First he played an unbeaten innings of 48 runs off 29 balls with the bat. Then he picked up 2 wickets with only 13 runs in 2 overs with the ball in hand. Rajshahi got their second win in the fifth match thanks to Ryan Barle’s all-round skills. On the other hand, Khulna Tigers, who had won two consecutive victories, tasted their first defeat.
Today, Friday (January 10, 2025) afternoon at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Rajshahi batted first and scored 178 runs for 5 wickets. In response, Khulna stopped at 150 runs after losing all wickets in 19.3 overs due to Rajshahi’s controlled bowling and excellent fielding. Rajshahi left the field with a great victory of 28 runs.
Khulna lost wickets at regular intervals due to Rajshahi’s controlled bowling. None of them took hold significantly. It was not possible to win the third consecutive victory. Khulna’s Afif Hossain scored 33 runs with 3 fours and 1 six. It says 30! Mohammad Naeem Sheikh scored 24 runs off 28 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Besides, Mahidul Islam scored 18 runs, Nasum Ahmed scored 18 runs and Imrul Kayes scored 17 runs.
With the ball, Barl of Rajshahi took 2 wickets with 13 runs in 2 overs, Taskin Ahmed took 2 wickets with 30 runs in 3.3 overs and Sohag Ghazi took 2 wickets with 27 runs in 3 overs.
Barl of Rajshahi was the man of the match in all-round skills.
Before that, the opening pair of Mohammad Haris and Zeesan Alam scored 44 runs off 32 balls. After that, Rajshahi quickly lost four wickets. Harris scored 44 runs, Enamul Haque scored 54 runs, SM Mehrab scored 61 runs and Zeeshan Alam scored 67 runs.
Haris scored 27 runs with 4 fours and 1 six and was bowled by Nasum. Enamul returned with 7 runs after falling victim to Nasum. Mehrab was dismissed for 5 runs by Miraj. Mohammad Nawaz returned Zeeshan who scored 23 runs in 3 fours.
Then Yasir and Barl took the lead of the team. In the fifth wicket, the two teams added 88 runs off just 51 balls. Abu Haider Roni broke this pair which became terrible after returning Yasir at the head of 155 runs. Yasir played an innings of 41 runs off 25 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
But Burl could not be dismissed. He remained unbeaten on 48 off 29 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Akbar Ali played an unbeaten innings of 21 runs off just 9 balls with 3 fours and 1 six and took the team’s total to 178.
Nasum of Khulna took 2 wickets with 20 runs in 3 overs. Mohammad Nawaz took 27 in 3 overs, Miraz 26 in 3 overs and Abu Haider took 1 wicket each with 33 runs in 3 overs. Salman Irshad remained wicketless with 38 runs in 4 overs and Hasan Mahmud 33 runs in 4 overs.