Bahrain Vs Vanuatu
The 9th match of Malaysia Open T20 Championship between Bahrain and Vanuatu is underway. Bahrain won the toss and decided to bat first. Bahrain played the allotted overs and took 166 runs for 4 wickets. Sohail Ahmed played a brilliant innings unbeaten with 71 off 51 balls. Ahmer Bin Nasir also scored 51 runs. Vanuatu will be batting soon, I don't think they will be able to chase this huge target of 167 runs. Bahrain from Vanuatu is a very strong team they have played three matches in the tournament so far winning three. Bahrain is expected to enter the final directly by winning today's match as well.
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Bangladesh played super worst with Sri Lanka in today's 3rd T20I match. Bd won the toss and opted filed. And Sri Lanka slowly made good runs. Although Sri Lanka didn't play well at all. Most of players out with lower runs. Only Kusal Mendis made 86 runs from 55 bowls what helped Sri Lanka lots to made total 174-7 runs. It was supposed to be bd can win easily but unfortunately Bangladesh did worst today. They have lost 6 wickets in 32-6 runs. Top batsman and all rounds are also failed here. Luckily bowler Rishad Hossain did half century and bowler Taskin Ahmed did 31 runs. Otherwise bd was supposed to all out within 50 runs. Well congrats Sri Lanka
If Bangladesh performs well in one match or wins, then performs poorly in the next several matches, it is already known as a supporter of Bangladesh, so there is no point in expressing regret about this. Soumya Sarkar has consistently performed poorly in this T20I series so the team management should have left her on the bench for today's match and given someone else a chance but that didn't happen. Overall, one of the reasons for Bangladesh's defeat in today's match is the failure of the top order batsmen. While players like Risad Hossain played an outstanding innings of 53 off 30 balls and Taskin Ahmed played an outstanding innings the top order batsmen performed poorly in this match.
Karachi Kings team is performing very well towards the last. The Karachi Kings team had a poor start and ended up at the bottom of the points table, but they have improved themselves over a long period of time and are currently ranked fifth in the points table. Although they have won only four games out of nine matches, they are a little behind because of less wins in more matches. At least they don't have much chance so if they can perform very well in the few matches ahead then I think they will definitely get a chance to play the semi-final match.
Yes you are right I also think Karachi Kings have done a great job of improving their season. Even though they started slowly in the beginning and they have moved up in the rankings and are now just close to reaching the semifinals. They have working hard to get better and it is working. If they will keep play well in the next matches they have good chance of making for the semifinals. If they will do more effors so this will be exciting to see how they will do in the upcoming matches and if they can make it to the playoffs.
Last few WPL games have been really entertaining, yesterday MI required 70 of 26 balls at one point then Kaur played a match winning knock of 95 of 48 balls, just a shy 5 runs of century, would have loved to see her make century as I haven't seen anyone making century in WPL.
From GG's side, Mooney has been consistent, made 66 runs of 35 balls while Hemalatha played an excellent knock of 74 of 40 balls.
I wanted GG to win this match so they would stay in the competition for finale (they still have chance but it's much harder now), but oh well Kaur played really good and took win out of GG's hands, some freebie full tosses from GG bowlers made it easier too.
From GG's side, Mooney has been consistent, made 66 runs of 35 balls while Hemalatha played an excellent knock of 74 of 40 balls.
I wanted GG to win this match so they would stay in the competition for finale (they still have chance but it's much harder now), but oh well Kaur played really good and took win out of GG's hands, some freebie full tosses from GG bowlers made it easier too.
If Bangladesh performs well in one match or wins, then performs poorly in the next several matches, it is already known as a supporter of Bangladesh, so there is no point in expressing regret about this. Soumya Sarkar has consistently performed poorly in this T20I series so the team management should have left her on the bench for today's match and given someone else a chance but that didn't happen.
Overall, one of the reasons for Bangladesh's defeat in today's match is the failure of the top order batsmen. While players like Risad Hossain played an outstanding innings of 53 off 30 balls and Taskin Ahmed played an outstanding innings the top order batsmen performed poorly in this match.
It is to be seen that there will be a steady improvement of Bangladeshi cricket, yet they have not been able to keep their performance steady, after a win they see failure again in the rest of the matches. Today, Bangladesh performed well in the bowling department but their batting department failed completely, especially the top order collapsed completely. Bangladesh went on the backfoot after losing three wickets in an over, gifting a hat-trick to the top-order batsmen, which is the kind of performance we have seen from Bangladesh before. Overall, one of the reasons for Bangladesh's defeat in today's match is the failure of the top order batsmen. While players like Risad Hossain played an outstanding innings of 53 off 30 balls and Taskin Ahmed played an outstanding innings the top order batsmen performed poorly in this match.
I salute the fans of Bangladesh cricket team, they continue to support their team even after seeing so many failures and in every game, their supporters come to the stadium and support Bangladesh cricket team.
Especially Soumya Sarkar has performed so badly in these three T20 matches that it is not worth revealing. If Liton Das performs well in one match, he does not perform well in the next several matches.
Today's match was a do or die match for Bangladesh but I don't understand how the top order batsmen accepted this challenge. So how can I understand that Bangladesh Premier League is nothing but a waste of our people's money.
Bangladeshi cricket fans basically love cricket deeply and even though Bangladesh has lost hundreds of times, Bangladeshi fans never get bored and do not support other countries. This is where a unique quality of Bangladeshi fans emerges.
Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings
Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
Well Lahore shown a great performance especially from thier batting side which were mostly create trouble for them at this season because some of this quality batter unable to even score a handsome runs and lose his wickets too early that things mount pressure on them as a result thier middle order collapse but today things were completely changed they scored brilliant but unfortunately today Thier bowling were not upto the mark and runied their entire planing, hardwork and dedication. Anyway things are going more and more spicy in last stage because just Multan and Peshawar has qualified while there is race between three of them (Islamabad, Karachi, Quetta) to fill thier places in playoff. Anyway congratulations to Lahore for ending his season journey (lol) 😂Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
Karachi Kings team is performing very well towards the last. The Karachi Kings team had a poor start and ended up at the bottom of the points table, but they have improved themselves over a long period of time and are currently ranked fifth in the points table. Although they have won only four games out of nine matches, they are a little behind because of less wins in more matches. At least they don't have much chance so if they can perform very well in the few matches ahead then I think they will definitely get a chance to play the semi-final match.
If Bangladesh performs well in one match or wins, then performs poorly in the next several matches, it is already known as a supporter of Bangladesh, so there is no point in expressing regret about this. Soumya Sarkar has consistently performed poorly in this T20I series so the team management should have left her on the bench for today's match and given someone else a chance but that didn't happen.
Overall, one of the reasons for Bangladesh's defeat in today's match is the failure of the top order batsmen. While players like Risad Hossain played an outstanding innings of 53 off 30 balls and Taskin Ahmed played an outstanding innings the top order batsmen performed poorly in this match.
It is to be seen that there will be a steady improvement of Bangladeshi cricket, yet they have not been able to keep their performance steady, after a win they see failure again in the rest of the matches. Today, Bangladesh performed well in the bowling department but their batting department failed completely, especially the top order collapsed completely. Bangladesh went on the backfoot after losing three wickets in an over, gifting a hat-trick to the top-order batsmen, which is the kind of performance we have seen from Bangladesh before. Overall, one of the reasons for Bangladesh's defeat in today's match is the failure of the top order batsmen. While players like Risad Hossain played an outstanding innings of 53 off 30 balls and Taskin Ahmed played an outstanding innings the top order batsmen performed poorly in this match.
I salute the fans of Bangladesh cricket team, they continue to support their team even after seeing so many failures and in every game, their supporters come to the stadium and support Bangladesh cricket team.
Nepal Vs Hong Kong
The only T20 match of the Hong Kong Friendship Cup faced off Nepal and Hong Kong. Nepal won the toss and elected to bowl first. Hong Kong scored 45 runs in the power play but lost two wickets. It looked like their score would be between 180 and 90, but Aizaz Khan & Hayat put on a 38-ball 95-run partnership go to Hong Kong at 212. Hayat in particular played a brilliant innings of 110 runs off 49 balls with 13 six and three fours. Nepal got off to a good start as they set a target of 213 runs. After team's 117-run, Rohit Paudel's out for the third wicket, no batsman could convert the runs into double digits. Nepal lost 7 wickets to get the next 22 runs, they were all out for 139 runs. Hong Kong won by a big margin of 73 runs.
Today in Nepal team vs Hong Kong game, Nepal team won toss and they got a chance to take first bat or bowl and Nepal team selected for bowling in field. Hong Kong team set 212 runs target in 20 target and in these overs this target was too big. Nepal team easily lost this game because their team did not chase this target and lost this game by 73 runs which was big margin. B.Hayat from Hong Kong team player completed century and also got a player of game award due to his effort. A.Rath also played well and scored 39 runs in 32 balls with three 4s and two 6s. Also Hong Kong bowlers showed brilliant struggle like A.Khan took down 4 wickets in 3.4 which was so good. Congratulations Hong Kong The only T20 match of the Hong Kong Friendship Cup faced off Nepal and Hong Kong. Nepal won the toss and elected to bowl first. Hong Kong scored 45 runs in the power play but lost two wickets. It looked like their score would be between 180 and 90, but Aizaz Khan & Hayat put on a 38-ball 95-run partnership go to Hong Kong at 212. Hayat in particular played a brilliant innings of 110 runs off 49 balls with 13 six and three fours. Nepal got off to a good start as they set a target of 213 runs. After team's 117-run, Rohit Paudel's out for the third wicket, no batsman could convert the runs into double digits. Nepal lost 7 wickets to get the next 22 runs, they were all out for 139 runs. Hong Kong won by a big margin of 73 runs.
Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings
Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
Well Lahore shown a great performance especially from thier batting side which were mostly create trouble for them at this season because some of this quality batter unable to even score a handsome runs and lose his wickets too early that things mount pressure on them as a result thier middle order collapse but today things were completely changed they scored brilliant but unfortunately today Thier bowling were not upto the mark and runied their entire planing, hardwork and dedication. Anyway things are going more and more spicy in last stage because just Multan and Peshawar has qualified while there is race between three of them (Islamabad, Karachi, Quetta) to fill thier places in playoff. Anyway congratulations to Lahore for ending his season journey (lol) 😂 Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
Bangladesh played super worst with Sri Lanka in today's 3rd T20I match. Bd won the toss and opted filed. And Sri Lanka slowly made good runs. Although Sri Lanka didn't play well at all. Most of players out with lower runs. Only Kusal Mendis made 86 runs from 55 bowls what helped Sri Lanka lots to made total 174-7 runs. It was supposed to be bd can win easily but unfortunately Bangladesh did worst today. They have lost 6 wickets in 32-6 runs. Top batsman and all rounds are also failed here. Luckily bowler Rishad Hossain did half century and bowler Taskin Ahmed did 31 runs. Otherwise bd was supposed to all out within 50 runs. Well congrats Sri Lanka
If Bangladesh performs well in one match or wins, then performs poorly in the next several matches, it is already known as a supporter of Bangladesh, so there is no point in expressing regret about this. Soumya Sarkar has consistently performed poorly in this T20I series so the team management should have left her on the bench for today's match and given someone else a chance but that didn't happen. Overall, one of the reasons for Bangladesh's defeat in today's match is the failure of the top order batsmen. While players like Risad Hossain played an outstanding innings of 53 off 30 balls and Taskin Ahmed played an outstanding innings the top order batsmen performed poorly in this match.
Bangladesh played super worst with Sri Lanka in today's 3rd T20I match. Bd won the toss and opted filed. And Sri Lanka slowly made good runs. Although Sri Lanka didn't play well at all. Most of players out with lower runs. Only Kusal Mendis made 86 runs from 55 bowls what helped Sri Lanka lots to made total 174-7 runs. It was supposed to be bd can win easily but unfortunately Bangladesh did worst today. They have lost 6 wickets in 32-6 runs. Top batsman and all rounds are also failed here. Luckily bowler Rishad Hossain did half century and bowler Taskin Ahmed did 31 runs. Otherwise bd was supposed to all out within 50 runs. Well congrats Sri Lanka
After the loss of an early wicket, Lahore batters did well to give their team a good start. Fakhar and Abdullah played beautifully for their respective fifties. Lahore's middle order struggled again today. Thanks to Wiese and Sikandar Raza, they get to a respectable total. Shaheen Afridi promoting himself up the order is a non-sense decision, especially when you have hitters like Wiese and Sikandar in the batting lineup, and it did backfire, and Lahore lost the momentum. Karachi bowlers did well in the middle overs, but they were a bit expensive in the death over.
Karachi started well, particularly James Vince; he put the pressure back on the Lahore bowling lineup. At the moment, KK are 107/3 in 13 overs, and they need another 71 runs in 7 overs. A couple of wickets here might change the game in Lahore's favour. The chase won't be easy for Karachi from here onward because they will no longer have the services of Pollard. A thriller is loading.
While Karachi Kings chasing this target of 178 veteran Shoaib Malik hit last ball four to Zaman Khan for keeping hopes alive as now they are having 8 points from their 9 games for the play-offs this was really entertaining match between two rivals in PSL where Lahore Qalandars are having worst ever time after playing 8 games they have only 3 points, and they are set for ending at the bottom of the league table after having worst ever performance in presence of the Shaheen and Rauf which is already out of the event with injury.Karachi started well, particularly James Vince; he put the pressure back on the Lahore bowling lineup. At the moment, KK are 107/3 in 13 overs, and they need another 71 runs in 7 overs. A couple of wickets here might change the game in Lahore's favour. The chase won't be easy for Karachi from here onward because they will no longer have the services of Pollard. A thriller is loading.
Vince and Seifert have good opening stand which help their team for having good end of this match and Shoaib Malik complete the job for his team as he hits 27 runs on 17 balls now they have their last game against Peshawar Zalmi which is already in play-offs.
Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka batted first and scored 174 runs in the allotted overs. Kusal Mendis' brilliant performance helped the team reach 174 runs. He was dismissed for 85 off 55 balls, missing the century by 15 runs.
To be honest Bangladesh played worst ever cricket especially at N. Thushara third over where they lose his important three wickets at single over and I think that's the Turing point for them because pressure were start mounting on them in huge at that's point and dominance were also shifted toward Thier opponent otherwise they have decent squad whose able to chased down required target but unfortunately due to such disaster situation they unable to divert results in thier favour which cost them not only single match defeat but entire series too by 2-1 against sirilanka. Anyway just Mendis played magnificent while from Bangladesh rather than Hossain none of other player able to scored decent and thus loss the matchSri Lanka batted first and scored 174 runs in the allotted overs. Kusal Mendis' brilliant performance helped the team reach 174 runs. He was dismissed for 85 off 55 balls, missing the century by 15 runs.
After losing four wickets for just 15 runs, it was impossible for Bangladesh to win this match. The pitch was batting friendly. I would not say that Sri Lanka have given a very big target. A target of 175 runs cannot be called a big target on this pitch. However, Bangladesh failed to win the match due to the poor performance of Bangladesh's top order.
Apart from Liton Das, four of Bangladesh's first 5 batsmen have been sent to the dressing room by Nuwan Thushara. He bowled brilliantly in the power play. And that's why Sri Lanka got a very easy win. In the first 5 overs, Bangladesh collected only 23 runs after losing 4 wickets, and after 10 overs, Bangladesh managed to collect only 42 runs. The Sri Lankan bowlers bowled very controlled at the start of the innings.
Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka batted first and scored 174 runs in the allotted overs. Kusal Mendis' brilliant performance helped the team reach 174 runs. He was dismissed for 85 off 55 balls, missing the century by 15 runs.
To be honest Bangladesh played worst ever cricket especially at N. Thushara third over where they lose his important three wickets at single over and I think that's the Turing point for them because pressure were start mounting on them in huge at that's point and dominance were also shifted toward Thier opponent otherwise they have decent squad whose able to chased down required target but unfortunately due to such disaster situation they unable to divert results in thier favour which cost them not only single match defeat but entire series too by 2-1 against sirilanka. Anyway just Mendis played magnificent while from Bangladesh rather than Hossain none of other player able to scored decent and thus loss the matchSri Lanka batted first and scored 174 runs in the allotted overs. Kusal Mendis' brilliant performance helped the team reach 174 runs. He was dismissed for 85 off 55 balls, missing the century by 15 runs.
Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
After the loss of an early wicket, Lahore batters did well to give their team a good start. Fakhar and Abdullah played beautifully for their respective fifties. Lahore's middle order struggled again today. Thanks to Wiese and Sikandar Raza, they get to a respectable total. Shaheen Afridi promoting himself up the order is a non-sense decision, especially when you have hitters like Wiese and Sikandar in the batting lineup, and it did backfire, and Lahore lost the momentum. Karachi bowlers did well in the middle overs, but they were a bit expensive in the death over.
Karachi started well, particularly James Vince; he put the pressure back on the Lahore bowling lineup. At the moment, KK are 107/3 in 13 overs, and they need another 71 runs in 7 overs. A couple of wickets here might change the game in Lahore's favour. The chase won't be easy for Karachi from here onward because they will no longer have the services of Pollard. A thriller is loading.
Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka
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Today third final game was finished and also this three matches competition ended which was among two squads Bangladesh squad against Sri Lanka squad. Before this match, this competition was tied and both emerged victory in single match. But in third match, Sri Lanka squad defeated Bangladesh squad with impressive performance. Bangladesh squad did not achieved given target of Sei Lanka squad total 174 scores which seem very challenging target in 20 overs. Sri Lanka squad beater all batter of Bangladesh squad at 146 scores and Nuwan Thushara bowler was almost wiped out half squad 5 batter wickets in just 4 overs his performance was fantastic. Wanindu Hasaranga bowler also cleared out 2 batter wickets and I'm batting Inning, only Kusal Mendis performance was impressive and collected 86 scores off 55 deliveries. [.....]
The third and final T20 match of the three-match T20 series was the final match for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to join the series and in that final match, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh and won the T20 series at home. I did not know what to do after seeing the game of Bangladesh's opening batsmen today, as if the Sri Lankan bowlers were giving wickets to the bowlers when they bowled. The way the Bangladeshi batsmen were batting seemed like they had a lot of stars and they needed to finish the match quickly. Perhaps from the first 16 runs to the first twenty runs, Bangladesh lost four wickets from then on, Bangladesh continued to lose wickets, although a good partnership was formed towards the end, but the partnership could not lead the team to victory.
Sri Lanka won the first match but Bangladesh made a good comeback in the series by winning the second T20I. Today game was the decider match in a sense that winner will also clinch the series. Kusal Mendis came as opener and stayed till 17th over and scored 86 runs with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. Apart from Kusal Mendis there is no other batsmen who was able to challenge Bangladeshi bowlers. Bangladesh response was not good as they kept losing wickets and no one stayed on the crease to score runs apart from Rishad Hossain.
Bangladesh top order should be embarassed of themselves. Their tail-enders helped them save face when it looked like they would lose by a huge margin at one point thanks to some excellent bowling by Thushara.
Sri Lanka ended up on top on Bangladesh turf thanks to some great performances by certain newbies. This series win could motivate them for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
In the last T20 match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Sri Lankan team's Nuwan Thusara's amazing bowling spell made the batting of Bangladesh go down. Nuwan Thusara dismissed Bangladesh's best batsmen in three consecutive balls in today's match including Nazmul Hossain Shanto Tawheed Hriday and Mahmudullah Riyad.In this match, he scored a hat-trick and was able to win the T20 series for his team. However Bangladesh's leg spin bowler Rishad Hossain's batting was excellent as he completed his first T20 career half-century today. Sri Lanka ended up on top on Bangladesh turf thanks to some great performances by certain newbies. This series win could motivate them for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.
After the loss of an early wicket, Lahore batters did well to give their team a good start. Fakhar and Abdullah played beautifully for their respective fifties. Lahore's middle order struggled again today. Thanks to Wiese and Sikandar Raza, they get to a respectable total. Shaheen Afridi promoting himself up the order is a non-sense decision, especially when you have hitters like Wiese and Sikandar in the batting lineup, and it did backfire, and Lahore lost the momentum. Karachi bowlers did well in the middle overs, but they were a bit expensive in the death over.
Karachi started well, particularly James Vince; he put the pressure back on the Lahore bowling lineup. At the moment, KK are 107/3 in 13 overs, and they need another 71 runs in 7 overs. A couple of wickets here might change the game in Lahore's favour. The chase won't be easy for Karachi from here onward because they will no longer have the services of Pollard. A thriller is loading.
Bangladesh top order should be embarassed of themselves. Their tail-enders helped them save face when it looked like they would lose by a huge margin at one point thanks to some excellent bowling by Thushara.
Sri Lanka ended up on top on Bangladesh turf thanks to some great performances by certain newbies. This series win could motivate them for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka ended up on top on Bangladesh turf thanks to some great performances by certain newbies. This series win could motivate them for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
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