Comilla Victorians 170 for 6 (Kayes 52, Sunny 2-29) beat Rangpur Riders 162 for 8 (Shahzad 45, Rashid 3-13) by eight runs
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Imrul Kayes hit seven fours and two sixes in his 35-ball 52 © BCB
Rangpur Riders fell short by eight runs to effectively hinge on a favour from Dhaka Dynamites in the final BPL league fixture on Sunday evening. But Mahmudullah’s half-century meant Rangpur were left to rue a batting collapse that cut short their tournament; Comilla Victorians signed off with a consolation win.
Ziaur Rahman waged a fightback to make an unbeaten 21-ball 38, but it wasn’t enough. Mohammad Shahzad did a bulk of the scoring initially – he made 45 of Rangpur’s 57 runs. But the loss of four wickets in the process hampered their chase.
When Rashid Khan, the Afghanistan legspinner, had his hero Shahid Afridi stumped off a googly for a 19-ball 38, Rangpur were all but out of the contest. Rashid was the best bowler on the night, taking 3 for 13 off his four overs.
Earlier, Comilla werre driven by an 88-run stand in just 10.2 overs between Imrul Kayes and Khalid Latif. Imrul brought up his first fifty this season; he made 52 off just 35 balls with seven fours and two sixes, while Latif struck 43, before the middle order stumbled to ensure they finished with far less than they should have got.
For Rangpur, Arafat Sunny and Rubel Hossain took two wickets apiece while Afridi had one.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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