They lost both matches in the Dhaka division. Sylhet Strikers went to the bottom of the points list. It seemed that Galariv's fortunes would change in front of the visitors at home. Mashrafe Bin Mortuza's team stopped the star-studded Comilla Victorians by 130 runs.
But Sylhet did not see victory even in their own camp. Due to extreme batting failure, the hosts lost to Comilla by a big margin of 52 runs. This is Comilla's second win in three matches, Sylhet lost all three matches.
Chasing a small target, Sylhet lost 6 wickets for 28 runs and was knocked out of the match by offspinner Alis Al Islam. Nazmul Hossain Shanto (5), Mohammad Mithun (0), Yasir Ali (1), Ben Cutting (1), Mashrafe Bin Mortuza (0) - none could stand.
Zakir Hasan made some effort. But Sylhet's last hope ended when he returned as the eighth batsman with 41 runs from 34 balls. The hosts were all out for 78 runs in 16.2 overs.
Alis Al Islam took 4 wickets with only 17 runs in 4 overs. Ruston Chase got 2 wickets for 17 runs in the same over.
Earlier Comilla lost the toss and lost 8 wickets in the face of the Sylhet bowlers and got stuck at 130 runs.
Comilla lost the toss and went into bat from the start. Liton Das was out for 8 runs. Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan scored only 14 runs. He failed in the second match in a row.
As always, Imrul Kayes tried to resist. He scored a maximum of 30 runs off 28 balls. Tawhid Hridoy is out for 9 runs. Caribbean Roston chased out for just 2 runs. Zaker Ali Anik scored 29 runs off 27 balls. Khushdil Shah scored 21 runs off 22 balls.
The rest of the batters did not even reach double figures. In the end, Comilla Victorians managed to collect 130 runs after losing 8 wickets.
Mashrafe bowled 4 overs for 19 runs without getting a single wicket. Samit Patel took 3 wickets. 2 taken by Richard Ngarava. Ben Cutting and Tanjim Hasan Shakib took 1 wicket each.
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