Four time champion the Comilla Victorians are. Every time they played final the trophy had been in their hands. Among them they crowned twice by defeating Barishal. But this time, Barishal's fate didn’t betray. They just crushed Comilla and win the title BPL 2024. Barishal of Tamim Iqbal has upright the trophy in the sky by defeating Comilla by 6 wickets.
Comilla's batting at Mirpur ground, famed as home of cricket, was haphazard from the very beginning. Sunil Narine saw the pavilion in second over after getting life in the first over. Obed McCoy, who failed to collect his catch in the first time, took Narine's way to home with a brilliant catch in the second.
Comilla was dreaming with Liton Das and Tawhid Hridoy’s batting. But what's the point! Both were caught by Mahmudullah at deep third while
James Fuller was bowling. Liton (16) and Hridoy (15) was their earnings. Though this pair made a record in the first qualifier and won the match .
After losing the first three batters at the end of the power play, Comilla's score stood at 49 runs. However, batting disaster didn’t not end there. Johnson Charles and Moeen Ali, two foreigners who came down to bat in the middle order, could not give the team much confidence. Mahidul Islam, a well-known face of domestic cricket, was trying to keep Comilla's run wheels moving by batting slowly. Tried to get out of the shell by hitting two four-sixes. However, in the rush to get runs, he had to be bowled while scooping Saifuddin's ball. 38 runs came from his bat before returning. In the end, Andre Russell's 27 runs in 4 sixes from 14 balls made Comilla's collection 150.
In the end, Comilla stopped at 154 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
James Fuller took maximum 2 wickets for Barisal at the cost of 43 runs.
Barishal's two openers, Tamim Iqbal and Mehdi Hasan Miraj, started to hit hard Comilla's bowlers from the beginning. Barisal accumulated 76 runs on the scoreboard in 8 overs in their batting. The pair broke when Tamim was bowled by Moeen Ali in the last ball of the eighth over.
Tamim played a brilliant innings of 39 runs off 26 balls with three fours and sixes before returning. Due to which Tamim, who scored 492 runs in 15 matches, topped Comilla's Tawhid Hriday and became the highest run scorer of the tournament.
After Tamim's return, Miraj (29) lost his wickets while playing wildly. Johnson Charles, who was on long-on caought the ball.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Kyle Myers took charge of Barishal's batting after the return of the two openers. In between, Comilla got a chance to get Myers out twice but failed. Comilla's fielders dropped Myers' catch twice at Moeen's ball. Myers brought Barishal within touching distance of victory by getting life twice.
Andre Russell scored 21 runs in the 15th over with two four-sixes. He left the crease in 46 runs with 5 fours and 2 sixes before Moeen Ali caught andM ustafizur Rahman bowled.
Mushfiq also got out by scoring 13 runs in the same over by Mustafiz.
However, David Miller (8*) and Mahmudullah (7*) left the field after winning against Barishal.