Fortune Barishal After winning the toss, Captain Tamim Iqbal chose the bowl first. Rangpur Riders sent to bat. The batsmen for Rangpur Riders stepped down to bat and lost nine wickets while scoring 134 runs. Rangpur Riders scored 134 runs despite not having a great start owing to some excellent innings from Mahedi Hasan (29), Captain Nurul Hasan (23) and Shamim Hossain Patwari (34).
Opening batters of Rangpur Raiders did not run. Mohammed Imran, the fast bowler of Fortune Barishal dismissed batsman Brandon King of Rangpur Raiders for a zero run in the opening over. And Other opening batsman Rani Talukdar returned to pavilion with 5 runs.
After the last ODI World Cup, Shakib Al Hasan (2) appeared on the BPL stage with the bat, but he failed with the bat.
On other hand Rangpur Raiders Captain Nurul Hasan boosted the run rates by playing balls. Nurul Hasan got out after playing a devastating innings of 23 runs off 23 balls.
Shamim Hossain Patwari gifted Rangpur Raiders with 34 runs off 33 balls in bad conditions.
Stormy innings were a gift from Mahedi Hasan With 19 balls, he scored 29. Fortune Barshal bowler Khaled Ahmed shocked the Rangpur Raiders batters with his superb bowling. Khaled Ahmed scored took 4 wickets with 31 runs. Khaled Ahmed’s head was awarded the man of the match trophy in the BPL match. On the other hand, Shoaib Malik, Mohammed Imran and Dunith Wellalage each took one wicket while Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed two wickets with 13 runs.
Expectedly, the audience was eagerly waiting to see Tamim Iqbal and Ibrahim Zadran batting. Then two batsmen were for more runs. Fortune Barishal batters started well. Tamim Iqbal (35) and Ibrahim Zadran (12) gradually played their game and got out with respectable runs. In the end Mushfiqur Rahim (26) and Mhamudullah (19) lead Fortune Barishal to Victory. The Fortune Barishal all rounder batsman Shoaib Malik hit 2 fours in a beautiful innings of 17 runs and ended of innings.
Shakib Al Hasan took 2 wickets with 16 runs. And Hasan Murad claimed 2 wickets with 17 runs. Afgani All rounder Mohammad Nabi received 1 wicket with 25 runs.
With 5 balls remaining, the Fortune Barishal batsmen gave away the runs given by Rangpur Raiders .
Ultimately this match won the Fortune Barishal by 5 wickets .
