Chattogram Challengers Vs Rangpur Riders 34th Match 16 February 2024

34th T20 • Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium • Chattogram

Rangpur Riders

187/8 (20)

Chattogram Challengers

169/6 (20)

RR won by 18 runs

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Player of the Match Mahedi Hasan

34(17)

2/17

CGC

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Rangpur Riders

187/8 (20)

Batters

Rony Talukdar

131.58

b Shohidul Islam

Reeza Hendricks

36.36

lbw b Shepherd

Brandon King

22.22

c Hasan b Shepherd

Shakib Al Hasan

158.97

c Hasan b Shepherd

Nurul Hasan

55.56

b Sakil

Mahedi Hasan

200.00

b Khan

Jimmy Neesham

166.67

c Bruce b Sakil

Shamim Hossain Patwari

188.89

lbw b Shohidul Islam

Dwaine Pretorius

100.00

Not out

Hasan Mahmud

400.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 10, NB: 1, W: 11)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.35)

187/8

Did not Bat

Hasan Murad

Bowlers

EXT

Bilal Khan

8.75

Salauddin Sakil

9.50

Nihaduzzaman

1.5

8.18

Ziaur Rahman

2.1

13.85

Shohidul Islam

8.00

Romario Shepherd

6.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rony Talukdar

b Shohidul Islam

1-33

4.4

Reeza Hendricks

lbw b Shepherd

2-34

5.1

Brandon King

c Hasan b Shepherd

3-52

7.5

Nurul Hasan

b Sakil

4-71

10.5

Mahedi Hasan

b Khan

5-139

16.3

Jimmy Neesham

c Bruce b Sakil

6-151

17.1

Shakib Al Hasan

c Hasan b Shepherd

7-167

18.3

Shamim Hossain Patwari

lbw b Shohidul Islam

8-179

19.4

Chattogram Challengers

169/6 (20)

Batters

Tanzid Hasan

81.25

c Hasan b Pretorius

Josh Brown

100.00

c & b Pretorius

Shykat Ali

128.57

b Pretorius

Tom Bruce

100.00

c Mahmud b Hasan

Shuvagata Hom

110.53

c Murad b Hasan

Romario Shepherd

220.00

Not out

Ziaur Rahman

100.00

c Hasan b Mahmud

Shohidul Islam

80.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.45)

169/6

Did not Bat

Bilal Khan, Salauddin Sakil, Nihaduzzaman

Bowlers

EXT

Dwaine Pretorius

3.50

Jimmy Neesham

10.50

Hasan Mahmud

10.00

Shakib Al Hasan

7.50

Hasan Murad

8.50

Mahedi Hasan

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Josh Brown

c & b Pretorius

1-5

0.5

Shykat Ali

b Pretorius

2-19

2.3

Tanzid Hasan

c Hasan b Pretorius

3-32

4.6

Shuvagata Hom

c Murad b Hasan

4-77

11.3

Tom Bruce

c Mahmud b Hasan

5-78

11.5

Ziaur Rahman

c Hasan b Mahmud

6-118

16.1

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Feb, 06:30 PM IST

Venue

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram

Match

34th T20,

Bangladesh Premier League

Umpires

Deighton Butler (West Indies), Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh), Tanvir Ahmed (Bangladesh, TV)

Referee

Salim Shahed (Bangladesh)

Toss

Rangpur Riders elected to bat

W 1 1 1 0 1wd 4

Over 17

Runs: 8

0 1 0 0 4 6

Over 18

Runs: 11

1 1wd 6 6 0 6 1wd 1b

Over 19

Runs: 22

2 0 4 0 0 4

Over 20

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Mahedi Hasan

34(17)

2/17

Commentary

We now come to the conclusion of our coverage of the Bangladesh Premier League for the day. The Chattogram Challengers left a bit too much for the back end of the innings - Romario Shepherd had the crowd on their feet, but it was not to be for them. The Rangpur Riders continue on their merry way; having qualified for the playoffs, they'll look to seal a spot in the top two. We'll be back with more BPL coverage tomorrow - keep an eye on our tabs for the same, and a lot more! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty. Good night - see you tomorrow!

Nurul Hasan Sohan, Rangpur Riders captain: Our team is playing really well, and we are looking forward to the next round. We are looking forward to finishing the league stage on a high. The wicket seamed a bit earlier, the way Shakib and Mahedi batted was brilliant for us, and they carried the momentum for us. In the first six overs, Dwaine Pretorius worked for us. We know our abilities with the ball and what the bowlers need to do in situations, remain calm. It was a great game. The business will start now, hope for the best.

Mahedi Hasan is the Player Of The Match! Here's what he has to say: We were struggling initially due to the nature of the wicket, was a bit seamy, helped the pacers. Shakib bhaai batted well, once I went in I played normal cricket. A couple of hits helped me gather momentum. A 100-run partnership the last time and a 50-run partnership today - to have an experienced player like Shakib at the other end makes batting easier, and that was the case with me. I've been bowling fairly well thus far in the tournament, we have a lot of all-rounders in the tournament, and I've been trying to make the most of my opportunities.

Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, Chattogram Challengers captain: Outstanding batting from Shepherd, maybe had we scored a few more the over before that, the situation might have been different. I feel we fielded badly, and were poor with the ball at the death. We gave 20-25 runs more than what we wanted. We started off well with the ball, but couldn't get the breakthroughs towards the back end. Need to utilize the powerplay better to chase totals such as this one. We couldn't do that and lost 3 wickets instead. Shepherd tried in between, but hard luck for us. Was an exciting game, would have felt better to win the game, though.

Rangpur Riders won by 18 runs

Shakib Al Hasan 62/39 | Dwaine Pretorius 3/14(4)
Romario Shepherd 66*(30) | Romario Shepherd 3/27(4)

It turned out to be a rather comprehensive victory for the Rangpur Riders as they restricted the Chattogram Challengers to winning the game by 18 runs. They were never in the run chase losing wickets at regular intervals of the game and the score of 187 proved to be way too much in the end. Dwaine Pretorius wreaked havoc with the new ball and bagged the dangerous Josh Brown in his very first over.

Tanzid Hasan tried to take the attack to the opposition and kept dancing down the track before nicking one straight to the keeper. Shyakat Ali also had a brief outing in the middle and the Challengers were reduced to 32/3 inside the powerplay. Captain Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury and Tom Bruce had to take the onus on them to keep the scoreboard moving. However, they struggled to get the boundaries which kept the required rate soaring up.

Hom scored a 19 ball 21 should Bruce chipped in with a run a ball 24 which wasn't the sort of innings which the Challengers were looking for when the asking rate was 9.50 from the outset. It was Mahedi Hasan who broke the partnership with a double scalp in his opening over. It was Romario Shepherd who finally provided some momentum to the innings by smoking a few lusty blows but still the required rate was a bit too much.

However, he didn't give up hope and kept smashing sixes at will. He kept smoking sixes at will and went on to race to a half-century in just 21 balls. However, it was just a bit too much even for his liking as they eventually felt agonisingly close to the victory target. Dwaine Pretorius was the pick of the bowlers for the Riders bagging three wickets while Mahedi chipped in with a couple. Shepherd was the top scorer for the Challengers with an unbeaten 66 of 30 deliveries which included 5 fours and 6 sixes.

overs

169 /6 score

runs

Romario Shepherd *

66 (30)

Shohidul Islam

4 (5)

Jimmy Neesham

0 /42

19.6 James Neesham to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! Full, just outside off, Shepherd gets right under this one and lofts it over the man at mid off. The Rangpur Riders had a scare or two with Shepherd in the middle, but they clinch this one by 18 runs!

19.5 James Neesham to Romario Shepherd, full, wide outside off, Shepherd, having ambled down the wicket, looked to slice it over cover, missed

19.4 James Neesham to Romario Shepherd, banged in short just outside off, Shepherd looks to pull at it, meets thin air instead

19.3 James Neesham to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! Full, outside off stump, Shepherd has a swing at it, gets a thick outside edge, the ball flies over the man at short third and makes its way to the boundary

19.2 James Neesham to Romario Shepherd, full, down leg, this one just about clips Shepherd's pads and travels to the left of Nurul, who does well to gather

19.1 James Neesham to Romario Shepherd, full, on the pads, clipped towards the deep square region. Shepherd was always going to return for the second - he does. 27 off 5...

James Neesham [3-0-32-0] is back into the attack.

Can you believe it? Romario Shepherd has somehow kept the Challengers in with an outside chance. Three massive sixes in that over which brought the equation to 29 required of the final over. Shepherd has certainly turned it on but it could be a bit too much in the final over.

overs

159 /6 score

1wd

runs

Romario Shepherd *

56 (24)

Shohidul Islam

4 (5)

Hasan Mahmud

1 /49

18.6 Hasan Mahmud to Romario Shepherd, full outside off, Shepherd has a wild swing at it and misses. Good awareness from Shohidul, he calls his partner through for a bye. 29 needed off the last over!

18.6 Hasan Mahmud to Romario Shepherd, wide, sprayed past the tramline as Mahmud tries the wide yorker. Almost off the pitch, this one

How big was that hit? Was a full toss but was it over the waist? Shepherd has absolutely leathered this. That was just dipping and Shepherd goes many a mile.

18.5 Hasan Mahmud to Romario Shepherd, SIX! This one's on the second tier! Hasan misses the yorker by a long way - he dishes out a high full toss on middle. Shepherd has a wild swing at it, gets all of it, and the ball flies deep into the stands at mid wicket!

18.4 Hasan Mahmud to Romario Shepherd, banged in short, Shepherd refrains from pulling at it. Too quick for him, that!

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