Comilla Victorians in hat trick final

In the first qualifier today, Mirpur defeated Rangpur by 6 wickets with 9 balls in hand, the two-time champion Comilla Victorians. With this, Comilla reached the BPL final for the third time in a row and for the fifth time in total. Earlier they played in the finals in 2015, 2018, 2022 and 2023 editions. Champion every time.

SBS Desk

February 26, 2024

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Comilla Victorians in hat trick final

Can the successful BPL team retain the title? It will be known in the final on March 1. Even if they lose, Rangpur still has a chance to go to the finals. In the second qualifier next Wednesday, they will face Tamim Iqbal's Fortune Barisal, the winner of the eliminator. The winning team will go to the finals. Shakib or Tamim — who will be the final opponent of Liton?

Sunil Narine was coach Salah Uddin's bet in Comilla's opening as in previous tournaments. This time that strategy was not successful. The West Indies all-rounder was caught by Fazlhaq Farooqui for a golden duck in the first ball of the innings while chasing the target. Hriday-Litton almost ended the game with the second wicket after the initial disaster. The two made a great partnership of 143 runs off 89 balls. Hriday scored 64 runs off 43 balls with 4 sixes and 5 fours. Liton was out for 83 runs off 57 balls with 4 sixes and 9 fours. Then Andre Russell (2*) and Moin Ali (12*) secured the win. Comilla scored 186 runs for 4 wickets. Farooqui took 2 wickets for Rangpur. Man of the match Lytton.

It did not take long to prove that Liton's decision to win the toss and send Rangpur into bat was great. Rangpur lost two openers Shamim Hossain (0), Roni Talukder (13) and Shakib Al Hasan (5) after accumulating 27 runs on the scoreboard. From there, Neesham brought them a collection of 185 runs for 6 wickets. The New Zealand batsman scored an unbeaten 97 off 49 balls with 8 fours and 7 sixes.

Neesham needed 3 runs off the last ball of Mushfiqu Hasan's last over for a century. But Neesham Fults, who hit a six in the previous ball, could not put the bat on the ball. Have to be satisfied with 1 bye-run. Rangpur took 68 runs in the last five overs. In which Neesham took 28 runs in the last over with 2 fours and 3 sixes. At the end of the 19th over his runs were 71 and Rangpur 157 for 6 wickets. Neesham made a partnership of 53 runs off 36 balls with wicketkeeper-captain Nurul Hasan Sohan (30) in the sixth wicket. Mushfiqur is the best bowler for Comilla. He gave 72 runs with 1 wicket in 4 overs. Russell took 2 wickets.