Rangpur vs Victorians, 35th match at Dhaka, Dec 02 2017 - Match Result

RESULT
35th match, Mirpur, December 02, 2017, Bangladesh Premier League
(19.3/20 ov, T:98) 100/6

Victorians won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

mahedi-hasan
Player Of The Match
4/22
Match centre Comms :  Deivarayan Muthu
Scorecard summary
Rangpur Riders1 Inn
97/10(17.1 overs)
4/22 (4)
Comilla Victorians2 Inn
100/6(19.3 overs)
22 (22)
3/24 (4)
20 (24)
2/17 (4)
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4.25pm Comilla Victorians huff and puff to victory on a two-paced pitch. Panic set in when Mashrafe and Nazmul Islam carved up the middle order, but Samuels and Hasan Ali held their nerve to seal the win with three balls and four wickets to spare. But it was Mahedi and Saif who had set things up by taking seven wickets between them. Sixteen-year-old Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb also impressed on debut, conceding only 17 runs in his four overs.

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Mashrafe, Rangpur captain: It was difficult to bat, nobody will enjoy to play on this wicket. 120-130 would have been a different game. Hats off to the fielders and bowlers - that was s positive from this match.

Tamim, Comilla captain: We should have batted better after the bowlers did an amazing job. We made it hard for ourselves but crossed the line in the end. It is a horrible, horrible, horrible wicket. We had ten days off, but the curator could not prepare a good wicket. The crowd does not come to see a 90-95 wicket. The young Mujeeb did well and we are very proud of the win.

Mahedi Hasan is the Player of the match for his career-best figures of 4 for 22.

That is all we have for you from this match. Do come back for the second match of the day featuring Dhaka Dynamites and Rajshahi Kings. Until then, goodbye

19.3
4
Udana to Samuels, FOUR runs

low full-toss, angling in on off from around the wicket, Samuels stays leg side of the ball and punches it past the left of the bowler. Fiercely drilled away to seal Comilla's place in the playoffs

19.2
Udana to Samuels, no run

low full-toss on middle, stabbed straight to mid-on

19.1
Udana to Samuels, no run

shortish on off, punched down to mid-off

Kapil: "Ridiculous batting from Samuels. Not looking to hit gaps and take 2s. He is one guy who shouldn't be in any team. Never assess a game well"

Over19
8 runs, 1 wicket
CV 96/6CRR: 5.05  RRR: 2.00
Hasan Ali 6 (1b 1x6)MN Samuels 12 (15b 1x4)
Mashrafe Mortaza3/24 (4)
18.6
6
Mortaza to Hasan Ali, SIX runs

first-ball six for Hasan! That should ease the nerves in the Comilla camp. Length ball on off stump, Hasan sizes it up and smites it into the stands beyond the long-on boundary. He unleashes his trademark celebration

Hasan Ali

18.5
W
Mortaza to Saifuddin, OUT

Mashrafe strikes with his penultimate ball. Saif connects well but not well enough. Back of a length on middle, he clears his front leg and swipes it into the hands of deep midwicket right at the edge of the boundary

Mohammad Saifuddin c Nazmul Islam b Mashrafe Mortaza 5 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
18.4
Mortaza to Saifuddin, no run

banged in short and angling across off, gets big on the batsman and goes over the hook

18.3
1
Mortaza to Samuels, 1 run

back of a length, glanced off the hips to the left of short fine leg

18.2
Mortaza to Samuels, no run

Samuels stays leg side of this back-of-a-length ball on off and cuts late to backward point

18.1
1
Mortaza to Saifuddin, 1 run

back of a length and outside off, Saif stands tall and punches the ball through backward point for one

Mashrafe

Over18
7 runs
CV 88/5CRR: 4.88  RRR: 5.00
Mohammad Saifuddin 4 (7b)MN Samuels 11 (13b 1x4)
I Udana0/14 (3)

Comilla need 10 off 12 balls

17.6
1
Udana to Saifuddin, 1 run

straying onto the pads again, directed to fine leg

17.6
1w
Udana to Saifuddin, 1 wide

Udana goes full and down the leg side, past the glance. Leg-side wide. Udana needs to get his lines right

Sydee: "Break this pair and win the match ! C'mon Rangpur"

17.5
Udana to Saifuddin, no run

lifter outside off, gets big on Saif, and sails over the attempted hook

17.4
1
Udana to Samuels, 1 run

tucked off the pads to long leg, Udana gets away with this

17.3
Udana to Samuels, no run

slower offcutter, floated very wide outside off, beyond Samuels' reach as he flashes and does not connect outside off

17.2
4
Udana to Samuels, FOUR runs

full and angling into the pads, loose ball, all it needed as a fine tickle past the keeper

17.1
Udana to Samuels, no run

slower cutter, bounces and hits the splice, played back to the bowler

Over17
3 runs
CV 81/5CRR: 4.76  RRR: 5.66
MN Samuels 6 (9b)Mohammad Saifuddin 3 (5b)
Nahidul Islam0/7 (3)
16.6
1
Nahidul to Samuels, 1 run

Samuels skips out, gets too close to the pitch, and squeezes it to deep midwicket

16.5
Nahidul to Samuels, no run

Samuels runs out, yorks himself, and jabs the ball back to the bowler

16.4
Nahidul to Samuels, no run

fired on off stump, stabbed back to the bowler

16.3
Nahidul to Samuels, no run

slid through outside off, stroked straight to cover

Match details
TossComilla Victorians, elected to field first
Season2017/18
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.20
Match days02 December 2017 - day (20-over match)
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsComilla Victorians 2, Rangpur Riders 0
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