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Comilla's spinners crush Chittagong Vikings

Comilla Victorians 140 for 4 (Kayes 45, Buttler 44) beat Chittagong Vikings 139 for 4 (Ronchi 31, Sarkar 30) by six wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Comilla Victorians beat Chittagong Kings by six wickets, in almost the same fashion as their other two wins in the tournament. After restricting their opponent to 139 for 4, Imrul Kayes and Jos Buttler almost walked them to the target.

The pair added 74 runs for the third wicket before both were dismissed with not left to chase. Imrul top-scored with 45 while Buttler got out for 44 off 31 balls, which included three fours and two sixes.

Chittagong, who have now lost three out of four games, lost just four wickets in their innings, but struggled for fluency right through. The Comilla spin trio - Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Arafat Sunny - put the brakes on with combined figures of 2 for 50 from 10 overs.

Brisk start, slow finish, again

Luke Ronchi provided Chittagong with another brisk start, with 31 off 19 balls. No other batsman score more despite consuming more deliveries. Sarkar used 32 balls for 30 runs, with two fours and a six over midwicket, before he was stumped off Nabi. Dilshan Munaweera made 19 off 25 balls, which had one six, before he was bowled by a beautiful Rashid Khan googly.

Sikandar Raza found just one boundary in his 24-ball 20 which ended with a scoop to Al-Amin Hossain at short fine leg. Ronchi's 19-ball 31 included five fours and a six that was hit over long-on off Nabi. He fell lbw to Mohammad Saifuddin.

Imrul steadies another chase

Munaweera removed the returning Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das in seven overs but Imrul Kayes and Jos Buttler took control quickly. Imrul struck Subashis Roy for first six pulled over midwicket before lifting Sikandar over square leg for his second in the tenth over.

His third six was his best, swatting Chris Jordan over midwicket off one knee as he struggled with cramps. He made 45 off 36 balls, having also struck two fours. It was his third successive match-winning innings, having remained unbeaten on the two previous occasions.

Victorians 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7Tamim IqbalLiton Das
2nd32Imrul KayesLiton Das
3rd74Imrul KayesJC Buttler
4th21MN SamuelsJC Buttler
5th6MN SamuelsMohammad Nabi

Bangladesh Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
CV1293180.578
DHD1274151.631
KT1274150.075
RAR126612-0.267
SYS12479-0.429
RR12488-1.098
CC12387-0.473
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