Narine and Russell’s all-round present takes Comilla Victorians into last

Comilla Victorians 130 for six (Narine 39, Mosaddek 27*, Rubel 3-33) beat Sylhet Strikers 125 (Shanto 38, Mushfiqur 29, Russell 2-22) by 4 wickets

Defending champions Comilla Victorians made it to their fourth BPL last after trouncing Sylhet Strikers by 4 wickets in Qualifier 1 in Mirpur. Strikers will now face Rangpur Riders, who beat Fortune Barishal within the afternoon’s Eliminator, in Qualifier 2 on Tuesday.

Sylhet would rue lacking three possibilities throughout Comilla’s chase. Mushfiqur Rahim was concerned in all three – dropping two skiers and lacking a stumping. It may have made a distinction.

Shafiqullah Ghafari, the 21-year-old uncapped Afghan, fell to Russell within the second over, earlier than Tanvir ran out the in-form Towhid Hridoy with a direct hit. When Moeen’s further bounce took out Zakir Hasan within the following over, Comilla had Sylhet on the ropes at 16 for 3.

But the pair fell inside eight balls of one another when Mashrafe skied Russell and Shanto was bowled by Tanvir. Tanvir dented them additional by eradicating Ryan Burl on the subsequent ball to make it 78 for six within the eleventh over. Mushfiqur tried to resuscitate the innings however to no avail, as Strikers have been bowled out for a paltry 125 within the 18th over.

Narine gave Comilla a rollicking begin, hitting 4 sixes and three fours in his 18-ball 39. He fell within the fifth over, nevertheless it had an enduring impression regardless of Comilla floundering of their chase. Litton Das had earlier fallen within the fourth over, whereas Johnson Charles and Imrul Kayes could not get going.

There was one other wobble when Moeen and Jakir Ali fell in the identical over however by then the goal was simply 19 runs away. Russell, who was the beneficiary of one in all Mushfiqur’s dropped catches, smashed a few sixes to finish the win within the seventeenth over.