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
Rangpur vs Victorians, 35th match at Dhaka, Dec 02 2017 - Match Result
Victorians won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Saifuddin has become the top wicket-taker for CV in T20s with 24 wickets, going past Abu Hider's 21
Mithun has broken the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper (15) in T20s for RAR, going past Shahzad's 14
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
low full-toss on middle, stabbed straight to mid-on
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"
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
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
banged in short and angling across off, gets big on the batsman and goes over the hook
back of a length, glanced off the hips to the left of short fine leg
Samuels stays leg side of this back-of-a-length ball on off and cuts late to backward point
back of a length and outside off, Saif stands tall and punches the ball through backward point for one
Mashrafe
Comilla need 10 off 12 balls
straying onto the pads again, directed to fine leg
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"
lifter outside off, gets big on Saif, and sails over the attempted hook
tucked off the pads to long leg, Udana gets away with this
slower offcutter, floated very wide outside off, beyond Samuels' reach as he flashes and does not connect outside off
full and angling into the pads, loose ball, all it needed as a fine tickle past the keeper
slower cutter, bounces and hits the splice, played back to the bowler
Samuels skips out, gets too close to the pitch, and squeezes it to deep midwicket
Samuels runs out, yorks himself, and jabs the ball back to the bowler
fired on off stump, stabbed back to the bowler
slid through outside off, stroked straight to cover
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | |
Toss | Comilla Victorians, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2017/18 |
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 days | 02 December 2017 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Comilla Victorians 2, Rangpur Riders 0 |