At the halfway stage, a lot of us thought that 158 was a good total to defend on this pitch. Mickey Arthur, coach of Dhaka, thought, considering the state of the pitch, that it was a winning total. As much as Lewis played brilliantly, it would be fair to say that the bowlers of Dhaka let their team down and while batting their inability to rotate the strike cost them a few runs.
Barisal Bulls move to the top of the points table after the win and Gayle is yet to play for them
Quotes from the presentation:
Kumar Sangakkara: 158 was pretty good. We should've got a few more runs, a few wickets pegged us back. When someone bats like Lewis, there is little bowlers can do. It's about playing well and executing well. We will pick ourselves and come back tomorrow
Mahmudullah: We know how Lewis bats. He hits the ball for a few sixes in the nets. Rony batted well with him. Bowlers did well and put the pressure on their batsmen. Everything went well for us. I had a chat with Rony on what was expected of him
Evin Lewis is the Man of the match: I went out there and backed myself. I think the pitch was decent. Our slower bowlers did well. Chris Gayle is my idol. It was ideal that Rony took the pressure off me and we had a good partnership.
Thanks from all of us here and please do join us for the games tomorrow. Till then it's good night from all of us here
END OF OVER:18 | 3 Runs | BB: 154/1 (5 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.55, RRR: 2.50)
- Evin Lewis100 (64b)
- Mehedi Maruf11 (11b)
- Mustafizur Rahman4-0-28-0
- Farhad Reza3-0-23-0
END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs | BB: 151/1 (8 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 2.66)
- Evin Lewis98 (59b)
- Mehedi Maruf10 (10b)
- Farhad Reza3-0-23-0
- Mustafizur Rahman3-0-25-0
END OF OVER:16 | 11 Runs | BB: 147/1 (12 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 9.18, RRR: 3.00)
- Evin Lewis95 (56b)
- Mehedi Maruf9 (7b)
- Mustafizur Rahman3-0-25-0
- Farhad Reza2-0-19-0
