The Cumilla Victorians retained star players and added more talent through the draft. Khulna Tigers acquired Afif Hossain, and the Rangpur Riders secured the services of Pakistan Captain Babar Azam.

Fortune Barisal could not get the benefit of changing the batting order. After Mehdi Hasan Miraj’s fifty in the opener, the team played slowly with wickets in hand at the end even from the driver’s seat. Captain Shakib Al Hasan was seen cheering in front of the dressing room with his bat. Barisal lost the toss and batted against Rangpur Riders in the BPL eliminator match at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla. Last time runners-up scored 170 runs for 3 wickets. Karim Janat was unbeaten on 33 and Vanuka Rajapakse on 17. Mirage scored 69 runs off 48 balls. Mirage gets out while hitting Shanaka. His innings of fifty were studded with 9 fours and 1 six. The Karim-Rajapakshe duo could not make the start.

Hasan Mahmud’s 16 runs in the last over would have been even less. In the end, 44 runs came from this pair in 29 balls. The two continued to play with singles. When Andre Fletcher (12), who Bravo-Shanakara bowled brilliantly. Bravo gave only 18 runs in the first 2 overs and 11 runs in the next two overs. Shanaka gave only 9 runs in the first two overs, and 14 in the next over! Took a maximum of 2 wickets. Apart from this Rakibul Hasan took 1 door.came down in the opening, returned to the pavilion, Miraj-Mahmudullah took control of the game. 69 runs from 46 balls came from the pair of two. This pair broke when Mahmudullah got out with 34 runs off 21 balls. Today is a fight for life and death for both teams. If you lose, you are out; if you win, the hope of the final will be alive. For this, they have to play in the second qualifier, where their opponent will be the defeated team in the first qualifier. Sylhet Strikers and Comilla Victorians will meet in the final on Sunday evening.

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.

After that, Shakib Al Hasan started the attack with Pakistan’s star batsman Iftekhar Ahmed for the fifth wicket. They set a record by making an unbroken partnership of 192 runs in 86 balls.

On this day, they made the highest partnership (192) in the history of BPL for the fifth wicket.

Earlier last year, Chattogram Challengers’ star batsmen Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Chadwick Walton added 115 runs for the fifth wicket against Rangpur Riders.

However, this is the third-highest partnership of Shakib-Iftekhar in terms of runs. Earlier in 2017, Chris Gayle and Brandon McClellan made the highest partnership of 201 runs.

Shahriar Nafees and Lou Vincent are the owners of the second-highest-run partnership. They scored 197 runs in the opening pair for Khulna Royal Bengal Tigers against Durunta Rajshahi.

On Thursday, Shakib-Iftekhar’s record pair made the third-highest mountain of 238 runs in BPL history. Earlier in the BPL 2019, Chattogram Challengers scored 238 runs for the loss of 4 wickets against Comilla. In the same season, Rangpur Riders scored a record 239 runs for 4 wickets against Chittagong Vikings.

Iftekhar Ahmed remained unbeaten on 100 off 45 balls with the help of 6 fours and 9 sixes on the way to Barishal’s mountain of runs on Thursday. Barisal captain Shakib Al Hasan remained unbeaten on 89 off 43 balls with the help of 9 fours and 6 sixes.

Chasing the target, Rangpur Riders managed to score 171 runs for the loss of 9 wickets with the help of Shamim Hossain’s unbeaten 44 off 24 balls. Barisal won by 67 runs.

Barisal got a target of 159 runs against the Rangpur Riders. The team’s opener Chaturanga de Silva is on strike, While Rangpur bowler Rakibul Hasan is at the bowling end. But seeing the left-handed Chaturanga in the strike, Rangpur captain Nurul Hasan changed the bowler and handed the ball to off-spinner Sheikh Mehedi Hasan.

Seeing this change, Enamul Haque, who was on the other end, came on strike. Then Rangpur changed the bowler once again. Rangpur wanted to bowl to left-arm spinner Rakibul against right-handed Enamul.

When this drama was going on in the middle, Barisal captain Shakib came out of the dugout. He came towards square leg umpire Gazi Sohel.

According to the rules, Shakib is not supposed to enter the field, but he broke the rules and entered the field, then got involved in an argument with the umpire. It went on for about five minutes.

After Shakib left the field, the left-handed Chaturanga was bowled with left-handed Rakibul. And in that over, Chaturanga was dismissed by Rakibul.

Regarding Shakib’s entry into the field, Barisal manager Sajjad Ahmed said, according to the rules, it is decided who will take the strike by the batsmen after deciding which bowler will bowl. In this case, Seeing Sheikh Mehedi coming to bowl, Shakib wanted Anamul Haque Bijoy to strike instead of Chaturanga de Silva. But the umpire was not willing to allow it, he entered the field to talk about it.