Fortune Barishal 157 for 4 (Mayers 46, Tamim 39, Moeen 2-28, Mustafizur 2-31) beat Comilla Victorians 154 for six (Ankon 38, Russell 27*, Fuller 2-43) by six wickets
It was left to Mayers to take Barishal nearer to the trophy. He struck 5 fours and two sixes, each off Andre Russell who went for 21 within the fifteenth over. Mayers obtained 20 of these, to end on 46 off 30 balls.
Comilla made a number of fielding errors within the latter phases with catches taking place. Mahmudullah and David Miller then obtained Barishal house within the nineteenth over.
When Comilla have been despatched to bat first, Sunil Narine obtained an formative years. Obed McCoy dropped him at third-man however he made it up later within the over. Narine swung one off his hips, just for McCoy to dive to his left to full a nice catch at brief fine-leg.
Fuller stored up the strain when he eliminated Towhid Hridoy and Litton Das in consecutive overs within the powerplay. McCoy accounted for Johnson Charles shortly after, earlier than Moeen Ali fell brief when Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored with a direct hit from level.
Mahidul Islam Ankon and Jaker Ali stored Comilla chugging alongside within the center overs however their 36 runs for the sixth wicket took up 29 balls. It was priceless for Barishal who may hold Andre Russell within the dressing room for an extended time.
When Saifuddin eliminated Ankon within the seventeenth over, it gave Russell simply 3.2 overs to do his factor. He hammered 4 sixes within the 14 balls he confronted however struggled to get Saifuddin away within the remaining over. The allrounder conceded three wides and a no-ball however went for under seven runs within the over.
Extra importantly, Saifuddin did not permit a 4 or a six at a time when Comilla may have nonetheless taken some momentum into the innings.
