Will Jacks of England and Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman have ended the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2022 with the most runs and wickets respectively.  Jacks’ BPL ended in the qualifier while Mustafizur ended up being one of the members of the champions Comilla Victorians. In the final against Barishal, Mustafizur played an important role for the Victorians conceding only six runs in the 19th over.  Read: Comilla Victorians lift BPL title in a thrilling final Jacks scored 414 runs in 11 innings with four fifties with the highest of 92 not out while Mustafizur bagged 19 wickets in 11 matches with the best bowling figure of five wickets conceding 27 runs.  A total of four centuries have been notched up in this BPL, and those were hit by Lindle Simmons, Tamim Iqbal, Andre Fletcher, and Faf du Plessis. The highest innings was 116 by Simmons. And the best bowling was Mustafizur 5 for 27.  There was only one innings in BPL exceeding the 200-run mark. Chattogram Challengers posted 202 against Sylhet Sunrisers in Chattogram.  The biggest win was by 65 runs— Comilla beat Khulna by this margin in Dhaka on February 11.  Read: BPL 2022: Narine, Moeen propel Comilla to 151 in final Top five batters:  Will Jacks, Chattogram Challengers (414 runs), Andre Fletcher, Khulna Tigers (410), Tamim Iqbal, Minister Group Dhaka (407), Colin Ingram, Sylhet Sunrisers (333), and Faf du Plessis, Comilla Victorians (295).  Top five bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Comilla Victorians (19 wickets), Dwayne Bravo, Fortune Barishal (18), Shakib Al Hasan, Fortune Barishal (16), Tanvir Islam, Comilla Victorians (16), Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Chattogram Challengers (15).

Comilla Victorians won the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2022 title beating Fortune Barishal by one run in the nail-biting final on Friday in Mirpur. In the last two overs, Barishal needed 16 runs, but they fell short of one run. In the 19th over, Mustafizur Rahman conceded only six runs and bagged one wicket.  In the last over, Shohidul Islam defended nine runs despite a wide ball and a dropped catch by Tanvir Islam. Read: BPL 2022 in numbers: Jacks scores most runs, Mustafizur bags most wickets Towhid Hridoy and Mujeeb Ur Rahman failed to score 10 runs in the last over. Five of the last six balls were played by Towhid who scored only five runs.  Before the last two overs by Mustafizur and Shohidul, Sunil Narine gave only two runs off the 18th over which made the finishing tough for Barishal. They never were able to come up from that damage done by Narine.  While chasing a challenging target of 152 runs, Barishal failed to have a good start as they lost Munim Shariar for a duck. The right-handed batter has done well in previous games. However, in the second wicket stand, Chris Gayle and Shykat Ali posted 74 runs, which set a great foundation for the Fortune Barishal. Shykat, who was playing only the fourth match in this BPL, hit a 26-ball fifty. He ended up on 58 with 11 fours and one six.  After Shykat’s removal, Nurul Hasan joined Gayle in the crease but failed to prove his mettle once again scoring only 14. Gayle remained firm at the other end of the wicket but was unable to do much of what he is expected from the fans.  Gayle ended his last innings of this BPL on 33 off 31 balls with a four and two sixes with 45 runs were needed off 43 balls. Najmul Hossain Shanto was required to do something to chase down this target, but they failed. 

In the final of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Comilla Victorians posted 151 for nine against Fortune Barishal on Friday at Mirpur.  Sunil Narine hit 57 off 23 with five fours and five sixes while Moeen Ali scored 38 off 32 for the Victorians. Despite losing regular wickets, Victorians were able to post a challenging total riding on the batting of these two.  Read: BPL 2022 final: Can Shakib guide Barishal to maiden title Three of the top four— Liton Das, Faf du Plessis, Mahmudul Hasan Joy— failed to reach a double-digit score.  In 2.5 overs, Comilla posted 40 thanks to Narine’s outstanding batting display. The first-wicket stand was broken by Shakib Al Hasan. The Barishal captain came to bowl in the third over of the innings and removed Liton for four.  In the sixth over, Mehedi Hasan Rana removed Narine for 57. Mehedi started the over conceding a six. But he managed to recover and remove Narine. Najmul Hossain Shanto took a great catch in the deep.  Imrul Kayes, the struggling captain of Comilla, failed with the bat once again scoring 12 off 12. He was removed by Dwayne Bravo— the bowler who helped Barishal to come to the final playing so well throughout the event.  Read: Comilla Victorians to meet Fortune Barishal in BPL 2022 Final Abu Hider Rony scored 12 playing 27 balls. He helped Comilla to play all of the stipulated overs.  For Barishal, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Shafiqul Islam scalped two wickets each while Shakib, Bravo and Mehedi bagged one wicket each.  Barishal need to score 152 to lift the title of BPL for the first time. 

Chattogram Challengers posted a challenging total of 189 for 5 in 20 overs in the Eliminator of the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) against Khulna Tigers on Monday at Mirpur. Chadwick Walton hit an unbeaten 89 with seven fours and as many as sixes while Kennar Lewis and Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored 39 and 36 respectively for Chattogram. Read: Galleries to open for BPL play-offs, but not for all They lost Zakir Hasan and Afif Hossain early, but the other batter displayed some decent cricket to post a big total. For Khulna, Khaled Ahmed bagged two wickets while Nabil Samad, Ruyel Miah and Mahedi Hasan took one wicket each. The winner of this match will advance to the second Qualifier and will take on the loser of the first Qualifier which will be played between Fortune Barishal and Comilla Victorians this evening. And the loser of this match will be eliminated from the race. Read: BPL 2022 Playoffs: Qualified Teams, Match Schedules BCB has allowed a small number of spectators in the play-off phase which included a total of four matches. The final of this year’s BPL will take place on February 18 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

The play-off phase of the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is all set to begin from Monday when the Eliminator and the first Qualifier matches will take place in Mirpur. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said a small number of spectators will be allowed to enjoy these matches live from the gallery of the stadium. Read: BPL 2022 Qualifier 1: Fortune Barishal vs Comilla Victorians Preview, Team News Due to the recent surge of the new strain of Covid-19, the authority had decided against allowing the spectators to enter the stadium to curb the spread of the virus. But the new decision came as the cases of the virus started declining in recent days. According to the media wing of BCB, only a few thousand spectators will be allowed and they will get the tickets from the participating teams.  “The spectators will get the tickets from the participating teams,” Tanvir Ahmed, the chairman of the media department of BCB, told the media on Sunday. “Only three to four thousand spectators will be allowed to enter the stadium, and they will have to maintain the social distance and show the certificates of vaccination in order to be allowed to the stadium,” he said. Read: BPL 2022 Playoffs: Qualified Teams, Match Schedules BCB has initially thought to sell tickets in a conventional way, but that could trigger people to come out in crowds for tickets and spread the virus. Keeping it in mind, BCB opted to provide tickets to the teams so that they can give those to their fans and other stakeholders.  Tanvir has also added that the number of spectators might increase during the home series against Afghanistan if the virus situation improves. The three-match ODI and two-match T20I series against Afghanistan will be held in Chattogram and Dhaka.

Comilla Victorians beat Khulna Tigers by 65 runs on Friday in Dhaka when the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) resumed after  a day's recess. With this defeat, Khulna’s chance to move to the next phase of the event became slim.  They will now have to win their next match against the same team, Comilla Victorians, and wait for Chattogram Challengers’ defeat to Sylhet Sunrisers. Read: BPL 2022: Comilla book a play-off berth beating Sylhet If Khulna beat Comilla in their last league match, and Chattogram beat Sylhet, and at the same time, Minister Group Dhaka failed to win against Fortune Barishal, both Khulna and Chattogram will qualify for the next phase. But if Dhaka beat Barishal, only one of Khulna and Chattogram will qualify for the next phase, and only if they win their last respective matches.  And Comilla, who had ensured a play-off berth earlier, cemented their place in the top-two in the league phase of the event along with Fortune Barishal.  Khulna needed to score 189 to win this match. But they never were in the race to win it as their batters failed to come up with an appropriate response.  Only two Comilla batters have passed the 20-run mark.  Two of their top five batters suffered a duck each— Rony Talukdar and Mushfiqur Rahim, and the other three- Andre Fletcher, Soumya Sarkar and Yasir Ali- have also failed to do well.  They eventually tumbled for 123 for all wickets in 19.3 and suffered a big defeat.  Abu Hider Rony, the left-arm pacer, bagged three wickets conceding 19 runs while Nahidul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Moeen Ali scalped two wickets each to ensure a big win for the Victorians.  Earlier, Moeen guided the Victorians to post a huge total of 188 for six in 20 overs. Along with him, Liton Das and Faf du Plessis have also done well with the bat scoring 41 and 38 respectively.  Read: BPL 2022: Barishal eliminate Sylhet, enter play-offs first Liton ensured a flying start for the Victorians hitting three sixes and four fours off just 17 balls to score 41 at a strike rate exceeding 240. At one point, the right-handed batter looked so strong to hit a fifty, but he eventually could not do that.  It was a brilliant catch behind the wicket by the veteran wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim. He was airborne while taking the catch jumping on his right side and protecting the ball with his left hand. It was one of the best catches he picked up in this edition of BPL.  Moeen came to bat on at five and smashed 75 off just 35 balls with nine big sixes. Khulna had no clue to stop the Englishman. In the 13th over of their innings, Moeen smashed Mahedi Hasan for three sixes. Sri Lankan allrounder Thisara Perera was also smashed for six thrice by Moeen.  Perera was the best bowler of Khulna taking two wickets conceding 28 in three overs while Khaled Ahmed, Nabil Samad, Mahedi, and Soumya Sarkar bagged one wicket each. Mahedi spent 40 runs in his stipulated four overs.

Despite a well-composed and unbeaten 73 of Tamim Iqbal, Minister Group Dhaka lost to Chattogram Challengers on Tuesday in Sylhet in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).  Dhaka needed to score 9 from the last six balls bowled by Mrittunjoy Chowdhury. Dhaka failed to do so despite a wide and a no-ball from the left-arm pacer. And subsequently, Dhaka failed to chase down the target of 149, they instead tumbled for 145 and lost the match by three runs. Read: BPL 2022: Fortune Barishal Can End Sylhet Sunrisers’ Playoffs Hope It was Dhaka’s third defeat in seven matches they have played, and in contrast, it was the third win for Chattogram which kept them alive in the race.  Chattogram batted first and posted 148 with Shamim Hossain hitting the highest of 52 off 37 balls with five fours and one six.  All of Dhaka’s six bowlers have taken a wicket each.  In reply, Tamim was firm at one end of the wicket, but the next three batters failed to reach  two-digit scores. Mahmudullah Riyad and Shuvagata Chowdhury were dismissed at crucial moments scoring 24 and 22 respectively, which left Dhaka in trouble that they were not able to pass. Dhaka sent Mashrafe Bin Mortaza to bat before Mahmudullah and Shuvagata surprisingly, but it did not work for them as Mashrafe returned a duck.  For Chattogram, Shoriful Islam and Mrittunjoy bagged two wickets each.  Read: BPL 2022: Soumya, Mushfiqur guide Khulna to fourth win Afif Hossain led Chattogram in this match instead of Naeem Islam who was handed the captaincy by the team management from Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The reason for opting Afif as captain was unknown.  In their next match, Chattogram will take on Sylhet Sunrisers again on February 12 while Dhaka will lock horns against Khulna Tigers on February 9.

Both the matches of the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which were scheduled to take place on Friday, have been abandoned due to persistent rain.  In the first match of the day, Sylhet Sunrisers were scheduled to take on Fortune Barishal at 1:30 pm, while in the second match, Comilla Victorians will take on Minister Group Dhaka at 6:30 pm.  Since the matches are now cancelled, all of these four teams will have one point each.  Read:BPL 2022: Rain washes out Sylhet- Barishal match All teams will now travel to Sylhet where six matches will be played on February 7, 8 and 9.  According to the current standing, Comilla Victorians are now at the top of the table with nine points. With the same amount of points, Fortune Barishal are now at number two.

Rain played spoilsport on Friday afternoon, delaying the day's first match in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).  In the first match of the day from 1.30pm, Sylhet Sunrisers were scheduled to take on Fortune Barishal. But an hour of showers have delayed the match. In the second match, Comilla Victorians will take on Minister Group Dhaka at 6.30pm.  Also read: Showers usher in chill in Bangladesh After Friday’s play, the teams will travel to Sylhet where six matches will be played on February 7, 8 and 9. A total of 34 matches will be played in BPL, and 18 have already taken place.  Comilla are at the top of the points table, with eight points from four wins in five matches they have played so far. Barishal have also the same amount of points, but they are slightly behind Comilla in run-rate.  Also read: BPL 2022: Imrul, Liton guide Victorians to back on winning-streak

Fortune Barishal beat Chattogram Challengers by four wickets in first match of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.  In the low-scoring affair, Chattogram batted first after winning the toss. They posted only 125 for eight, and Barishal chased it down in 18.4 overs and won the match by four wickets.  While starting the chase, Barishal lost Najmul Hossian Shanto early, but Shykat Ali was firm, and he posted 39 off 35 balls to guide the team to a comfortable win.  Right before the end of the match, it looked tough for Barishal, but Ziaur Rahman hit two fours and one six to seal the match in style. He remained unbeaten for 19 off 12 balls.