Victorians snatched the top position again
Comilla Victorians has topped the point table once again with a comfortable win against Chittagong Vikings today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. In the 20th match of the competition, Comilla Victorians has defeated the local team by 5 wickets.
Shoaib Malik delivered an unbeaten knock of 34 runs off 23 balls to lead his team to cross the victory margin in the last over of the match with 2 ball to spare.
The target was not that difficult for the Victorians to exceed as the Vikings were restricted to an unrecognized total of 136 runs; having Ahmed Shehzad in their team, Comilla Victorians made an easy chase at the end.
Shehzad became the highest scorer for the team with his 37 runs off 41 balls with 4 fours before being departed off the bowling of his fellow country man Bilawal Bhatti.
Imrul Kayes also scored 35 runs (28 balls, 4×5) in the opening. Shuvagata Hom and Ashar Zaidi got out in cheap, they scored 2 and 8 runs respectively in the middle order.
Brief Score:
Chittagong Vikings 136/5
Umar Akmal 49*
Ashar Zaidi 1/18
Comilla Victorians 142/5
Ahmed Shehzad 37
Mohammad Amir 2/22
Result: Comilla Victorians won by 5 wickets
Toss: Comilla Victorians
Chittagong Vikings 136/5
Umar Akmal 49*
Ashar Zaidi 1/18
Comilla Victorians 142/5
Ahmed Shehzad 37
Mohammad Amir 2/22
Result: Comilla Victorians won by 5 wickets
Toss: Comilla Victorians