Rangpur Riders, Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barishal went by way of the fourth week of the BPL unbeaten, with Rangpur persevering with to prime the factors desk. Comilla are stage on factors with Rangpur, but behind on web run-rate. Sylhet Strikers additionally received 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. Here are a few of 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 towards Dhaka with a ball remaining. Hridoy, not fairly exhibiting his type from the final season until that time, smashed the match’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 towards 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 complete after they made 239-Three of their massive win towards 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 towards Chattogram.
The likes of Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal struck fifties to get Barishal necessary wins towards Dhaka this week. Khulna, nevertheless, 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. Both got here in chases for Comilla, and he stored his cool all through each knocks. Particularly towards Dhaka, when Comilla have been in bother after a daily fall of wickets. Hridoy performed beautiful photographs, notably his whips and hoicks by way of midwicket; his cover-driving when in full circulation is nice to look at too.
Bowler of the week – Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir has added the enjoyable aspect 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 match in Bangladesh. Tahir took only one wicket in his first sport, 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 a giant function within the latter a part of the match.
