Khulna lost despite Naeem’s batting.
Khulna Tigers’ Mohammad Naeem Sheikh played an innings of 77 runs off 59 balls against Fortune Barisal. However, this opener scored only 32 runs off the first 40 balls. However, this batter played only 19 balls to score the last 45 runs. However, when Naeem was dismissed when he was close to winning, Khulna’s dream of winning against Barisal ended.
Khulna lost by 7 runs against Barisal. Chasing a target of 168 runs, Khulna was bowled out for 160 runs. They needed 25 runs in the last over. Naeem hit 2 sixes off the first three balls and brought the total to 13 off 3 balls. However, he was out on the fourth ball bowled by Ripon Mondal. David Malan took a great catch at outside edge. If the catch was missed, it could have been a boundary.
Khulna lost wickets early while chasing a target of 168 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The experienced Imrul Kayes went to the pavilion without scoring any runs in 2 balls. Mehedi Hasan Miraj and Naeem added 59 runs (51 balls) for the second wicket. Although their partnership was very slow considering the target. Miraj (33 off 29 balls) and Alex Ross departed at 74 runs after 65 runs. After that, Naeem formed a great partnership with Afif. Afif was the one who made Khulna dream of winning by scoring 27 runs off 17 balls. Naeem stormed with the bat in the end. However, it did not work in the end.
Earlier, Barisal faced a disaster at the beginning when they lost the toss and batted. The team, which lost 3 wickets for 16 runs, lost 7 wickets within 87 runs. Today, the golden duck of Barisal’s two top order batsmen Tamim Iqbal and David Malan were bowled by Mehedi Hasan Miraj. Mushfiqur Rahim was run out after scoring 5 runs off 4 balls. Tawhid Hridoy and Mahmudullah Riyad, who broke the tradition of opening the innings, put on a 47-run partnership.
When Hridoy returned after 63 runs, Barisal’s innings suffered another ‘mini collapse’. Mohammad Nabi and Fahim Ashraf headed for the pavilion immediately after Hridoy’s fall after scoring 36 runs off 30 balls. However, Mahmudullah was at the forefront. Rishad Hossain, who came out at eight, did the work for Barisal. Although Mahmudullah scored runs slowly, Rishad left Khulna bowlers in a state of panic.
Mahmudullah, who had scored fifty, stopped after 134 runs. He was dismissed for 50 runs off 45 balls, hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes. Rishad batted 39 runs before being dismissed on the fifth ball of the last over. He scored these runs with the help of 5 fours and 1 six in just 19 balls. In the end, Jahandad Khan scored 10 runs off 5 balls and Tanvir Islam scored 12 runs off 4 balls, giving Barisal a fighting capital of 167 runs.
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