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Yasir Rabbi’s half-century powers Dhaka to 150-8 against Barishal
DHAKA, Dec 14, 2020 (BSS)—Beximco Dhaka recovered from a shaky start to rack up 150-8 against Fortune Barishal in the Eliminator game of Bangabandhu T20 Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday.
The team who will lose the game will be eliminated from the race of the final of the tournament. The winner will play the game against the defeated team of the first Qualifier to give a shot at the final.
Yasir Ali Rabbi struck a 43 ball-54 with three fours and two sixes to provide the impetus, which was needed after a poor start.
Captain Mushfiqur Rahim also played a useful knock of 43 off 30, hitting four fours and one six.
Yasir and Mushfiqur shared 50-run for the fourth wicket stand after Dhaka was left to a tittering 22-3.
After being sent to bat first, Dhaka received a huge setback when the centurion of the previous game, Naim Sheikh was dismissed for 5. In the immediate next over, Al-Amin Hossain, the No.3 batsman of Dhaka was undone by a length delivery of Taskin to be out for naught.
The situation got worse when Suhrawardi Shuvo outfoxed Sabbir Rahim with a flighted delivery to get rid of him for 8.
Yasir and Mushfiqur however patiently dealt with the rampant Barishal bowlers and revived the innings.
It needed an excellent return catch from Kamrul Islam Rabbi to remove Mushfiqur and broke the partnership.
Akbar Ali kept up the rhythm, with a 9 ball-21 that included three fours and one six.
Due to the trio, Dhaka who scored just 24 runs, losing three wickets, in the first six overs, piled up runs at excellent rate in the middle overs as they made 79 runs between the overs of 7 to 15.
It looked like they would end up score like 180 or above, however, a poor show in the last powerplay, restricted them to a total that looked like an easy target for Barishal. The last powerplay fetched them just 47 runs with the loss for four wickets.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Kamrul Islam Rabbi grabbed two wickets apiece for Barishal.
Brief Score:
Beximco Dhaka 150-8 in 20 overs (Yasir Rabbi 54, Mushfiqur Rahim 43, Akbar Ali 21, Sabbir Rahman 8; Mehidy Miraz 2-23, Kamrul Rabbi 2-40, Taskin Ahmed 1-21, Suhrawardi Shuvo 1-32)
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