Ingram’s 89 goes in vain as Sylhet Sunrisers lose by four wickets
Comilla Victorians 173 for 6 (Joy 65, Moeen 46, Alauddin 2-24) beat Sylhet Sunrisers 169 for 5 (Ingram 89, Anamul 46, Mustafizur 3-23) by four wickets
How the match played out
Comilla won with a ball to spare after Narine hammered 19 runs off the penultimate over bowled by the newcomer AKS Swadhin. Abu Hider struck the winning runs off the second last ball of the game.
Big hit
Ingram continued where he left off the previous day. He made 90 off 49 balls against Fortune Barishal, but this time, he took a bit more time to get to 89 off 63 balls. A feature of this innings, as was the case on Tuesday, was his ability to thread the gap on the off side. He struck five fours through point, apart from couple of sixes down the ground. Ingram was particularly attacking against left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam, hitting him for five boundaries.
When Alauddin Babu removed Joy, Narine took over, hitting Swadhin for two fours and a six in the 19th over. Comilla captain Imrul Kayes’ 16 off eight balls also contributed to the chase.
Big miss
Sylhet captain Bopara continues to have an ordinary BPL campaign, having mustered only 57 runs in seven innings. There have been a few occasions, like today’s game, when he got a bit of breathing room to go after the bowling, but fell to Narine for one. Bopara’s 2016 season was his worst, when he made only 35 runs in five innings.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84