After the end of the powerplay, Barisal Bulls had only 26 runs on the board. They are making a habit of this: not having too many in the first six and then accelerating in the middle overs. The partnership between Malan and Nafees was the game changer.
19.4
4
Subashis Roy to Mushfiqur Rahim, FOUR, fuller ball outside the off stump. He squeezes it past the short third-man fielder for a boundary. There are no celebrations; just a fist pump, but the dugout is happy
19.3
0
Subashis Roy to Mushfiqur Rahim, no run, fuller ball outside the off stump. He drives it to mid-off
19.2
4
Subashis Roy to Mushfiqur Rahim, FOUR, fuller ball outside the off stump. He slams this to sweeper cover region for a boundary. He doesn't celebrate yet, but Whatmore does!
19.1
2
Subashis Roy to Mushfiqur Rahim, 2 runs, fuller ball outside the off stump. He moves across and caresses this to sweeper cover for a couple
7 runs required off the final over and Rahim walks in. A situation similar to the one he found himself in the game against India in the Twenty20 World Cup. What will he do now?
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | BB: 157/3 (7 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.26, RRR: 7.00)
- Dawid Malan78 (48b)
- Imran Khan4-0-30-2
- Dwayne Smith3-0-40-0
18.6
W
Imran Khan to Perera, OUT, is there a final twist in the match? A slower ball on the off stump. Thisara is foxed and hangs his bat out to dry. The ball pops up and Imran Khan runs back a few yards to take the return catch
NLTC Perera c & b Imran Khan 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Thisara Perera comes to the middle
18.5
W
Imran Khan to Shahriar Nafees, OUT, short ball outside the off stump. He looks to pull it and gets a faint little bottom edge back onto the off stump. Though it looked like he ran out of steam in latter part of the innings, he played a superb hand in getting Barisal Bulls to this stage
Shahriar Nafees b Imran Khan 65 (78m 59b 7x4 1x6) SR: 110.16
18.4
1
Imran Khan to Malan, 1 run, pulls it to deep midwicket for a single
18.3
4
Imran Khan to Malan, FOUR, fuller ball outside the off stump. He moves his front leg away and crunches this past cover for a boundary
18.2
1
Imran Khan to Shahriar Nafees, 1 run, looks to flick it and gets an edge back onto the pads. They run across for a single
18.1
1
Imran Khan to Malan, 1 run, fuller ball outside the off stump. He slogs it to deep midwicket for a single
END OF OVER:18 | 20 Runs | BB: 150/1 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.33, RRR: 7.00)
- Shahriar Nafees64 (57b)
- Dawid Malan72 (45b)
- Dwayne Smith3-0-40-0
- Imran Khan3-0-23-0
Ashay: "CHV can still win this though. We know 20th over have not gone in favour of chasing sides in this tournament. " Looks tough after Smith's over
17.6
0
Smith to Shahriar Nafees, no run, looks to cut it and is beaten
17.5
1
Smith to Malan, 1 run, drives it to sweeper cover for a single
17.4
6
Smith to Malan, SIX, fuller ball on the leg stump. Malan smashes it over long-on for the third six in a row and seventh overall. What an over for the Barisal Bulls!
17.3
6
Smith to Malan, SIX, fuller ball outside the off stump. Malan goes over long-off for another six. Back-to-back sixes swing the game back Barisal's way
17.2
6
Smith to Malan, SIX, full and wide outside the off stump. He ran across the off stump and slogged it over deep midwicket for a six. How crucial is this hit?
17.1
1
Smith to Shahriar Nafees, 1 run, pulls it to midwicket for a single
END OF OVER:17 | 6 Runs | BB: 130/1 (34 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 11.33)
- Dawid Malan53 (41b)
- Shahriar Nafees63 (55b)
- Imran Khan3-0-23-0
- Mohammad Nabi4-0-17-0
10 runs off the last two overs. 34 required off the last three
16.6
2
Imran Khan to Malan, 2 runs, short ball on the middle stump. Malan, probably fuelled by the lack of runs in the last two overs, goes for the wild slog. The top edge falls safely and they run a couple
16.5
1lb
Imran Khan to Shahriar Nafees, 1 leg bye, off the pads to short fine-leg. They get another leg bye
16.4
0
Imran Khan to Shahriar Nafees, no run,
16.3
1lb
Imran Khan to Malan, 1 leg bye, off the pads to the leg side for a leg bye
16.2
1lb
Imran Khan to Shahriar Nafees, 1 leg bye, looks to slog it away and misses. He gets hit on the body and runs across for a leg bye
