11/02Result
27th Match, Bangladesh Premier League at Dhaka, Feb 11 2022
Victorians won by 65 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliComilla Victorians
11/02Result
27th Match, Bangladesh Premier League at Dhaka, Feb 11 2022
Victorians won by 65 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliComilla Victorians

Thank you for tuning in, hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is Ekanth, signing off for now on behalf of my fellow commentator, Rashad Mahbub, and our scorer, Ranjith P.

Comilla and Khulna will face each other again tomorrow. For today, there is another match coming up in a few minutes. it is Barishal vs Dhaka from Mirpur, which will be starting at 6:30 pm BDT. You can follow our live coverage of that game here

With that, Comilla and Barishal have confirmed their places in the Playoffs

Moeen Ali is the Player of the Match for his 75 off 35 with a four and nine sixes along with a tight spell of 4-0-2-20

Both teams came in with the intent to score with the bat and lost wickets trying to sustain that momentum. Comilla found Moeen Ali, who smoked it all over to turn set up a score at least 15-20 runs over par. Khulna got a grand start in the first over thanks to Andre Fletcher but Mustafizur fizzed with two wickets in two balls and fizzled out the opposition. Wickets fell at a regular interval and the runs never came for Khulna as they collapsed and fell well short of the target.

5:05 pm In the end, Comilla get a comprehensive 65-run win over Khulna to take their tally to 13 points and get on par with Barishal, who have a game coming up later in the day, in terms of points. This is the biggest victory in terms of margins, beating Comilla's 63 run over Barishal earlier in the season

19.3
W
Tanvir Islam to Khaled Ahmed, OUT, Gone and it's all over It was slow, short, and wide. Slashes hard but top edges to cover who takes an easy catch on the circle

Khaled Ahmed c Imrul Kayes b Tanvir Islam 8 (13m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 80.00

19.2
0
Tanvir Islam to Khaled Ahmed, no run, Good length ball, bottom edges a cut and it stays in the square at cover
19.1
6
Tanvir Islam to Khaled Ahmed, SIX, Short on leg stump, it sits up and he whacks it over cow corner nonchalantly for a no-look six

The final over, to be bowled almost as a formality, starts as Islam comes around the wicket

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | KT: 117/9 (72 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.15, RRR: 72.00)

  • Khaled Ahmed2 (7b)
  • Nabil Samad2 (3b)
  • Abu Hider4-1-19-3
  • Tanvir Islam1-0-15-0
18.6
1
Abu Hider to Khaled Ahmed, 1 run, Another good yorker on the stumps, turned to deep backward square for a single
18.5
1
Abu Hider to Nabil Samad, 1 run, Attempts a yorker outside off, hits the mark but the extended bat gets an inside edge and it goes to square leg
18.4
0
Abu Hider to Nabil Samad, no run, Full and wide, left alone
18.3
1
Abu Hider to Khaled Ahmed, 1 run, Length ball, inside edges the defence but it goes to the vacant off side
18.2
1
Abu Hider to Nabil Samad, 1 run, Length ball outside off, guided with an open face to deep square point

Slip in place

18.1
W
Abu Hider to Perera, OUT, Bowled him! Back of a length ball and Perera misses a heave over leg and it hits the top of the stumps as the bails fly all over. He never looked set and did not get support and finally perished

NLTC Perera b Abu Hider 26 (35m 23b 0x4 2x6) SR: 113.04

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs | KT: 113/8 (76 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.27, RRR: 38.00)

  • Thisara Perera26 (22b)
  • Khaled Ahmed0 (5b)
  • Tanvir Islam1-0-15-0
  • Abu Hider3-1-15-2

That was a lucrative over for Khulna, 15 off it. Too little too late but it was better than the previous overs

17.6
1
Tanvir Islam to Perera, 1 run, Full outside off, takes his front leg out the way and smacks it to long on on a few bounces. Didn't connect but he will take the single

Around the wicket

17.5
6
Tanvir Islam to Perera, SIX, Full outside off and he's clobbered that over wide long on, he's picked up the pace and the length early and swung freely
17.4
2
Tanvir Islam to Perera, 2 runs, Short on the body and it sat up, pulls it to deep mid wicket. It didn't come off the middle though
17.3
0
Tanvir Islam to Perera, no run, Good length ball outside off, toe edges a slog to long on, takes the single
17.2
6
Tanvir Islam to Perera, SIX, In the slot and Perera connects a slog over cow corner for his first six
17.1
0
Tanvir Islam to Perera, no run, Length ball, keeps down though. Misses the slog pull and the keeper drops it too but it doesn't matter

Khulna has given up on the win and Perera has struggled to find the middle of the bat. It looks like Tanvir Islam is coming in for his first over

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | KT: 98/8 (91 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.76, RRR: 30.33)

  • Khaled Ahmed0 (5b)
  • Thisara Perera11 (16b)
  • Abu Hider3-1-15-2
  • Sunil Narine4-0-15-0
16.6
0
Abu Hider to Khaled Ahmed, no run, Full cutter outside off, it comes back in but is left by the batter
16.5
4lb
Abu Hider to Khaled Ahmed, 4 leg byes, Length ball down the leg side, flicks the pad and beats the keeper to his left and goes to the long-leg fence
16.4
1
Abu Hider to Perera, 1 run, Length ball above off, pulled again to deep mid wicket. Mistimes and gets no elevation but takes a single this time
16.3
0
Abu Hider to Perera, no run, Good length ball on off, slogged to long on on the bounce. It was mistimed and they don't run
16.2
2
Abu Hider to Perera, 2 runs, Length ball on the legs, pulled to deep mid wicket
16.1
2
Abu Hider to Perera, 2 runs, Swings at a full wide one, top edges wide of third man who makes ground to his left and cuts it off on the fence

And we're back! It's just going through the motions that remains. But can Khulna reduce the margin of loss?

Khulna 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17ADS FletcherRony Talukdar
2nd0ADS FletcherSoumya Sarkar
3rd27Soumya SarkarYasir Ali
4th0Mushfiqur RahimSoumya Sarkar
5th17Sikandar RazaSoumya Sarkar
6th6Soumya SarkarMahedi Hasan
7th21NLTC PereraMahedi Hasan
8th0NLTC PereraRuyel Miah
9th25NLTC PereraKhaled Ahmed
10th10Nabil SamadKhaled Ahmed