Johnson Charles and Litton Das help Comilla Victorians won the Bangladesh Premier League 2023 title.
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The Final Match of the Bangladesh Premier League 2023 was played yesterday between Comilla Victorians vs Sylhet Strikers at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. In which Comilla Victorians beats Sylhet Strikers by 7 wickets and won the Bangladesh Premier League 2023 title.
Comilla Victorians won the toss and invited Sylhet Strikers to bat first, Sylhet Strikers batted first, started the inning not very well, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Towhid Hridoy came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 18 runs in first ball of the 2nd over, Towhid Hridoy dismissed very quickly in without score, next batsman Mashrafe Mortaza came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 4 balls as second wicket in last ball of the third overs, the team score was 26 runs, next batsman Mushfiqur Rahim came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 79 runs with Najmul Hossain Shanto, the third wicket has gone for 105 runs in 12.2 over, Najmul Hossain Shanto dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 1 six and 9 boundaries in just 45 balls, followed by Ryan Burl came to bat and he good strike rotate with Mushfiqur Rahim for a while, the fourth wicket has gone for 134 runs in last ball of the 16th over, Ryan Burl dismissed for 13 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Thisara Perera came to bat and dismissed just in 1 ball in without score as fifth wicket in 16.3 over, the team score was 139 runs, next batsman George Linde came to bat, after few moments he also dismissed just for 9 runs in 6 balls as sixth wicket in 17.4 over, followed by Zakir Hasan came to bat and he also dismissed just for 1 run as seventh wicket in first ball of the final over, the team score was 164 runs, followed by Tanzim Hasan Sakib came to bat and he remains unbeaten without playing any ball with Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mushfiqur Rahim played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 74 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 48 balls. In this way, Sylhet Strikers scored 175 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 176 runs for Comilla Victorians.
Comilla Victorians bowlers Mustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets for 31 runs, Moeen Ali 1 wicket for 31 runs, Sunil Narine 1 wicket for 33 runs, Tanvir Islam 1 wicket for 21 runs in 3 overs, and Andre Russell 1 wicket for 31 runs in 3 overs.
Comilla Victorians chasing 176 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in second ball of the final overs, Comilla Victorians started the inning very well, Litton Das and Sunil Narine came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 27 runs in 2.2 over, Sunil Narine dismissed for 10 runs in 5 balls, next batsman Imrul Kayes came to bat and he dismissed just for 2 runs in 3 balls as second wicket in first ball of the fourth over, the team score was 34 runs, next batsman Johnson Charles came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 70 runs with Litton Das, the third wicket has gone for 104 runs in 12.4 overs, Litton Das dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 55 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 39 balls, followed by Moeen Ali came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Johnson Charles, Moeen Ali played an unbeaten inning of 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 17 balls, and Johnson Charles played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 79 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 7 boundaires in just 52 balls. In this way, Comilla Victorians chased the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 19.2 overs and won the Bangladesh Premier League 2023 title by 7 wickets.
Sylhet Strikers bowlers Rubel Hossain took 2 wickets for 39 runs, and George Linde 1 wicket for 14 runs.
Comilla Victorians batsman Johnson Charles was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 79 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 7 boundaries in just 52 balls.
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