Twitter Reactions: Comilla Victorians survive Russell-scare to move atop points table

Mohammad Saifuuddin held his nerves in the last over.

Published - 01 Feb 2019, 17:42 IST | Updated - 01 Feb 2019, 17:42 IST

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The Dhaka Dynamites slumped to their sixth defeat in the last seven games and this time around, Shakib Al Hasan’s team lost to Comilla Victorians by one run at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium. The defeat also means that their next match against Khulna Titans on Friday is a must-win for them. Meanwhile, Comilla, led by Imrul Kayes, moved to the top of the table in this edition’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Rubel wrecks havoc

The Dynamites won the toss and elected to field first and restricted the Victorians to 127. Tamim Iqbal and Evin Lewis got their team off to a decent start with a stand of 38 runs from five overs. Sunil Narine castled Lewis for eight to strike first blood. Anamul Haque got a golden duck. Shuvagata Hom inflicted the body blow as he nipped out the left-handed Tamim, who scored 38 with four fours and two sixes.

The Victorians slumped to 87 for eight in the 16th over. Shakib Al Hasan also picked up a couple of wickets. Shahid Afridi flung the bat to score 18 runs with one boundary, but even he couldn’t carry. In the death overs, Mahedi Hasan and Wahab Riaz threw their willows to rack up 20 and 16 runs respectively. For the Dynamites’, Rubel Hossain was the most successful with four crucial wickets.

Victorians prevail in the cliffhanger

The Dynamites didn’t make the best of starts to the run-chase and lost four wickets for 29 runs. All of Upul Tharanga, Rony Talukdar and Shakib got out for single figures. Sunil Narine batted in the middle order and he, along with Kieron Pollard got the innings back on the track with a partnership of 42 runs. Shahid Afridi broke the ominous-looking partnership, dismissing Narine, who scored 22 with two fours.

After a few overs, Mohammad Saifuddin got rid of Pollard. Andre Russell smacked two sixes off Shahid Afridi to bring the game back in Dhaka’s favour. He was lucky to survive in the penultimate over as Wahab Riaz dismissed him off a no-ball. With Dhaka needing 13 runs off the last over, Russell muscled a six and a four off Saifuddin, but couldn’t save his team from the sixth defeat in this edition’s BPL.

Here is how Twitter hailed the Dynamites

Superb death over.
Take a bow Mohammad Saifuddin. <3
— Nur Mohammad (@tnurmohammad) February 1, 2019

Saifuddin it was brilliant last over awesome #BPL19
— Usman Satti (@usmansatti476) February 1, 2019

What a match ❤
Saifuddin,You-best
— Sief fateur Nepun (@FateurNipun) February 1, 2019

Brilliant Last Bowl Yorker by Saifuddin ! Victory for Comilla #BPL2019 pic.twitter.com/2vC8hJAFiu
— TEAM AFRIDI (@TEAM_AFRIDI) February 1, 2019

Dhaka need 12 from last 2 balls and Dre Russ could score only 10 runs. Brilliant Yorker from Saifuddin in the last ball.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 1, 2019

What a match….! 🔥🔥 Saifuddin u beauty…👌#winORwin 🤘🤘
— Alam Tuhin (@iamtuhin22) February 1, 2019

Andre Russell kept Dhaka Dynamites in the game till the very end, but Comilla Victorians manage to sneak in a one-run win. #BPLT20
— BPLT20 (@BPLT20Cricket) February 1, 2019

Shahid Afridi just bowled a maiden over to Andre Russell !#BPL2019 pic.twitter.com/OgVdcp38aB
— TEAM AFRIDI (@TEAM_AFRIDI) February 1, 2019

Andre Russell played Shahid Afridi a Maiden in 16th over 🙄🙄
— Merin Kumar ™ (@merin_kumar) February 1, 2019

Mohammad saifuddin 🙏
— Momento Mori (@Beingcryptiic) February 1, 2019

Congrats @ComillaV
Comilla victorians won by 1 run
Well played saifuddin😍😍😍@TamimOfficial28😘😘😍@SAfridiOfficial 😘😘😘@WahabViki 😘😍😍
— Ashraful islam (@Ashraful865) February 1, 2019

oh saifuddin ❤❤
— habib arko (@CoArko) February 1, 2019

A Excellent final over from Saifuddin made sure @ComillaV register a nail bitting Victory over @dhaka_dynamites and reach the top spot of the points table.#BPL2019
— Sports Bloods (@SportsBloods) February 1, 2019