BPL 2024, In the second match of the day on Friday, January 26 at the Sylhet International Stadium, Comilla set Sylhet a target of 131 runs. Imrul Kayes scored the most runs for Comilla with his bat (30).
Playing in this tournament for the first time, Samit Patel bowled superbly for the home team. In 4 overs, he claimed 3 wickets.
A horro show from Sylhet trying to chase down a fairly pedestrain target. Comilla’s innings did not start well after losing the toss and batting. It was skipper Liton Das’s second failure as he was dismissed for eight (8) runs.
With 14 runs scored, Mohammad Rizwan’s departure put pressure on the four-time champions. Towhid Hridoy was unable to score significant runs alongside Imrul after that.
In the end, Khushdil Shah’s 21 and Jaker Ali Anik’s 29 helped Comilla reach 130 runs.
Richard Ngarava, a pacer from Zimbabwe, claimed two wickets. Mashrafe Mortaza bowled his allotted four overs on this particular day, however he did not claim a wicket.
In the initial stage of the Dhaka round, Sylhet Strikers were unable to capitalize. On the other hand, the home team surprised everyone in the opening Sylhet phase match of BPL 2024. Thanks to the bowlers, they limited the reigning champions Comilla to a tiny margin after winning the toss and fielding in the first innings.
Everyone thought that Sylhet”s batsmen would chase runs easily if Comilla was dismissed for less runs, but that didn’t happen. Sylhet Strikers wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Mithun was run out in the first over and returned to the pavilion. After which Sylhet’s batting collapsed. Sylhet batsmen could not survive near Comilla’s bowling line off.
Zakir Hasan scored the most runs for Sylhet Strikers, he scored 41 runs and because of no batsman accompanied him, Sylhet’s innings ended on 78 runs and Comilla won the match by 52 runs.
Aliss Islam alone took four (4) wickets with 17 runs in the collapse of Sylhet Strikers batting line-up.
Roston Chase grabbed 2 wickets and Matthew Forde, Tanvir Islam and Khushdil Shah bagged 1 wicket each. Aliss Islam was declared Man Of The Match in BPL 2024 10th match.
