Dhaka sealed first win riding on Russell’s prowess in the 5th match of BPL 2022 at Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on January 24, 2022. They beat Barishal by 4 wickets.
Great start for Barishal with the Bowling
On the one hand, the speed and bounce of Alzarri Joseph, on the other hand, Shafiqul Islam‘s swing – this is how Fortune Barisal got a great start.
With just 10 runs scored, the first four batsmen of The Minister Group Dhaka were out! None of Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Naim, Jahurul Islam and Mohammad Shahzad could get to double figures. To defend a mediocre 129 runs on the scoreboard, you need such a start!
Mahmudullah and Shuvagata took Dhaka out of danger
But to fight Dhaka’s tall batting line-up, Barishal had to take a few more wickets quickly. Mahmudullah and Shuvagata didn’t let that happen. Their partnership of 69 off 62 balls took Dhaka out of danger. Eventually, Mahmudullah’s team won by 4 wickets.
Andre Russel played a devastating innings
Shakib was a little late in bringing Shafiqul and Joseph, who bowled well in the first spell, to bowl for the second spell. He tried to break the Mahmudullah-Shuvagata duo with spin in the middle overs and failed. In the end, Shuvagata was dismissed for 29 off 25 balls off Bravo in the 14th over of the innings.
It seemed Bravo had brought his team’s danger by breaking the pair. Andre Russell came to the crease and continued scoring runs with four and sixes. The Jamaican played a devastating innings of 31 off just 15 balls with 3 fours and 2 huge sixes.
In the sixth wicket partnership, he added 50 off just 25 balls with skipper Mahmudullah. Mahmudullah was dismissed for 47 off 47 balls. Due to Russell’s quick scoring, Dhaka reached the target with 15 balls and 4 wickets remaining in the innings. This is Dhaka’s first win in this year’s BPL. Russell was the Player of the Match with 31 runs with the bat and 2 wickets with the bowling.
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