FIVE teams played 11 matches over nine days in the competitive ExxonMobil Guyana T20 Super League at the Providence Stadium for a winner’s prize of US$500,000.
When the inaugural stand-alone global cricket tournament in South America climaxed last night with an exciting final, Rangpur Riders rode away with the beautiful GSL trophy and US$1M.
Rangpur Riders, led by Soumya Sarkar’s unbeaten 86 from five balls with seven fours and five sixes.
Sarkar shared in a 124-run opening partnership with Steven Taylor’s 68 from 49 balls with four fours and fours sixes as the Bangladesh unit galloped to 178-3 to register the highest total in the tournament.
Victoria were bowled out for 122 in 18.1 overs, as only Joe Clarke, who made an entertaining 40 from 22 balls with seven delightful boundaries, offered any real resistance to Harmeet Singh, who had 3-19.
Singh got excellent support from Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, and Saif Hassan, who took two wickets each.
Blake McDonald clobbered Hasan for a six and a four in the opening over of the reply to set the stage for a riveting final between the two teams that had beaten the Warriors.
Clarke looked ominous as he regularly found the boundary, but soon lost Krishnamurthi, who played five ODIs for the USA, when he was bowled by Harmeet Singh for 10 to leave the Australians on 68-3.
Scott Edwards (9) fell to Singh as Victoria slipped to 79-4 in the 10th over, and once Hasan dismissed Clarke with Victoria on 85-5, they never recovered.
Earlier, watched by a good-size gathering in a final which did not involve the home side, the Riders opted to bat on a good track and fast outfield despite the recent rain. Jamaican-born Taylor and Bangladesh’s all-formats batter, Sarkar batted fluently and posted their fifty partnership from 47 balls.
The same pair had put together 47 against Lahore Qalandars on Thursday night, and after 10 overs, the Riders were 71 without loss.
Sarkar got to his 20th 50 from 33 balls with four fours and three sixes, while Taylor registered his 6th fifty from 44 balls with four fours and two sixes.
The 100 came up off 76 balls, as both batters scored freely while executing a combination of classy strokes and brutal shots.
The left-handed Taylor was caught at deep point as Antiguan left-arm spinner Karima Gore made the breakthrough at 124 in the 14th over.
Saif Hassan (6) was lbw Max Birthisel at 133-2 in the next over, but Sarkar kept going, and the 150 came from 99 balls.
Wayne Madsen (10) got going with a boundary, but was soon removed by left-arm pacer Dominic Drakes trying to clear the cover boundary at 165-3 in the penultimate over.
Sarkar hit Birthisel for two fours in the final over that cost 11 runs, to end 14 short of a maiden ton in this format.
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Publish date : 2024-12-06 18:20:00
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