Sylhet strikers lost 3 wickets for 15 runs only with the pace of Mohammad Wasim. From then on, the story of Sylhet’s recovery began. Nazmul Hossain Shantar’s innings started with Tom Moores, and at the end, Fortune threw a counterchallenge to Barisal.

Sylhet scored 173 for 5 after losing the toss at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday (January 24). Shanto scored a maximum of 89 runs off 66 balls.

Shantar’s innings were decorated with 11 fours and 1 six. He scored fifty off 48 balls. Then he took the remaining 39 runs off 18 balls.
Shanto-Murse’s 81-run partnership on the fourth wicket turned Sylhet around. Both scored this run in 71 balls. This pair broke when Moors returned after scoring 40 runs off 30 balls. Apart from this, Thisara Perera scored 21 runs from 16 balls. Zakir Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim returned as golden ducks.

Wasim took the maximum of 3 wickets for Barisal. Shakib-Kamarul took 1 wicket each.