Bulls demolished Vikings
In the 28th match of BRB Cables BPL T20 tournament of 2015, Barisal Bulls have claimed a comprehensive victory of 8 wickets against Chittagong Vikings at the Sher – E – Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. it is the 10th and last match of the competition for Chittagong Vikings.
Meanwhile it is the 9th match for Barisal Bulls in this competition, they have firmed their place in the knock out stage with a single match left in hand.
Caribbean master hitter Chris Gayle at last pushed up his dominance and showed his natural power of destruction in the field.
Gayle storm passed to manufacture an unbeaten innings of 92 runs, failed short to produce another hundred in BPL due to lack of runs to chase in the board.
The crowds of Home of cricket in Bangladesh must have blamed the Vikings batsmen for not being able to deliver a good total in front of Barisal Bulls for having a deep – dyed entertainment from the Caribbean super hitter.
Gayle’s 92 runs came from just 47 balls. The innings was decorated with 9 tremendous sixes, straight into the gallery to the utter enthusiasm of a full house crowd.
The 76 minute stand of Gayle in the crease also manifested 6 fours all through the ground.
Nonetheless the innings did not start pleasingly for Barisal Bulls as other opener Rony Talukdar was run out in a direct throw from Dilshan in the fifth ball of the first over.
One down batsman Mehedi Maruf stroked 18 runs off 18 balls with 2 fours and a six before being uprooted by Taskin Ahmed.
Skipper Mahmudullah Riyad accompanied Gayle till touching the victory mark. He was unbeaten at 19 runs in 25 balls with 1 four.
However the encounter seemed rather easy for Barisal Bulls, a dispirited Chittagong Vikings was sent into bat first in the early evening of winter after Barisal Bulls won the toss.
The all pace attack of Barisal Bulls comprised of Mohammad Sami, Al – Amin Hossain and Kevon Cooper dismantled the batting line up of Chittagong Vikings after a solid opening stand of 52 runs was produced between Anamul Haque Bijoy and Tillakaratne Dilshan; both of them lost their wickets at 28 runs.
However the innings of Dilshan was little bit longer than that of Bijoy; Dilshan played 22 balls and hit 2 fours and 2 sixes meanwhile Bijoy played 18 balls and delivered equal number of fours and sixes.
One down batsman Yasir Ali showed some spark at the beginning of the competition for Chittagong Vikings but failed thoroughly in the later stage. Today he scored 11 runs in 11 balls with one six to show.
Umar Akmal stood for his 25 runs in 30 balls; he hit 1 four and 1 six before being the first victim of Mohammad Sami.
The run rate was always low in the Chittagong Vikings innings. Although they had three more wickets in hand, Vikings could not produce any healthier run rate than 6 in an over and eventually ended up at 135 in their allotted 20 overs.
Mohammad Sami, Kevon Cooper took 2 wickets each for Barisal Bulls while Al – Amin Hossain, Sohag Gazi and Mahmudullah Riyad picked up 1 wicket each.
Brief Score:
Chittagong Vikings 135/7
Anamul Haque Bijoy 28, Tillakaratne Dilshan 28
Mohammad Sami 2/32, Kevon Cooper 2/24
Barisal Bulls 141/2 (15 overs)
Chirs Gayle 92*, Mahmudullah Riyad 18*
Taskin Ahmed 1/23
Result: Barisal Bulls won by 8 wickets.
Man of the Match: Chris Gayle
Toss: Barisal Bulls.
