Tamim Iqbal's Fortune Barisal got a taste of hat-trick victory against Sylhet. Even after resting for the last 7 days, the performance of Sylhet cricketers did not improve. Chasing a target of 184 runs, Sylhet Strikers' innings stopped at 165 runs. Fortune Barisal strengthened their position at number three in the points table with 6 wins in 10 matches. On the other hand, Sylhet, which is in sixth, saw its seventh defeat in this year's BPL. That ended the dream of playing in the playoffs.
Sylhet was knocked out of the playoffs after losing against Barisal
Tamim Iqbal's Fortune Barisal got a taste of hat-trick victory against Sylhet. Even after resting for the last 7 days, the performance of Sylhet cricketers did not improve. Chasing a target of 184 runs, Sylhet Strikers' innings stopped at 165 runs. Fortune Barisal strengthened their position at number three in the points table with 6 wins in 10 matches. On the other hand, Sylhet, which is in sixth, saw its seventh defeat in this year's BPL. That ended the dream of playing in the playoffs.
Chasing the big target of 184 runs, Sylhet Strikers lost 6 wickets in the first 10 overs. Kyle Myers made Sylhet's batting line a shambles. 4-1-12-3, his eye-catching bowling figures in the debut match of BPL. Which is like being tied to a frame.
Coming to the first over of the innings, Kyle Myers's double-wicket maiden. Sylhet's Irish opener Harry Tector was bowled in the second delivery. Nazmul Hossain Shanto took a great catch on the fifth ball of the over by Soumya Sarkar. Soumya Sarkar, standing at slip or leaping to palm the ball, will be at the top of the list of best catches of the tournament. Tector, quiet; Both have been called.
Zakir Hasan, another opener of Sylhet who settled down in the middle of the disaster, was run out for 5 individual runs. Sylhet Strikers ended the power play by picking up 3 wickets and scored 29 runs on the scoreboard. After that, they have to read the face of Mayers' cannon again. Khaled Ahmed took a great catch to return Mohammad Mithun who was on 10 runs. Khaled took the catch by running and jumping, and celebrated with the team.
Keshav Maharaj made Lankan Angelo Perera the first victim on the day. Perera, who came to the XI in place of Samit Patel, could not score more than 17 runs despite playing 19 balls. Maharaj spent only two runs in the over. Mehdi Hasan Miraj came into action with the ball in the 10th over of the innings. Ryan Burle breaks the stumps on the 4th delivery. Only 3 have bowled 10 balls. Losing 6 wickets for 40 runs, the batting line of Sylhet Strikers has become a pile of rubble.
After that, Benny Howell and Ariful Haque batted Sylhet Strikers. Barisal's run wheel also gained speed after handling the shock of wickets in this pair. But the kind of batting required to win the match was not seen at any point in Sylhet's entire innings.
However, Ariful Islam and Benny Howell continued the rampage after ten overs with the bat. Ariful saw his first fifty in this year's BPL with 28 balls. After the fifty, however, he could not go far, being the victim of Obed McCoy's personal 57 runs. Ariful Haque played this cameo innings with 31 balls, four sixes and five fours.
McCoy took the wicket of Ariful in the 19th over but lost 21 runs. Benny Howell also got a fifty in this over, off just 29 balls. Sylhet needed 23 runs in the last over to win. Saifuddin doted the first ball and hunted the formidable Howell with the next ball.
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