Comilla Victorians thumped Chattogram Challengers by 9 wickets in a rain-curtailed BPL 2022 match in Dhaka on Thursday.
Chasing 139 in 18 overs, the Victorians rode on some emphatic batting display from openers Imrul Kayes and Liton Das to clinch a win as the two batters put up a partnership of 138 runs for the first wicket before Das departed for 53 off 37.
Kayes on the other side, remained unbeaten as Comilla Victorians won by 9 wickets.
Earlier, in the day, the Challengers lost an early wicket but Will Jacks and Afif Hossain put up a partnership of 62 runs for the second wicket to steady the ship for the side.
Hossain was then sent back in the hut for 27 off 21 by Tanvir Islam. Later, Jacks was joined by Shamim Hossain and the two once again provided the resistance with a 47-run stand.
But Shamim's wicket for a 22-ball 26 broke the shackles as the Victorians scalped wickets at regular intervals from thereon. Jacks though scored a fifty for the side.
Mustafizur was the pick of the bowlers as he returned with a five-wicket haul for 27 runs in 4 overs.
"The first over didn't go according to plan as I was a bit too full but got the length right in my second over onwards. The pitch was good and gripped a little after the rain," Mustafizur said after the match.