We’re happy as a team, but it will be nicer to win in the final – Mahmudullah

Sabbir Rahman and Shahriar Nafees batted out of their skins to take Barisal Bulls to the BPL final, where they will

face Comilla Victorians. The five-wicket win over Rangpur Riders came with three balls to spare, and it was sweeter

as they won without the big-hitting Chris Gayle.

Barisal Captain Mahmudullah said ,we needed a good start, and the wicket played a lot better tonight, so we

knew we had the batting to get there. The bowlers did well to pull back their total. Credit to Cooper and Al-Amin,

andthen later Seekkuge contributed as well. And then of course, the way Nafees and Sabbir batted was incredible.

We know what Sabbir is capable of, and he proved everyone right today. He is a big match player. We’ve been playing

good  cricket as a team. One more game to come, and hopefully we’ll step up there. We’re happy as a team, but it will

be nicer to win in the final.

Rayad Emrit said “Gayle spoke to the team this morning. He said we’ve won without him, so tonight shouldn’t be

too different. Great to see the guys back themselves. We will celebrate, but the job is only half done. We have an

important final coming up. Comilla have done well, so we will need to play well to beat them.”

Barisal going to face Comilla in the final of BPL 3 , which is going to held on 15th December.