Fortune Barisal took home the title of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for the first time after defeating the defending champions, the Comilla Victorians, in a Kyle Myers rampage. Barisal had the pain of not getting the title despite reaching the final three times before this. Finally, they were able to bandage the wound.
In the match held on Friday (March 1) at the Mirpur Sherbangla Stadium, Comilla scored 154 runs for 27 runs off 14 balls from Russell, batting first for 38 runs. In response, Barisal left the field with the victory, with six wickets and six balls in hand.
Barisal had a great collection in the opening pair when they came down to bat against the target given by Comilla. The two opening batsmen, Tamim Iqbal and Mehdi Miraz, made a partnership of 76 runs. Tamim collected 39 runs in 26 balls with three sixes and three equal fours. Another opener, Mehdi Miraj, departed after six runs of Tamim’s departure. Then Barisal’s run was 82. After that, Kyle Myers and Mushfiqur Rahim made a partnership of 59 runs for the third wicket.
After that, Mustafiz returned to the team after recovering from injury to break the pair by returning Myers to 141 runs. Before that, Myers scored 46 runs off 30 balls with 2 sixes and 5 fours. Mustafiz guided Mushfiq to the pavilion three runs after Myers’ departure. It was Fizz’s second victim of the match. In the fifth wicket, Miller and Mahmudullah left the field without losing any more wickets to ensure the victory of the team.
Earlier, after losing the toss and going into bat, Comilla fell to Barisal’s bowlers in the beginning. They beat Sunil Narain by six team runs. He was dismissed by Fuller for a personal 15 runs before Lytton-Hruday made a partnership for the second wicket. After 12 runs of Hriday’s departure, Litton departed with a catch by Mahmudullah from Fuller’s ball with a personal 16 runs.
Johnson, Charles, and Moeen Ali quickly returned. After that, in the 6th wicket, Dhaniya and Zaker Ali made a partnership of 36 runs. However, in the team’s 115 runs, he was out with 38 individual runs. Andre Russell played a short inning of 27 runs off 14 balls for the seventh wicket. Where there were four sixes. In the end, Comilla’s collection stood at 154 runs. For Barisal, Fuller took 2, Kyle Myers, Mohammad Saifuddin, and Obed McCoy took one each.
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