Fortune Barishal 152 for 4 (Mushfiqur 47*, Mayers 28, Hider 2-37) beat Rangpur Riders 149 for 7 (Shamim 59*, Neesham 28, Fuller 3-25) by six wickets
It was Mohammad Saifuddin who struck two necessary blows as early because the second over of the Rangpur innings. He eliminated Mahedi Hasan with a full, outswinging supply, earlier than Shakib Al Hasan’s hack throughout the road took the higher edge with wicketkeeper Mushfiqur pouching each catches safely.
Rony Talukdar holed out in the deep square-leg boundary after scratching round for eleven balls, earlier than Nicholas Pooran holed out to Soumya Sarkar working in from long-on off Mehidy Hasan Miraz. When James Neesham top-edged Fuller subsequent ball, Rangpur sunk to 48 for 5. Fuller then dismissed Mohammad Nabi and Nurul Hasan in the fifteenth over to press residence Barishal’s benefit.
At 77 for seven, there was little hope of Rangpur recovering. Shamim had different concepts, although. He performed a switch-hit off Mehidy in the sixteenth over to get himself going, earlier than pasting Obed McCoy for 36 off his final eight balls. Twenty-six of these got here in the penultimate over – Shamim first swatted him over deep third with a switch-hit earlier than pulling one over quick fantastic leg for 4. He then performed the pick-up shot over midwicket earlier than miscuing a scoop over the wicketkeeper’s head for a six. He completed the over with an expansive cowl drive that introduced up his 20-ball fifty, his first of the season.
Abu Hider rocked Barishal’s chase in the fourth over by eradicating Tamim Iqbal and Mehidy in the area of three balls. Tamim, after hitting the left-arm fast for a 4, struck one straight to mid-off. Hider then trapped Mehidy lbw for eight. Soumya and Mushfiqur steadied issues with a 47-run third wicket stand. Soumya struck a six and two fours earlier than Mohammad Nabi had him stumped for 22.
Kyle Mayers supplied the enhance {that a} T20 chase wants, hammering 28 off 15 balls that had three sixes and a 4. A type of sixes was his famed back-foot punch six, this day without work Fazalhaq Farooqi shortly earlier than he holed out in the deep. Mayers’ burst introduced down Barishal’s chase to lower than a run a ball.
