Afridi-Tamim shines for Comilla to sit as table-toppers

Once again an economical spell of Shahid Afridi helped Comilla Victorians to restrict opposition at 116 in 19 overs per side game. After the brilliant bowling by Comilla, followed by some brilliant batting by Tamim (54*) and Shamsur (36) enabled them to chase it down inside 17 overs.

Shahid Afridi was awarded as a player of the match on his 2 for 10 bowling spell.

With this win, Comilla will sit on the number 1 position on the points table of Bangladesh Premier League 2019 after 35 games.

Match 35, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 2019

Chittagong Vikings vs Comilla Victorians

Chittagong Vikings: 116/8 in 19 overs (Match reduced to 19 overs per side) (Mosaddek 43*, Shahzad 33, Najibullah 13; Afridi 2/10, Saifuddin 2/23, Wahab 2/23)

Comilla Victorians: 117/3 in 16.4 overs (Tamim 54*, Shamsur 36, Thisara 10*; Nayeem 2/25, Khaled 1/25)

Result: Comilla Victorians won by 7 wickets.

Player of the Match: Shahid Afridi (Comilla Victorians).