Desk Report:
No matter how tough the pitch, the target of 142 runs is not unusual in T20Is. But with controlled bowling, this target often becomes a mountain. Today, there was a low-scoring thriller in the Barisal-Sylhet match in the NCL T20.
Barisal-Sylhet faced each other at the Sylhet International Stadium this morning. A total of 284 runs were scored in this match. 16 wickets fell. Sylhet had to play the last over chasing the target of 143 runs. Sylhet, led by Zakir Hasan, won by 2 wickets with 2 balls in hand after chasing 142 runs.
Despite chasing the target of 143 runs, Sylhet kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Chasing the run against Barisal, Sylhet became 57 for 4 in 9.1 overs. Captain Zakir was out at number three for 7 runs. The two openers Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Sayem and Mubin Ahmed Dishan scored 13 and 9 runs.
Amit Hasan and Asadullah Al Ghalib took charge of Sylhet, who were losing wickets at regular intervals. They (Amit-Ghalib) put on a 35-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Tanvir Islam broke the partnership with the fourth ball of the 15th over. Ghalib scored 24 runs in 22 balls. After he was dismissed, Sylhet were 110 for 7 in 17.3 overs. With 3 wickets in hand in the last 15 balls, the equation of 32 runs seemed to be a long way ahead of them.
Syed Khaled Ahmed and Rezaur Rahman Raja were almost giving Sylhet the win in the eighth wicket. However, after 29 runs were scored in 12 balls, the pair broke. When the equation was 4 runs in the last three balls, he came to the wicket and hit 4 off the first ball he faced, giving Sylhet a narrow victory. Rezaur Rahman Raja was named the man of the match for the narrow victory by 2 wickets with 2 balls in hand. He took 1 wicket for 33 runs in 4 overs. He played a cameo innings of 19 runs in 7 balls at number 9. He hit 2 fours and 1 six. Amit Hasan scored the highest 39 runs in Sylhet’s innings. He hit 5 fours in his 32-ball innings.
Earlier, Sylhet captain Raja won the toss and decided to field. Batting first, Barisal scored 141 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Fazle Mahmud Rabbi scored the highest 60 runs in the innings. He hit four fours and a six in his 44-ball innings. Sylhet’s Ibadat Hossain Chowdhury took 3 wickets. Raja, Rahatul Ferdous Javed, Ghalib and Khaled took one wicket each.
