Comilla Victorians vs Sylhet Strikers, Final: Victorians crowned BPL Champions

Johnson Charles headed the charge as Comilla Victorians beat Sylhet Strikers to be crowned the Bangladesh Premier League champions.

Match Summary

Comilla Victorians 176/3 (19.2 ov)

Sylhet Strikers 175/7 (20 ov)

Result - Comilla Victorians won by 7 wickets

SCORECARD

After losing the toss Sylhet Strikers were put in to bat, opener Nazmul Hossain Shanto raising to the occasion as he smashed 10 Fours on his way to a half century.

In response, Victorians bowlers took the next two wickets for a run, before Mushfiqur Rahim added a huge half century of his own.

Other than that the bowlers took control of the innings, Ryan Burl the only other batsmen to reach double figures.

Thanks to Shanto and Rahim Sylhet Strikers headed in at 175, it now over to their bowlers. 

It came down to the final over, an early Liton Das half century putting Victorians on track to chase this one down.

Rubel Hossain (2/39) fought back, taking some important wickets but it would prove not quite enough as Johnson Charles (79*) smashed a half century of his own to win this one by 7 wickets.

Match Stats

Sylhet Strikers Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Towhid Hridoy - 1.1 ov), 2-26 (Mashrafe Mortaza - 2.6 ov), 3-105 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto - 12.2 ov), 4-134 (Ryan Burl - 15.6 ov), 5-139 (Thisara Perera - 16.3 ov), 6-152 (George Linde - 17.4 ov), 7-164 (Zakir Hasan - 19.1 ov)

Comilla Victorians Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Sunil Narine - 2.2 ov), 2-34 (Imrul Kayes - 3.1 ov), 3-104 (Liton Das - 12.4 ov)

Playing XI

Comilla Victorians - Liton Das, Sunil Narine, Johnson Charles, Imrul Kayes(C), Mosaddek Hossain, Moeen Ali, Jaker Ali Anik(WK), Andre Russell, Tanvir Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Mukidul Islam

Sylhet Strikers - Towhid Hridoy, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Ryan Burl, Mushfiqur Rahim(WK), Mashrafe Mortaza(C), Thisara Perera, George Linde, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Luke Wood, Rubel Hossain

Match Details

Date - 2023-02-16 12:30:00

Venue - Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

Toss - Comilla Victorians won the toss & elected to field

Umpires - David Millns (England), Tanvir Ahmed (Bangladesh), Muhammad Kamruzzaman (Bangladesh TV)

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