RR 142 in 20 overs | Live Cricket Score, Rangpur Riders vs Barisal Bulls, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2015 Match 4 at Dhaka: Bulls win by 13 runs
RR 142 in 20 overs | Live Cricket Score, Rangpur Riders vs Barisal Bulls, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2015 Match 4 at Dhaka: Bulls win by 13 runs.
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates of the fourth match in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2015, between Rangpur Riders and Barisal Bulls. The match will be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Monday evening. The Rangpur Riders are coming off a win in the first match and they will be eager to build on the momentum that they have created by winning the first Twenty20 match. In the first match of the tournament, the Rangpur Riders had registered a narrow win by two wickets on Sunday against Chittagong Vikings with no deliveries to spare.
Live Cricket Score: Rangpur Riders 142 | Overs 20 | BATSMEN: Saqlain Sajib 0(1) | The powerful top-order trio of Lendl Simmons, Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan depart without making big scores, with the scorecard reading 46 for three, with Misbah-ul-Haq (19) departing a couple of overs later. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Mithun almost single-handedly guides them to victory, before his dismissal in the penultimate over for 55 off the bowling of Mohammad Sami turns the game around its head. Kevon Cooper gobbles up three wickets in the final over to take his innings tally to 5 for 15, as the Barisal Bulls pull off an impressive 13-run victory in what eventually turns out to be a low-scoring contest. OUT! Soumya Sarkar c Brendan Taylor b Mohammad Sami 17(7), Shakib Al Hasan c Seekkuge Prasanna b Kevon Cooper 6(12), Lendl Simmons c Mohammad Sami b Seekkuge Prasanna 19(21), Misbah-ul-Haq c Brendan Taylor b Kevon Cooper 19(22), Thisara Perera run out 17(18), Mohammad Mithun c Seekkuge Prasanna b Mohammad Sami 55(32), Darren Sammy c Seekkuge Prasanna b Kevon Cooper 2(3), Al-Amin run out 4(3), Muktar Ali c Taijul Islam b Kevon Cooper 0(1), Abu Jayed c Mahmudullah c Kevon Cooper 0(1)
Live Cricket Score: Barisal Bulls 155/9 | Overs 20 | BATSMEN: Al Amin Hossain 2(1), Taijul Islam 7(3) | After struggling for the most part during their innings, the Barisal Bulls manage to put up a valiant fight with the bat to cross the 150-run mark towards the latter half of their innings. Shakib Al Hasan and Thisara Perera finish as the leading wicket-takers for the Rangpur Riders with three-wicket hauls for 23 and 29 runs respectively. OUT! Mahmudullah c Thisara Perera b Shakib Al Hasan 51(43), Nadif Chowdhury c Thisara Perera b Shakib Al Hasan 30(31), Seekkuge Prasanna run out 12(4), Mohammad Sami c Misbah-ul-Haq b Saqlain Sajib 15(5), Kevon Cooper run out 21(13)
Live Cricket Score: Barisal Bulls 97/4 | Overs 15 | BATSMEN: Mahmudullah 51(41), Nadif Chowdhury 29(29) | Mahmudullah and Nadif turning it on now. Mahmudullah has got an to excellent half-century. Nadif offering good support as well. Rangpur Riders need a wicket and they need it soon. Five overs to go, and it is an ideal launch pad for the Baristal Bulls to do some late damage.
Live Cricket Score: Barisal Bulls 56/4 | Overs 10 | BATSMEN: Mahmudullah 23(26), Nadif Chowdhury 18(14) | Mahmudullah and Nadif are somehow managing to keep things going. Baristal Bulls have managed to cross 50 without losing any more wickets. But with just 10 overs to go they will now need to start scoring a few runs as well. Meanwhile the Rangpur Riders bowlers continue to keep the runs down and look for wickets.
Live Cricket Score: Barisal Bulls 27/4 | Overs 5 | BATSMEN: Mahmudullah 5(7), Nadif Chowdhury 7(3) | What is going on here!? Thisara Perera (of all people!) is running through the Bulls like a hot knife through butter. Shahriar Nafees is LBW for 1 off 5 balls, Rony Talukdar edges behind to ‘keeper Mohammad Mithun for 1 off 4, Brendan Taylor edges Shakib to Mithun for 1 off 3, and Sabbir Rahman is out LBW to Perera for 11 off 8. OUT! Shahriar Nafees 1(5) LBW Thisara Perera, Rony Talukdar 1(4) c Mohammad Mithun b Thisara Perera, Brendan Taylor 1(3) c Mohammad Mithun b Thisara Perera, Sabbir Rahman 11(8) LBW Thisara Perera.
TOSS: It’s Rangpur Riders who have won the toss, and they will field first.
TEAMS:
Rangpur Riders: Shakib Al Hasan(c), Lendl Simmons, Soumya Sarkar, Misbah-ul-Haq, Darren Sammy, Mohammad Mithun(wk), Thisara Perera, Al-Amin Hossain, Muktar Ali, Saqlain Sajib, Abu Jayed.
Baristal Bulls: Mahmudullah (c), Brendan Taylor (wk), Shahariar Nafees, Rony Talukdar, Sabbir Rahman, Nadif Chowdhury, Kevon Cooper, Taijul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Seekkuge Prasanna, Mohammad Sami.
The Rangpur Riders team will be captained by the ace Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. He has players such as Darren Sammy, Sachithra Senanayake, Lendl Simmons, Misbah-ul-Haq, Soumya Sarkar and Wahab Riaz in his side. The other domestic players in the Rangpur Riders team are Arafat Sunny, Jayed-Al-Amin, Mohammad Mithun (wicketkeeper), Abu Jayed, Murad Khan and a few others.
On the other hand, the Mahmudullah Riad-led team Barisal Bulls will be hoping of making a winning start to the tournament. They will be aware that Rangpur’s win over Chittagong Vikings was not very convincing and there still are loopholes which they can use to their benefit. The star overseas players in the squad are Chris Gayle, Kevon Cooper, Mohammad Sami, and Seekkuge Prasanna. There is also Imad Wasim, Rony Talukdar, Mehedi Maruf, Shahriar Nafeez, Sohag Gazi and Suhrawadi Shuvo.
The Rangpur Riders are on the second spot in the points table for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2015, with two points with a win in the opening clash.