Cricket lovers in the world witnessed mercurial cricket in BPL. Cricket lovers are definitely entertained in such a sensational T-20 match with four-sixes.
West Indian batsman Johnson Charles produced a magnificent 107 not out to lead the Comilla Victorians to a seven-wicket win over the Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Khulna Tigers had to face defeat despite huge innings of 210 runs for 2 wickets in the match. Comilla Victorians won the match by scoring 213 runs for 3 wickets with 10 balls remaining.
Thus, 423 runs were scored in the two innings of the match. Three batsmen from both teams scored half-centuries.
Rather, it is better to say that three batsmen scored sure centuries on the field. One scored a century.
Batting First, Experienced opener Tamim Iqbal played an impeccable inning of 95 runs for Khulna. He hit 11 fours and 4 sixes in an aggressive inning of 61 balls.
Captain Shai Hope remained unbeaten on 91 off 55 balls. He hit 5 fours and 7 sixes.
Mahmudul Hasan Joy was dismissed for 1 run. Azam Khan remained not out for 12 runs.
Nasim Shah and Mosaddek Hossain took 1 wicket each for Comilla. Mustafizur Rahman did not get a wicket.
In the end, Khulna ended their 20 overs on 210-2.
Later in the run chase, Johnson Charles scored a great century with the bat for Comilla. He remains unbeaten with 107 runs. He hit 5 fours and 11 sixes in a devastating inning of 56 balls.
Mohammad Rizwan scored half-centuries in 2 consecutive matches. This is his third fifty in the last four innings of BPL.
In this match, the Pak star played an inning of 73 runs off 39 balls with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes.
Besides, Khushdil Shah scored 12 runs. But the bad news is that Liton Das got injured to open for Comilla. He retired with a personal best of 4 runs.
A total of 27 sixes were seen in the match. Khulna batsmen hit a total of 12 sixes. Comilla batsmen hit 15 sixes. After this win, Comilla is at the third position in the league table with 12 points from 9 matches.
Sylhet Strikers are at the top with 16 points in 10 matches. Shakib Al Hasan’s Barisal is second with 12 points from 9 matches.
Scores: Khulna Tigers 210-2 in 20 overs (Tamim Iqbal 95, Shai Hope 91*) Comilla Victorians 213-3 in 18.2 overs (Johnson Charles 107*, Mohammad Rizwan 73).