Barisal sent off Rangpur in the final

Being at the top of the points table, Rangpur Riders got the opportunity to play in two qualifiers. But despite getting two opportunities, Shakib Al Hasan could not use them. The opposite rate has accompanied them. After losing the first qualifier by 6 wickets to Comilla Victorians, they lost the second one today.

SBS Desk

February 28, 2024

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Barisal sent off Rangpur in the final

Rangpur also lost the same wicket to Fortune Barisal. Rangpur's hopes of reaching the final ended after Barisal won by 6 wickets with 9 balls in hand. Shakib, who played brilliantly throughout the tournament, had to remain a spectator in the final as he lost to Tamim Iqbal. Liton Das' opponent of Tamim's team in the final next Friday is Comilla.

Barisal's two openers Tamim and Mehdi Hasan Miraj got off to a good start by going into bat with a target of 150 runs in Mirpur. The two put on an opening partnership of 21 runs. However, Rangpur's pacer Abu Haider Roni tried to win the match by getting two out with a gap of 2 runs. However, Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim, who made a pair of 47 runs for the third wicket, did not let Roni's efforts succeed.

Soumya returned with 22 runs but Mushfiq left the field with victory. Couldn't make a fifty with Soumya for 3 runs but managed with Kyle Myers. In the fourth wicket, Mushfiqur completed the work of the team's victory with a partnership of 50 runs with the West Indies batsman. Myers' 15-ball 28-run innings with 3 sixes and 1 four ended with a brilliant partnership between Hasan Mahmud and Roni Talukder. Fazlhaq Farooqui's ball was pulled by Myers at mid-wicket. When Hasan was going outside the boundary after catching the catch, he threw the ball towards Roni who was inside the field. The Rangpur opener did not make a mistake in palming the catch.

Hasan-Ronira saw the defeat in the field fight even though Myers was out in team play. Mushfiq confirmed the victory of Barisal with a great innings of 47 runs. The remaining 31 runs of the team's victory were accompanied by David Miller, the wicket-keeper batsman of Bangladesh. Mushfiqur's unbeaten innings of 38 balls is composed of 6 fours and 1 six. And Miller, who secured the victory by hitting a six, remained unbeaten on 22 runs off 18 balls.

Earlier, Rangpur started the second qualifier with shock. Losing one wicket after another, they were in danger of being all out for few runs. But at the end, Shamim Hossain Patwari gave the team the capital to fight by playing a devastating innings of 59 runs. Rangpur gave Fortune Barisal a target of 150 runs in his batting.

In Mirpur, losing the toss and batting, the team lost 3 wickets for 18 runs, and none of the three starting batters of Rangpur could touch double figures. Jimmy Neesham, who batted brilliantly in the first qualifier, tried to deal with the initial shock at four. The Kiwi batsman, who scored an unbeaten 97 against Comilla, could not do much today. Mushfiqur Rahim was caught by James Fuller for 28 runs.

When Neesham got out, Rangpur's team was 48 for 5. It raises fears whether they will be able to score a hundred runs. That apprehension was later dispelled by a devastating innings played by Shamim. Batting as the eighth batsman, he played an excellent innings of 59 runs off 24 balls. Arranged the innings with 5 fours and sixes. His batting storm went over Obed McCoy. The left-handed batsman scored 26 runs with three sixes and two fours in the 19th over of the West Indies pacer's innings.

Abu Haider Rony gave Shamim a worthy eighth-wicket support on his way to a brilliant innings. The left-handed pacer's 12 runs from 9 balls is not much, but the unbroken 72 runs from 31 balls is due to his presence on the pitch. Mohammad Nabi (12) and Nurul Hasan Sohan (14) also contributed to give the opponent a target of 150 runs. However, their contribution did not help Rangpur in the defeat of the party. Barisal's best bowler James Fuller with 3 wickets for 25 runs.