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BCB President’s Cup final rescheduled to Sunday
DHAKA, Oct 22, 2020 (BSS) – The final of the BCB President’s Cup between Nazmul XI and Mahmudullah XI is rescheduled and will be held on Sunday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
The match is originally scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) but the decision has been taken in light of the inclement weather forecast over the next 72 hours, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said in a press release.
A high flying Nazmul XI will try to extend their dominance over Mahmudullah XI when they take on Mahmudullah Riyad-led side in the final.
The most important match of the tournament starts at 2 pm and will be streamed live on BCB’s facebook page and youtube channel. State-run Bangladesh Television will also telecast the match live.
Nazmul XI moved to the final as group champions in three-team tournament. They acquired three wins in the group phase and lost just one. On the other hand, Mahmudullah XI won two games. The other team of the tournament Tamim Iqbal-led Tamim XI showed a frustrating performance as they won just one and was eliminated from the final race straightway.
What will be in Nazmul XI’s favour is that they won their both matches against Mahmudullah XI in the group phase.
Nazmul XI chased down Mahmudullah XI’s 196 runs in the first match with utmost ease to seal four wickets victory before losing to Tamim XI by 42 runs. They however came back strongly and thanks to Afif Hossain’s 98 runs piled up 264-8, tournament’s highest score against Mahmudullah XI in the return-leg match. Their bowlers later shot the opponent out for 133 runs to seal a gigantic 131 runs victory for the side. They won their last match against Tamim XI by 7 runs.
Mahmudullah XI so far had crossed 200 runs figure only once in the tournament. But still they are in the final, thanks to their win against Tamim XI in both games.
However, given the performance in the group phase, Nazmul XI will be top favourite but in one-day cricket the performance of certain days is always counted.
Mahmudullah Riyad knows that well and vowed to come up with all guns blazing in the most important game of the tournament on Sunday.
BSS/SMP/FI/ 1810 hrs