In the third match of the Bangladesh Premier League, two title contenders Fortune Barisal and Rangpur Riders faced each other yesterday. The fans of both teams have witnessed some great moments in this match. Considering the strength of the team, Rangpur Riders are ahead in this match but they failed to perform well on the field. On the other hand, Tamim Iqbal's Fortune Barisal started the Bangladesh Premier League with a good team performance by winning against Rangpur.
Rangpur Riders have made the strongest squad in this year's Bangladesh Premier League. The team has recruited more foreign famous stars in the team. Pakistani batting sensation Babar Azam, West Indies powerhouse Nicholas Pooran and Brendon King, Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi and Omarzai, and many others will play for Rangpur Riders as foreign recruits. On the other hand, the world's best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, wicketkeeper batsman Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shamim Patwari, pacer Hasan Mahmud and many others are representing Rangpur as domestic players!
On the other hand, the team of Barisal is not less in any part! The Barisal team has formed a balanced team in all aspects. All three of Bangladesh's well-known five Pandavas are representing Barisal this time. Apart from them, the team includes Soumya Sarkar and Mahedi Hasan Miraz as native players. On the other hand, Pakistani star Shoaib Malik, West Indies star Shei Hope, and Afghanistan's dashing opener Najibullah Zadran have entered the field as foreign players.
Yesterday's match between Fortune Barisal and Rangpur Riders was held at Mirpur National Cricket Stadium. Barisal captain Tamim Iqbal Khan won the toss and decided to bowl at the beginning of this match. Two openers Brendon King and Rony Talukder came to open for Rangpur at the invitation of Tamim. But these two openers failed to give Rangpur a good start. Two openers got out for only 14 runs and made their way to the pavilion.
The team's top-order batsmen also failed after the opening. Rangpur Riders lost the first five wickets in the team's 65 runs after the batting disaster. However, Rangpur's innings stopped at 134 runs after losing nine wickets at the end of the 20 over set by Shamim Hossain and Sheikh Mahedi. Pacer Khaled Adamed took a maximum of four wickets with the ball for Barisal. Mehdi Hasan Miraz picked up two wickets.
Barisal got off to a good start in response to Rangpur's 135 runs. The team scored 65+ runs after losing two wickets in the first eight overs Tamim Iqbal Khan returned to the field after a long time and gave an innings with an important 35 runs. Later, the Barisal team won by five wickets with the contribution of Mahedi Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shoaib Malik, and Mahmudullah. Such a win against a strong team like Rangpur in the very first match of the season will undoubtedly increase Barisal's confidence many times over!
