Everyone from Rangpur played in a marmukhi manner even though they came down to chase a few runs at the Mirpur Sher Bangla Stadium. Mohammad Naeem scored 20 runs off 12 balls and was dismissed by Nihaduzzaman. Rony Talukder, however, played in a slightly defensive manner. He scored 28 runs off 27 balls. Then Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sohan, and Cadmore returned in Naeem’s pose. When Gurbaz returned to the pavilion scoring 46 runs off 30 balls, Sohan and Cadmore combined to secure the win.

Sohan scored 15 off 13 balls and Cadmore scored 20 runs off 15 balls. As a result of this victory, Rangpur has 16 points after 11 matches. Sylhet Strikers are at the top of the table with 18 points in 12 matches. Comilla Victorians, who are behind in run rate, are third in the table with 16 points. Fortune Barisal is fourth with 14 points. Earlier Chittagong started stumbling after winning the toss and going to bat. They lost 5 wickets within 59 runs. Afif Hossain scored the maximum 15 runs among the five. Among the rest, Max O’Dowd scored 11, Mehdi Maruf 4, Curtis Kampfer 2, and Usman Khan 2.

After losing 5 wickets, Taufiq Khan and acting captain Ziaur Rahman tried to catch up. The pair of Tawfiq-Ziaur broke the team’s head of 97 runs. At this time Taufiq caught Gurbaz off Rakibul Hasan for 28 runs. Ziaur also left after a while because of Ripon Mandal. The team’s maximum 33 runs came from his bat. After that, Chittagong got the capital to fight at least with the bat of Mritunjoy Chowdhury and Vijayakanth. Mrityunjoy scored 17 runs and Vijayakanth scored 11 runs. Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf took 2 wickets for Rangpur costing only 14 runs. Rakibul also took the same number of wickets, he scored 26 runs in 4 overs. Of the rest, Omarzai, Hasan Mahmood, and Ripon got one wicket each.

It was found that he was taken off the field due to a fever in the middle of the match. He was sent back to the hotel on the doctor’s advice. That’s why this batsman could not bat. Afif was in the dressing room till 16 overs. Team manager Fahim Muntasir confirmed this news. He said Afif’s fever came during the match. So he was removed from fielding. Sent to hotel. It is resting there.’ Although he did not bat, Afif turned 2 overs with the ball. He gave 13 runs.

Afif is second in scoring runs for Chittagong. Scored 191 runs in 6 innings at an average of 47.75. Strike rate 120.88. The absence of Afif in the match which was lost by 55 runs hurt Chittagong. This is their fifth loss in 7 games. They won only 2.

Malik remained unbeaten on precisely 75 runs in the 75th fifty of his career at Mirpur Sher-e Bangla National Cricket Stadium today. Rangpur scored 179 runs in his 45-ball innings arranged with 5 four-sixes. Shoaib Malik did not have a bad start to the season before this. His bat collection could have come better in the next two matches. However, the experienced batsman of Rangpur Riders found his rhythm upon returning to Dhaka. Against Chittagong Challengers, he used all his experience to play the innings that saved the team from danger.

Only four batsmen – David Warner (93), Chris Gayle (88), Virat Kohli (85), and Aaron Finch (76) have scored more fifties in the T20I edition. Malik led the team from there with Azmatullah Omarzai on the fourth wicket. The two added 105 runs off just 53 balls. Where Malik’s contribution is 59 runs off 29 balls. In addition to being the team’s shield at the time of pressure, he quickly increased the team’s runs in the counterattack

Malik has special recognition in world cricket as a spin batsman. It was also seen in the match against Chittagong that 60 percent of the runs were scored in spin bowling. On this day he met Taijul Islam. All five sixes were hit by the left-arm spinner.

At the start of the 10th over, Malik’s runs were 7 off 11 balls. The Pakistani star opened his first hand after getting Taijul in that over. Malik hit two balls straight over the bowler’s head. Taijul added 25 runs to the scoreboard with 3 sixes and a four in the next over.

Malik recalled his best time with a spectacular cover drive off Mehdi Hasan as a runner in the 13th over. He completed his fifty in 29 balls with 3 fours and 5 sixes.

After fifty, however, he did not see many boundaries. He scored 25 runs from 16 balls with two fours. But in the end, no one could bring him back. Omari scored 42 runs off 24 balls with 1 four and 4 sixes in the innings accompanied by Malik. Chittagong has to do 180 to win.