A stunning, dominating performance from the Cobras. They just didn't give their opposition anything with the bat, the ball or in the field.
Kashmir Budapest conceded an impossible target and came out in the second innings with stooping shoulders. The top-order batters showed no intent whatsoever. Instead, it was interesting to see some of them even leaving balls outside the off-stump with the required run-rate at 20.
When they were cleaned up, captain Rifat brought a breath of fresh air by playing his strokes. He found a partner in Masih who hit three sixes too. But once they got out, it was back to the same story of Cobra's bowlers dominating with tight lengths and KBP having no solutions.
They'll have a ton of lessons to take as the Cobras march on.
10
overs
91/6score
1wd
4
4
1wd
6
6
0
0
runs
Rifat Rakibul*
37(21)
Ziaul Saykat
4(3)
Shafaqat Iqbal
0/36
9.6 Shafaqat Iqbal to Rifat Rakibul, GAME, SET and MATCH! It was full and straight and around the line of off stump. The batter didn't get enough on it and it will be a dot ball. The Kashmir Budapest end up with 91/6 in their 10 overs.
9.5 Shafaqat Iqbal to Rifat Rakibul, SIXXX MOREEE!! Two in two and it was a full toss that was hammered over deep square leg by Rakibul.
9.4 Shafaqat Iqbal to Rifat Rakibul, SIXXX!! BIG! It was full and in the slot. Rifat heaves it away over deep mid wicket for a MAXIMUM.
9.3 Shafaqat Iqbal to Rifat Rakibul, FOURRR MOREE!! This time it was short and around the middle stump line. Pulled away in front of square for a boundary.
9.2 Shafaqat Iqbal to Rifat Rakibul, FOURRR!! It was in the slot and down the leg stump line and Rifat ramps it away through the fine leg region for a boundary.
9.1 Shafaqat Iqbal to Rifat Rakibul, full and around the middle stump line. Swing and a miss.
Final over coming up!
9
overs
69/6score
1
1
W
0
0
4
runs
Ziaul Saykat*
4(3)
Rifat Rakibul
17(15)
Adeebuddin-I
1/22
8.6 Adeebuddin to Ziaul Saykat, FOURRR!! It was a low full toss on middle stump. Saykat plays the reverse ramp and he picks up a boundary.
8.5 Adeebuddin to Ziaul Saykat, full toss and outside the line of off stump. Saykat comes down the pitch but misses that one.
8.4 Adeebuddin to Ziaul Saykat, full and around the line of off stump. Swing and a miss from the batter. Dot ball.
Ziaul Sakyat, RHB, comes out
8.3 Adeebuddin to Sajjad Mahmud, GONEEE! It was full and around the line of off stump. Mahmud came down the track and hit it in the air. The fielder at deep cover ran in and took an excellent catch.
Sajjad Mahmud (wk) c Ashutosh Mathur b Adeebuddin 10 (8b, 0x4, 1x6)
8.2 Adeebuddin to Rifat Rakibul, pitched up and around the middle and leg stump line. Hit away into the on side for a single.
8.1 Adeebuddin to Sajjad Mahmud, full and around the line of off stump. Mahmud gets an edge down to third man for a single.
This is now just a matter of formality. The batters' lack of intent despite losing all four points has been telling. Will they change it now? By the way, we had a seventh ball in the previous over which has now been declared invalid.
8
overs
63/5score
1wd
0
1wd
6
1
0
3nb
1
1
runs
Sajjad Mahmud*
9(6)
Rifat Rakibul
16(14)
Shafaqat Iqbal
0/14
7.6 Shafaqat Iqbal to Sajjad Mahmud, pitched up and around the line of off stump. Mahmud hits it down to mid off for a single.
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