The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Sylhet Strikers and Fortune Barishal ended with Fortune Barishal winning the game by 18 runs. However, during the game, Soumya Sarkar took a fabulous catch to dismiss Najmul Hossain Shanto for a duck. Fortune Barishal led by Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to bat first and then posted a total of 183/6 with Kyle Mayers and captain Mushfiqur Rahim taking charge and scoring 48 and 52 respectively.
Kyle Mayers was brilliant with bat and ball and also took three wickets in the game against Sylhet Strikers. He opened the bowling for Fortune Barishal and bowled a double-wicket maiden in the first over of the innings. After cleaning up Harry Tector, he bowled a brilliant delivery to Najmul Hossain Shanto, who edged it and the ball went towards slip where Soumya Sarkar took a brilliant one-handed catch diving towards his left and Shanto went to duck for his third. launch.
Kyle Mayers was awarded Player of the Match for his brilliant all-round performance, taking a figure of 3/12 in four overs which also included a double-wicket maiden and also scoring 48 off 31 deliveries which included three fours and three sixes. The ball that took Najmul Hossain Shanto’s wicket was a long-range delivery that caught a thick outside edge which headed towards the stands where Soumya Sarkar stood ready and blindly dived towards his left and reached out to swallow the ball. .
Najmul Hossain Shanto, the newly appointed captain of the Bangladesh team, tried to duck in the BPL match against Fortune Barishal. Sylhet Strikers is led by Mohammad Mithun and the team is not in a good position in the game as they have lost seven of the ten matches they have played. They are second to last in the points table, just ahead of Durdanto Dhaka.
Watch: Soumya Sarkar takes her eyes off Kyle Mayers’ delivery to fire Najmul Hossain Shanto
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Soumya Sarkar may have had a bad day at the office with the bat as he scored eight runs, but his catch from Najmul Hossain Shanto was one of the highlights of the game. The BPL is already into the second half with Rangpur Riders already qualified for the playoffs while Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barishal are number 2 and number 3 in the points table respectively. Khulna Tigers are currently fourth in the table but may be displaced by Chattogram Challengers who are right behind them according to NRR.
Soumya Sarkar’s catch can be considered the catch of the tournament as it was a great catch at slips diving towards his left and completing the catch with a phenomenal reaction. She timed her flight perfectly to collect the ball that found the edge of Najmu Hossain Shanto’s bat and in the end, Soumya Sarkar won the battle and Kyle Mayers got his second wicket of the match.