Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Riders will take on Dhaka Dynamites on Wednesday in the Qualifier 2. The winner of that game then will face Victorians on Friday in the final. That's all from our side for tonight's game. See you soon.

"It was another phenomenal match," Imrul Kayes says. "Our bowlers and batsmen executed their plans brilliantly. If Gayle is batting the total can be 190-200 in 20 overs but our bowlers bowled really well. We are trying to make a good XI. We have three days of time and we would like to come fresh. Every one wants to play the final. We will try our best."

Evin Lewis is Man of the Match. "Yeah, I am still injured," Lewis says. "I tried to give myself an opportunity to bat deep. The right-left combination made it really easy."

"I felt we were 10-15 runs short," Mashrafe says. "The way Benny and Rilee batted, we got a total we could fight with. We needed early wickets, we got Tamim but we needed more. We have got another chance, hopefully we will do well."

9.59pm Comilla Victorians have qualified for the final of BPL 2018-19. Evin Lewis was the hero with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 71 off 53 balls despite struggling with his hamstring. He got good support from Anamul Haque first and then a breezy 15-ball 34 not out from Shamsur Rahman took them to victory with eight wickets and seven balls to spare.

18.5
4
Farhad Reza to Shamsur Rahman, FOUR, fuller outside off, looks to go over extra cover, gets a thick outside edge over short third man
18.4
0
Farhad Reza to Shamsur Rahman, no run, fuller outside off, reaches out and hits it towards extra cover
18.3
6
Farhad Reza to Shamsur Rahman, SIX, a full toss outside off, moves across and slaps it over backward square leg for a six
18.2
0
Farhad Reza to Shamsur Rahman, no run, another brilliant yorker, jams his bat to keep it out
18.1
1
Farhad Reza to Lewis, 1 run, yorker on the stumps, backs away and steers it towards covers

11 needed from last two overs

END OF OVER:
18 | 14 Runs | CV: 155/2 (11 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.61, RRR: 5.50)

  • Shamsur Rahman24 (11b)
  • Evin Lewis70 (52b)
  • Shafiul Islam3-0-21-1
  • Ravi Bopara2-0-20-0
17.6
4
Shafiul Islam to Shamsur Rahman, FOUR, fuller outside off and driven firmly through covers, beats the man in the deep for four more

Mubeen: "Very poor captaincy from Mortaza. He should have used Shafiul Islam earlier in the innings so he could take wickets and put pressure on CV"

17.5
4
Shafiul Islam to Shamsur Rahman, FOUR, a low full toss outside off and lofted just over the extra cover fielder, Mashrafe there jumps with an outstretched hand but cannot reach
17.4
1
Shafiul Islam to Lewis, 1 run, another good one, fuller outside off, Lewis works it towards mid-on
17.3
4
Shafiul Islam to Lewis, FOUR, fuller again, throws his bat at it, gets an outside edge past short third man
17.2
0
Shafiul Islam to Lewis, no run, fuller outside off, squeezes it out towards extra cover

Around the wicket

17.1
1
Shafiul Islam to Shamsur Rahman, 1 run, a brilliant yorker on the stumps, jams his bat to dig it out on the off side

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | CV: 141/2 (25 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.29, RRR: 8.33)

  • Shamsur Rahman15 (8b)
  • Evin Lewis65 (49b)
  • Ravi Bopara2-0-20-0
  • Shafiul Islam2-0-7-1
16.6
1
Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, 1 run, short of length outside off, mistimes the pull towards long-on

AnamBMDF : "RR takes the highest risks including Big Men on top order for batting and got benefits in both earlier and this season. Last year, Gayle made the key difference among RR and other teams for clinching the title of BPL. This year, Rossouw and ABD have done this and so, they are now among top 3. Who knows Gayle has kept his thunderstorms for next 2 matches? Beware..."

16.5
6
Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, SIX, length ball down the leg side and picked up over short fine leg, goes all the way for a six
16.4
0
Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, no run, slower length ball outside off, goes for the cut but misses
16.3
4
Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, FOUR, fuller outside off, down the track but gets a thick outside edge towards third man, Gayle there cannot bend down in time, can only a get a hand to the ball, concedes a boundary

ab: "totally agree with u @ak...prera or afridi could hv been better option "

16.2
0
Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, no run, length, in the corridor, looks to smash it through covers, misses
16.1
2
Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, 2 runs, fuller one on the stumps, squeezes it towards square leg, sprints back for the second, Lewis is struggling with his hamstring at the other end

BPL News

Victorians 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st35Tamim IqbalE Lewis
2nd90Anamul HaqueE Lewis
3rd41Shamsur RahmanE Lewis

Bangladesh Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
KT1284160.912
RR1284160.42
CC1284160.129
DHD1275140.572
CW125710-0.335
RR125710-0.826
SYS121112-0.822