Twitter Reactions: Narine and Tharanga show Chittagong Vikings the door of elimination

The Dynamite chased the target down with 20 balls to spare.

Published - 04 Feb 2019, 16:27 IST | Updated - 04 Feb 2019, 16:27 IST

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In the group stages, Chittagong Vikings defeated Dhaka Dynamites twice, but that wasn’t the case in the Eliminator of this year’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as the Shakib Al Hasan-captained Dynamites comprehensively won by six wickets and progressed to Qualifier 2, which will be played in Dhaka on Wednesday, February 6. In the meantime, the Vikings’ campaign in this edition’s BPL came to a close.

Narine wrecks havoc

The Vikings elected to put runs on the board after winning the toss, however, could only manage 135 for eight in 20 overs. Yasir Ali opened the batting with Cameron Delport and fell for eight to Rubel Hossain. Delport was looking ominous and had got the measure of the difficult batting conditions, having scored 36 from 27 balls. He got out to a shambolic mix-up with partner Shadman Islam that led to his run-out.

Thereafter, Sunil Narine came to the party and got the big fish in Mushfiqur Rahim. The tweaker then nipped out Shadman, who threatened with a 19-ball 24. The Windies spinner also accounted for Robbie Frylinck and Hardus Viljoen’s wickets. Amidst a poor batting performance, Mosaddek Hossain mustered 40 runs with three fours and a six. For the Dynamites, Rubel and Qazi Onik picked up one wicket each.

Dynamites get home comfortably

Sunil Narine and Upul Tharanga took the bowling by the scruff of its neck and put on 44 runs for the first wicket in a mere 27 balls. The latter threw the bat at everything and scored 31 runs with six fours and a six before Khaled Ahmed got the dangerous batsman. Rony Talukdar was promoted to number three and he didn’t disappoint by any means as he racked up 20 runs off 13 balls with a four and six apiece.

Talukdar was trapped in front by Ahmed. In the very next ball, Khaled pinned Shakib for a golden duck. At the other end, Tharanga looked at his best and ended up scoring 51 runs from 43 balls before throwing his wicket away to off-spinner Nayeem Hasan. His knock was laced with seven boundaries. Nurul Hasan remained not out on 20 to make sure that Dhaka Dynamites complete the win with 20 balls to spare.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Dhaka’s victory

Most 4-wicket hauls in Twenty20 cricket:
12 – Lasith Malinga (266 games)
12 – Shakib Al Hasan (293 games)
12 – SUNIL NARINE (312 games)
Narine (360 wkts) is now the 2nd highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 cricket. Only Dwayne Bravo (471 wkts) is ahead of Narine. #BPLT20 #DDvCV
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) February 4, 2019

NARINE 🔥🔥🔥👌
Best T20 Player for reason#BPL
— Bala (@poetbalaa) February 4, 2019

I hope Sunil Narine brings his #BPL2019 form to the #IPL2019 next month, he is looking very impressive with both bat and ball @KKRiders
— William Ireland (@William_Ireland) February 4, 2019

What a performance by Sunil Narine at the Bangladesh Premier League Eliminator! As he picked up 4 wickets and even had time to score 31 runs off 16 balls now that’s #CricketPlayedLouder #CPL19 #CPLPlayerWatch pic.twitter.com/LhUf5srFqd
— CPL T20 (@CPL) February 4, 2019

#BPLT20 Eliminator
Upul Tharanga scored 51 runs in 43 balls pic.twitter.com/l67XxvJmbi
— 11CricketNews (@11cricketnews) February 4, 2019

4 of Top 14 T20 wicket takers are playing for Dhaka Dynamites this season in same XI
— Merin Kumar ™ (@merin_kumar) February 4, 2019

Sunil Narine today in BPL 4-0-15-4
Most 4 wkt hauls in T20 Cricket
12 Malinga
12 Shakib
12 Narine
Most T20 wkts, Narine at 2nd spot now
471 Bravo
360 Narine*
356 Malinga
342 Shakib
323 Afridi
311 Tanvir
281 Arafat
276 Tahir#BPLT20
— Vidhu Pal (@vidhu_pal) February 4, 2019

Well Played Cameron Delport.#CTGVikings #BPL2019 #DBLceramics #PlatinumSponsor #BetterBonding #BetterThanTheBest https://t.co/l8tjScvk5P
— Chittagong Vikings (@CtgVikings) February 4, 2019

The streaming quality of the match of @DhakaDynamites is wonderful. It’s not feeling like I am far away from the stadium. It feels like I am enjoying the match at the stadium. #BangladeshPremierLeague #BPL2019 #BPLSeason6 #BestBPLEver pic.twitter.com/IqKMfeVCyf
— VaibhaV (@itss_vaibhav) February 4, 2019