and it's all over! It's a skyer that midwicket looks to get under, but makes a mess of it trying to run backwards. Misses the catch, and allows the batsmen to take the winning runs. Rangpur Riders win by six wickets
Kings vs Rangpur, 2nd match at Sylhet, , Nov 04 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd match (N), Sylhet, November 04, 2017, Bangladesh Premier League
154/8
(18.5/20 ov, T:155) 155/4
Rangpur won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
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11.11pm That's all from Sylhet today. Hope you enjoyed ESPNcricinfo's coverage of the double header. The BPL kicked off today, and we will be by your side for the next month or so as the tournament progresses. On behalf of Shashank Kishore, this is Sreshth Shah signing off. Bye bye!
The Man of the Match is Ravi Bopara. He says: "You need a bit of luck (on the dropped catches), especially with the high-risk shots you play. Good start for the team and on a personal note. Nice to play at a new venue, otherwise we usually play all year in Dhaka."
Mashrafe Mortaza, the winning captain. He says: "Hopefully we carry on with this momentum. Mithun is one of our key batsman, and despite the early wickets, they took the pressure away from us and onto our opponents. And finally Bopara. I would like to say sorry to Darren actually, that my coin toss hit the camera."
Some words from the losing captain Darren Sammy: "We'll look back at this match and we will be gutted with ourselves. Rangpur outplayed us in all three departments. Given the start we have, we didn't capitalise and lost wickets in a bunch. It was due to Mehidy that we got 150 plus. We got some early wickets too, but we weren't hungry after that. Credit to Rangpur."
11.07pm We're ready for the presentation.
Here's Shahriar Nafees. He says: "I wanted to just build a good partnership. Word from the dugout was to build the innings, so I wanted to do that. They had a couple of good left-arm spinners up front, but Mithun played brilliantly. I was just giving him company. The way I got out wasn't a good shot to play, but Bopara finished it beautifully. Sylhet is one of the most beautiful grounds in this country."
10.55pm A well-paced chase set up by Shahriar and Mithun, and followed up by Bopara and Perera. Handshakes all around but Rajshahi will regret the missed opportunities in the field. Rony Talukdar's 47 was delightful in the first innings, but no other big score only took the Kings to 154, which on this pitch, along with the excess dew, would always be a tough score to defend. We'll be back with the presentation.
18.5
1
Farhad to Perera, 1 run
18.4
1
Farhad to Bopara, 1 run
full on off stump, tapped off the front foot to long on. Scores are level
18.3
3
Farhad to Perera, 3 runs
wide outside off, splices it off the bottom of his pat, whizzes past point. Allows the batsmen to take more runs
18.2
1
Farhad to Bopara, 1 run
good length on middle, tucked behind square to short fine leg for a quick run. They need five more
18.1
4
Farhad to Bopara, FOUR runs
short on off and pulled furiously past deep midwicket. Stand-and-deliver stuff from Bopara
end of over 1812 runs
RPR: 145/4CRR: 8.05 • RRR: 5.00
Thisara Perera16 (10b 2x4)
Ravi Bopara33 (20b 2x4 2x6)
James Franklin 3-0-26-1
Kesrick Williams 3-0-30-1
17.6
•
Franklin to Perera, no run
slower ball full outside off, Perera leaves it thinking it'll be a wide. It's not to be
17.5
2
Franklin to Perera, 2 runs
short on off stump, doesn't take the bounce as expected, bunted down the ground to long on. Perera calls for the two, and they get it
17.4
4
Franklin to Perera, FOUR runs
muscled away! Sent past cow corner, for four more, It was a good-length ball on off and middle and Perera used all the strength he had to heave this in front of square on the leg side
17.3
1
Franklin to Bopara, 1 run
full on off, carved sqaure off the front foot to the sweeper-fielder on the off side
17.2
1
Franklin to Perera, 1 run
good length on off stump, muscled to deep midwicket
17.1
4
Franklin to Perera, FOUR runs
dropped! But what's worse is that it goes for four. It was full outside off and the batsman looks to heave this over the leg side, it's a sliced shot, and it's going straight under long off's throat, but the horror - Samit Patel makes a mess of it
end of over 1716 runs
RPR: 133/4CRR: 7.82 • RRR: 7.33
Ravi Bopara32 (19b 2x4 2x6)
Thisara Perera5 (5b)
Kesrick Williams 3-0-30-1
James Franklin 2-0-14-1
16.6
2
Williams to Bopara, 2 runs
good length on middle, tucked towards short leg and they scamper through for the run. Making full use of the gaps in the infield on the leg side
16.5
4
Williams to Bopara, FOUR runs
full on leg, gets the deftest of touches as the ball goes down the leg side. The keeper has no chance, and neither does short fine leg. Very useful runs. Delicately played
16.4
1
Williams to Perera, 1 run
short on off stump, waits for it and pokes it past point for two more
Yoel Rubin: "The match between NZ and India started after this game, and will finish before it" -- Hear, hear. I wonder which of these two captains will get fined for the over rate. Or if it's gonna be both.
16.3
2
Williams to Perera, 2 runs
full and wide outside off stump, reaches for it and gets the bat's bottom edge, dribbles away to cover
16.2
•
Williams to Perera, no run
slower ball outside leg, can't flick it to the leg side
16.2
2w
Williams to Bopara, 2 wide
goes down the leg side again, and this time they can take an extra run as well, good length on middle but the angle takes it down
16.2
1w
Williams to Bopara, 1 wide
full on leg stump, attempts the slower ball goes goes the leg side. Crucial extras
16.1
4
Williams to Bopara, FOUR runs
short and wide outside off, crunched off the back foot over cover, a couple of bounces and goes for four
Kesrick time.
end of over 165 runs • 1 wicket
RPR: 117/4CRR: 7.31 • RRR: 9.50
Ravi Bopara22 (16b 2x6)
Thisara Perera2 (2b)
James Franklin 2-0-14-1
Farhad Reza 3-0-20-1
15.6
1
Franklin to Bopara, 1 run
short and wide outside off, nudged to short third man and the non-striker is taking his chances! They manage to complete the run
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