Rangpur Riders, Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barishal went by means of the fourth week of the BPL unbeaten, with Rangpur persevering with to high the factors desk. Comilla are stage on factors with Rangpur, but behind on internet run-rate. Sylhet Strikers additionally gained their solely outing this week, but Chattogram Challengers, Durdanto Dhaka and Khulna Tigers misplaced all their video games. Dhaka, with only one win within the competitors, are out of the working for the knockouts. Listed below are among the highlights from the week passed by.
Hridoy, Jacks, Shakib, Tahir put in starring performances
Comilla started and ended the week with contrasting chases. Towhid Hridoy was very good in each video games, making unbeaten scores of 108 and 91. Comilla aced a 176-run chase in opposition to Dhaka with a ball remaining. Hridoy, not fairly displaying his kind from the final season until that time, smashed the event’s first century whereas the others failed round him. His unbeaten 108 got here off simply 57 balls.
Then, Hridoy’s 91 not out helped Comilla chase down 164 in opposition to Khulna, which they did with seven wickets and 21 balls to spare. Between these two wins, Will Jacks’ century helped Comilla equal BPL’s highest whole once they made 239-3 of their large win in opposition to Chattogram.
Jacks blasted ten sixes in his 108* off 53 balls, whereas Litton Das additionally scored a fast half-century. Moeen Ali struck a fast fifty and then completed off the Chattogram innings with a hat-trick. There was additionally sufficient time within the match for legspinner Rishad Hossain to take his maiden four-wicket haul. There was no such luck for Chattogram’s Al-Amin Hossain, who conceded 69 runs in his 4 overs, probably the most by any bowler in BPL historical past.
Tahir aside, Rangpur’s different new recruits Reeza Hendricks and Jimmy Neesham additionally gave them robust performances of their 53-run win in opposition to Chattogram.
The likes of Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal struck fifties to get Barishal necessary wins in opposition to Dhaka this week. Khulna, nonetheless, crashed and burned. After profitable their first 4 video games in a row, they’ve now misplaced 5 consecutively.
Batter of the week – Towhid Hridoy
Towhid Hridoy has had a kind of dream weeks, having struck an unbeaten century and an unbeaten 91 this week. Each got here in chases for Comilla, and he saved his cool all through each knocks. Significantly in opposition to Dhaka, when Comilla had been in bother after a daily fall of wickets. Hridoy performed attractive pictures, significantly his whips and hoicks by means of midwicket; his cover-driving when in full circulate is sweet to look at too.
Bowler of the week – Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir has added the enjoyable ingredient to the BPL after his late arrival. He had come after finishing his SA20 assignments – it is his first time taking part in within the event in Bangladesh. Tahir took only one wicket in his first recreation, but then adopted it with a five-wicket haul. His celebrations have actually struck a chord with the followers in Dhaka and Chattogram, and Rangpur will hope he performs an enormous function within the latter a part of the event.
