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2078dThe Report by Mohammad Isam

Reza and openers give Rajshahi first points

After Farhad Reza's impressive bowling limited Rangpur Riders to 134 for 5, Rajshahi Kings ran down the target with fluent fifties from openers Mominul Haque and Lendl Simmons

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Scorer: Ranjith P

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Mominul: It was turning in the first innings, but was better in the second. I want to thank the bowlers for restricting them to 135. We just wanted to look at the pitch and capitalise on the bad balls.

Mominul Haque is the Man of the Match.

Mushfiqur: I was really surprised they batted first because it was a new pitch and needed to be seen first. Having said that I was happy with my team. I thought after their 20 overs the wicket played well and I hope the form continues.

Mortaza: I think after 3.3 overs we were 30 odd and losing two wickets was the turning point. Most of the boys have been playing on this wicket for many years, there was nothing wrong with it. Lot of lessons to take to the next match. The main thing is to focus on the batting in the first six overs.

Simmons: First inings the pitch played slow. When we went in we wanted to play ourselves in and have a look at the wicket and win the little battles. 150-160 would have been a good score here but you had to graft, you couldn't just go out and play the big shots.

4:15pm And that's Rajshahi's first win of the season. A clinical chase after strangling Rangpur's batsmen throughout the innings. Crafty innings from Mominul, full of classy shots. And he was well supported by Simmons, who wasn't as comfortable but slowly climbed to a half-century. Three of their bowlers conceded at less than five per over though, and that's where the match was won, after Reza's two wickets.

16.4
4
Abdur Razzak to Rony Talukdar, FOUR, short ball at middle stump, stands his ground, waits for it to come on sends a second pull shot to the midwicket boundary to bring up the victory
16.3
1
Abdur Razzak to Mominul Haque, 1 run, full at middle stump, flicked to deep midwicket
16.2
1
Abdur Razzak to Rony Talukdar, 1 run, length at middle stump, pokes it into the leg side on the front foot
16.1
4
Abdur Razzak to Rony Talukdar, FOUR, short ball at middle stump, deep in the crease and pulls this powerfully over midwicket

END OF OVER:
16 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | RR: 128/2 (7 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.00, RRR: 1.75)

  • Rony Talukdar1 (1b)
  • Mominul Haque62 (43b)
  • Thisara Perera2-0-12-1
  • Ziaur Rahman1-0-7-0
15.6
1
Perera to Rony Talukdar, 1 run, oh lovely yorker! Barely surives. He shuffles as this swings back in towards middle. He brings the bat down very late to keep this out
15.5
W
Perera to Waller, OUT, inswinging yorker at off stump, looks to repeat the shot from the previous ball but this time it's too quick for him. Big gap between bat and pad as he tries to caress this through point. Clean bowled

MN Waller b Perera 4 (2b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200.00

Kings 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st122LMP SimmonsMominul Haque
2nd5MN WallerMominul Haque
3rd11Rony TalukdarMominul Haque

Bangladesh Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
CV1293180.578
DHD1274151.631
KT1274150.075
RR126612-0.267
SYS12479-0.429
RR12488-1.098
CC12387-0.473
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