Rangpur Riders beat Comilla Victorians by 9 wickets in BPL

Rangpur Riders won the toss and decided to bowl against Comilla Victorians at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka today in the BPL.

Match Summary

Comilla Victorians 63 (Shahid Afridi 25; Mashrafe Mortaza 4-11, Nazmul Islam 3-20, Shafiul Islam 2-8)

Rangpur Riders 64-1 (Mehedi Maruf 36* , Rilee Rossouw  20*)

Result - Ranpur Riders won by 9 wickets

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It was a good decision to bowl as Comilla Victorians collapsed to 63 all out - Mashrafe Mortaza 4-11, Nazmul Islam 3-20 and  Shafiul Islam 2-8, the stars with the ball - Shahid Afridi top scored with 25.

In reply, although Chris Gayle went early on, Mehedi Maruf and Rilee Rossouw saw the Riders home by 9 wickets, wuth 8 overs left.

Comilla Victorians - Tamim Iqbal, Evin Lewis, Imrul Kayes, Steven Smith (c), Mahedi Hasan, Shoaib Malik, Anamul Haque (wk), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Saifuddin, Abu Hider Rony, Mohammad Shahid

On the Bench - Liam Dawson, Ziaur Rahman, Thisara Perera, Mosharraf Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Sanjit Saha, Waqar Salamkheil, Aamer Yamin

Rangpur Riders - Rilee Rossouw, Chris Gayle, Mehedi Maruf, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Ravi Bopara, Benny Howell, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Sohag Gazi, Nazmul Islam, Shafiul Islam

On the Bench - AB de Villiers, Nahidul Islam, Nadif Chowdhury, Abul Hasan, Sheldon Cottrell, Fardeen Hasan, Sean Williams, Alex Hales

 

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