Malik 54*, Hasan's 5 for 20 seal thrilling Comilla win
The four-wicket win, sealed in the last over, helped Comilla surge to the top of the points table
The four-wicket win, sealed in the last over, helped Comilla surge to the top of the points table
Scorer: Ranjith P
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Tamim: When the score is 120-130 I get really nervous. These kind of games you never know what happens. But we came back strongly and didn't give any runs in the last five overs. And we took wickets. Hasan Ali is a great asset for us - five wickets and all bowled.
Shakib: We should have scored at least 150 after being 80 for 2 and that cost us the game. But pleased with how we fought back and showed character. Defending 128 on this track was not easy. We were almost there. Sunil for the last 5-6 years, all over the worled he's been great. There are plenty of games left and we're still in the top two. Hopefully we can take the momentum.
Hasan Ali: This is my best figures in T20 so I'm very happy. I've been playing for 14-15 months and I have no problem with my rhythm.
Hasan Ali is the Player of the Match.
sadiq: "Very mature and calculated inning from Shoaib Malik"
Juma Hamdard: "Poor batting by DD, but rather poor batting by CV, this was only the bowling strength of CV to win this match"
Ohid: "Trust on Experience paid back in full..... Journey accomplished"
junaid khan: "its all about one man nerve and experience well done malik "
4:50pm Comilla did so well to make this chase easy for themselves, before completely flipping the script and making it much, much harder. Some poor shots throughout this innings, not least from captain Tamim Iqbal. Then, they dug themselves into a hole in the middle overs and wickets started falling around Malik who kept his slow pace going. In the end, that's the man to do it - timed it perfectly, in retrospect. Had the confidence to set his own pace in the 19th over, and then by the narrowest of margins, managed to squeeze out the victory. Superb batting.
Point and third man are in.
That's Narine out of the way. Malik has backed himself to get 9 in the last over. And it appears Saddam, who had marked his run up, had been the subject of a change in mind from Shakib. Pollard looked set to bowl, but they've persisted. Pollard's going down to long-on. Saddam will bowl.
Last ball from Narine. Dhaka would love for Malik not to be around for the final over...
11 off 8. Two balls left from Narine.
The four-wicket win, sealed in the last over, helped Comilla surge to the top of the points table