Tamim: It feels like I am still dreaming

Comilla Victorians’ player of the BPL 6 final Tamim Iqbal said he is still in dreamland after his whirlwind 61-ball 141 helped his side to victory against Dhaka Dynamites at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka Friday.

The left-handed batsman smashed 10 fours and 11 sixes as the Victorians prevailed by 17 runs to lift their second ever BPL title.

#Shakib laments batting collapse in middle overs https://t.co/gjZZD5XvUl

— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) February 8, 2019

“To be honest, I feel I am still dreaming. I still don’t know how I batted. I think I can explain better after I see the highlights. At one stage I got very pissed when [Anamul Haque] Bijoy got out. I had to calm myself down and start again. I am sure that when I see the highlights, I can say it better,” he said during the post-match press conference after the grand finale.

“I was giving the team a positive vibe. I honestly never thought I’d play such a knock but I think I planned it really nicely. I didn’t want to give a wicket to Shakib [al Hasan] and [Sunil] Narine, who were Dhaka’s most successful bowlers. I hardly took any risk against Narine apart from one six. It was an unbelievably good wicket so I backed myself against the pacers,” he added.

FINAL, CVvDD

COMILLA VICTORIANS INNINGS    R    B

Tamim not out            141    61

Lewis lbw b Rubel Hossain        6    7

Anamul lbw b Shakib             24    30

Shamsur run out (Shakib)        0    1

Imrul not out                17    21

Extras (lb 6, w 5)            11 

Total (20 Overs)            199/3 

Fall Of Wickets

1-9 (Lewis), 2-98 (Anamul), 3-99 (Shamsur)

Bowling

Russell 4-0-37-0, Rubel 4-0-48-1, Shakib 4-0-45-1, Narine 4-0-18-0, Onik 2-0-19-0, Shuvagata 1-0-14-0, Mahmudul 1-0-12-0

DHAKA DYNAMITES INNINGS        R    B  

Tharanga c sub (Haider) b Perera    48    27

Narine run out (Saifuddin)        0    0

Rony run out (Anamul)        66    38

Shakib c Tamim b Wahab         3    5

Pollard c Tamim b Wahab         13    15

Russell c Wahab b Perera        4    3

Nurul c Anamul b Wahab         18    15

Shuvagata c Perera b Saifuddin    0    2

Mahmudul c Wahab b Saifuddin    15    8

Rubel not out                5    5

Onik not out                1    2

Extras (lb 4, w 5)             9

Total (20 Overs)             182/9

Fall Of Wickets

1-0 (Narine), 2-102 (Tharanga), 3-120 (Shakib), 4-121 (Rony), 5-132 (Russell), 6-141 (Pollard), 7-143 (Shuvagata), 8-173 (Nurul), 9-180 (Mahmudul)

Bowling

Saifuddin 4-0-38-2, Mahedi 3-0-30-0, Wahab 4-0-28-3, Sanjit 1-0-10-0, Afridi 4-0-37-0, Perera 4-0-35-2 

Comilla Victorians won by 17 runs

MoM: Tamim Iqbal (CV)

MoS: Shakib al Hasan (DD)