Comilla seals top position at the points table

The Comilla Victorians led by injured Mashrafe bin Mortaza has sealed their fourth win in BPL3, the money spinning tournament. Defending a moderate total of 141/7 against Dhaka Dynamites at Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday, the Victorians won the nail biting game by 10 runs.

Young paceman Abu Haider Rony and Mashrafe bowled tremendously as Dhaka finished their chase on 131/6. At one stage, Dhaka required 44 runs from 30 balls with seven wickets in hand but Comilla staged a great comeback and eventually won the match with quite easily.

To chase a target of 142, Dhaka did not look comfortable in the initial stages and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Nasir Hossain (32) and Kumar Sangakkara (30) were the only exceptions for Dhaka as the rest of the batsmen struggled to prolong their innings.

Rony continued to have a fine BPL 3, picking up 2/30 from his four overs while Mashrafe was economical, giving away only 18 runs from his four overs, and also picked up the important wicket of Ryan ten Doeschate.