rangpur Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first in the match. Rajshahi started their innings losing skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the second over. Rangpur Riders captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza trapped his counterpart Miraz for duck. 

The Kings lost five wickets before touching the 100-run mark of their innings. Mominul Haque (14), Soumya Sarkar (18) and Mohammad Hafeez (26) offered some hope but failed to continue their start. 

While Mominul and Soumya were dismissed by Shohag Gazi and Mashrafe, Hafeez fell prey to run-out by Rangpur’s English recruit Ravi Bopara. 

Zakir Hasan was the only batsman of the Kings to resist the Rangpur bowlers. He remained unbeaten at the end of the innings scoring 42 off 36 balls hitting two fours and a six. 

Ryan ten Doeschate, the Dutch all-rounder, took the field for Rajshahi for the first time in the ongoing BPL and scored 14 off 10 balls. 

Mashrafe and Farhad Reza took two wickets each for the Riders while Shohag Gazi and Shafiul Islam shared two wickets between them.

Rangpur Riders will play their next match against Sylhet Sixers on January 16 at 6:30pm and Rajshahi Kings will fight against Khulna Titans in Sylhet International Stadium on January 15 at 1:30pm in their next outing. 

Dhaka, Jan 13 (UNB) - Wicketkeeper-batsman Zakir Hasan guided Rajshahi Kings to score 135 for eight wickets on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium against Rangpur Riders in their fourth match of the sixth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). 

Rangpur Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first in the match. Rajshahi started their innings losing the skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the second over. Rangpur Riders captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza trapped his counterpart Miraz for duck. 

The Kings lost five wickets before touching the 100-run mark of their innings. Mominul Haque (14), Soumya Sarkar (18) and Mohammad Hafeez (26) offered some hope but failed to continue their start. 

While Mominul and Soumya were dismissed by Shohag Gazi and Mashrafe, Hafeez fell prey to run-out by Rangpur’s English recruit Ravi Bopara. 

Zakir Hasan was the only batsman of the Kings to resist the Rangpur bowlers. He remained unbeaten at the end of the innings scoring 42 off 36 balls with hitting two fours and a six. 

Ryan ten Doeschate, the Dutch all-rounder, took the field for Rajshahi for the first time in the ongoing BPL and scored 14 off 10 balls. 

Mashrafe and Farhad Reza took two wickets each for the Riders while Shohag Gazi and Shafiul Islam shared two wickets between them.

Dhaka, Jan 13 (UNB) - Right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed said that he is eyeing to return to the national cricket team after showing outstanding performance against Dhaka Dynamites in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Saturday. 

Taskin is playing for Sylhet Sixers who have managed to clinch only one victory in three matches of the sixth season of BPL.

“I always believe that I have the capability to play for the national side. But, the last year was really unlucky for me. I was injured in most part of it, and was in bad patch in the field as well. But now, I am trying to gain my best. I will surely try to do something remarkable if selected for the national side again,” Taskin insisted after ending up with three wickets for 38 runs against Dhaka Dynamites on Saturday. 

Taskin was wicketless in the first match of the season for Sylhet. He bowled four overs in the match and conceded 31 runs but failed to grab any scalp. But the right-arm fast bowler made a strong comeback in the second and third matches when he took four wickets against Chittagong Vikings and three against the Dynamites. 

“It is really great that I have done well in last two matches. Every match is important and I am trying to learn from my mistakes. I am happy with my performance,” the 23-year-old pacer further said. 

Waqar Younis, the former Pakistan legend, is coaching the Sixers in BPL. Taskin insisted the former speed star is helping them to bring their game to next level. 

“We - the local pacers- always try to take advice from him. He instructs us to bowl unpredictably. He always motivates us and tries to make us believe we can live up to the expectation,” Taskin said about Waqar. 

Taskin Ahmed last played for the national side back in March 2018 in a T20I when he conceded 40 runs in four overs taking just a wicket. He featured in an ODI back in 2017 during Bangladesh’s last South Africa tour, but failed to impress as well. The lean performances threw him out of the national set-up.