Rangpur Riders won in the thrill of the last over

3 runs needed from 12 balls. 2 wickets in hand. Rangpur Riders lost the wicket of Abu Haider Roni in the second ball of the 19th over. Losing the team's ninth wicket, Rangpur camp feared defeat. The new batsman Hasan finished the over without danger and struck Shamim Patwari. Shamim tied the match with a single on the first ball of the last over. After Saifuddin's second ball of this over, Hasan's bat punched for four! Rangpur lives with breath!

SBS Desk

February 19, 2024

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Rangpur Riders won in the thrill of the last over

However, they scored 72 runs after losing 2 wickets in the power play. Rangpur lost 7 wickets to score almost half the runs in the power play. There was great excitement. Although in the end, Ronnie-Sakibra left the field with victory.

Fortune Barisal won the toss and scored 151 runs for 9 wickets at Chittagong's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Rangpur left the field with a 1-wicket victory in the procession of wickets. 18 points of the team that already confirmed the playoffs! On the other hand, Barisal has 12 points from six wins in 11 matches in the race for the playoffs. They are third in the table.

Rangpur Riders got off to a great start in the chase. Brendan King returns to make a storming start. Muminul Haque, who came in to play the opener, got only 1 ball in the first two overs. This cricketer, who got a team in the middle of BPL, returned by punching behind the wicket in the first ball of the third over. He left the field before opening the run book.

Muminul was out but the King storm did not stop. Added to this is Shakib Al Hasan's excellent batting. He opened the account of the innings with a great four. The two added 53 runs off just 23 balls to lay the foundation for Rangpur's victory. This pair broke when King got out by scoring 45 runs off 22 balls. Shakib also returned to Sajghar at the break of one over. 29 runs off 15 balls from his bat.

As soon as Shakib got out, Rangpur's innings lost its rhythm. Mahedi Hasan (7) and Nurul Hasan Sohan (2) returned two consecutive overs. 74 to 87 only, Rangpur lost 4 wickets for 13 runs under pressure. Jimmy Neesham-Tom Moores resisted the pressure. The duo managed a 25-ball 31-run partnership.

Moors returned home after scoring 17 runs. Neesham, who scored 28 runs off 17 balls, could not finish the match. Dwayne Pretorius returned with 13 runs when the team was 3 runs away from victory. Abu Abu Haider Rony increased the danger by coming to the crease after Pretorius and hitting a six. Shamim Patwari-Hassan Mahmud cleared that danger. In the end, Shamim came to finish the match with Abu Haider Roni. Shamim 4 and Rony left the field unbeaten on 4 runs.

Earlier, the same situation happened in Barisal's innings. A sudden slump after a stormy start. Left-handed pacer Abu Haider Rony messed up Barisal's batting order with 5 wickets in just 13 balls.

Taking the first ball in the 13th over, Ronnie sent back Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar and Kyle Myers in the first over. Mahmudullah Riyad was his victim in the next over. Ronnie got his first taste of Fifer in T20 cricket when he sent back Mehdi Hasan Miraj in the third over. This pacer just blew away Barisal with 5 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs.

But in the beginning, Tamim's 20-ball 33 and then Myers' 27-ball 46, it seemed that Barisal's run would reach the top. Biswas got his wings as he scored 100 runs for the first time in the first 10 overs. But Roni's brilliant spell dazzled everyone. Tamim scored 33 runs with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Getting runs from the start, it looked like something big would come of his bat today.

But the left-handed batsman returned to the court by playing a loose shot off Shakib. From there, Tom Battnon and Myers picked up 100 runs in 10 overs with 10 runs per over. Rangpur's bowling did not have much life. But when Neesham returned the baton and broke the pair and Ronnie came to the crease, everything changed. In the end, Obed McCoy scored 12 runs and Mohammad Saifuddin scored 150 runs for Barisal.