Riding on a stunning 81 off 62 not out by Imrul Kayes, and 53 off 37 by Liton Das, Comilla Victorians beat the Chattogram Challengers by a big margin of nine wickets under the DL Method on Thursday in Mirpur and backed to the winning-streak after losing the previous match to Minister Group Dhaka.
It was the fourth win of the Victorians in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in five matches they have played so far. Before this match, the Victorians played four matches with only a defeat— in the previous match.
In the rain-hit match, which was reduced to 18-over aside, Comilla won the toss and sent Chattogram bat first who posted 138 for eight in 18 overs with the highest 57 by Will Jacks and 27 and 26 by Afif Hossain and Shamim Hossain respectively.
The rain hit the game during the 13th over of Chattogram, and the game was stopped for 64 minutes.
For the Victorians, Mustafizur Rahman bagged five wickets conceding 27 runs in four overs— his best in this edition of BPL, and It was the best first five-for of this BPL as well.
In reply, the Victorians captain Imrul and wicketkeeper-batter Liton came up with a 138-run opening stand which left a little to do to seal the match. They needed to score 144 in 18 overs as per the DL Method, and they ended up on 148 for one in 16.3 overs.
Imrul hit six fours and five sixes in watchful innings of unbeaten 81 while Liton smashed four fours and three sixes in his maiden fifty of this BPL.
The Victorians now have secured eight points and jumped to the top place of the points table while Chattogram remained at the second-lowest place of the table with six points from three wins in seven matches. They now have little chance to stay alive in the race of the next phase of the event.
The Victorians will take on Dhaka in their next match on February 4 while Chattogram will also take on Dhaka on February 8 in Sylhet.
Source: United News of Bangladesh