Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Rangpur Riders vs Comilla Victorians, Bangladesh Premier League 2019, 1st Qualifier

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

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

Farhad Reza to Shamsur Rahman, no run, fuller outside off, reaches out and hits it towards extra cover

18.3

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

Farhad Reza to Shamsur Rahman, no run, another brilliant yorker, jams his bat to keep it out

18.1

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

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

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

Shafiul Islam to Lewis, 1 run, another good one, fuller outside off, Lewis works it towards mid-on

17.3

Shafiul Islam to Lewis, FOUR, fuller again, throws his bat at it, gets an outside edge past short third man

17.2

Shafiul Islam to Lewis, no run, fuller outside off, squeezes it out towards extra cover

Around the wicket

17.1

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

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

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

Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, no run, slower length ball outside off, goes for the cut but misses

16.3

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

Bopara to Shamsur Rahman, no run, length, in the corridor, looks to smash it through covers, misses

16.1

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

Victorians INNINGS		R	B
Tamim Iqbal	caught	17	14
E Lewis	not out	71	53
Anamul Haque	bowled	39	32
Shamsur Rahman	not out	34	15
Imrul Kayes
NLTC Perera
Shahid Afridi
Mohammad Saifuddin
Mahedi Hasan
Wahab Riaz
Sanjit Saha
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 3, nb 1)
TOTAL	166 (2 wkts; 18.5 ovs)

Rangpur BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
Nahidul Islam	3.0	18	0	6.00
Sohag Gazi	2.0	15	0	7.50
Mashrafe Mortaza	4.0	43	1	10.75	(1nb, 2w)
Farhad Reza	2.5	29	0	10.23
BAC Howell	2.0	19	0	9.50	(1w)
Shafiul Islam	3.0	21	1	7.00
RS Bopara	2.0	20	0	10.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	35	Tamim Iqbal	E Lewis
2nd	90	Anamul Haque	E Lewis
3rd	41	Shamsur Rahman	E Lewis

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

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

Match Coverage

Evin Lewis' unbeaten 71 vaults Comilla Victorians into final

Victorians 2nd innings Partnerships

Bangladesh Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
RR	12	9	3	18	1.438
CV	12	8	4	16	1.149
BRSAL	12	7	5	14	0.414
CC	12	7	5	14	-0.41
KT	12	5	7	10	-0.447
SYS	12	5	7	10	-0.748
DRD	12	1	11	2	-1.42

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

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

Evin Lewis' unbeaten 71 vaults Comilla Victorians into final

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

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