Tamim steals the final show

Dhaka Dynamites had a mixed run in the tournament but they were looking forward to Shakib Al Hasan to deliver in the final and though the left-arm spinner achieved a personal milestone, it was Tamim Iqbal who hogged the entire spotlight in the BPL final. He hit a superlative century for the Victorians to enthrall the crowd present to witness one of the best T20 innings played by a local batsman. Tamim seemed to be on a different zone totally in his

first BPL final as he thrashed an unbeaten 141-run innings to help Victorians pile 199 for three in the final. But, more than anything else, it seemed the crowd witnessed Tamim the way they had seen him growing until he made his transformation to serve the purpose of the team by remaining satisfying in the sheet-anchor role.

The way he batted showed the class is permanent and form is temporary and now he is on the verge of turning him from the shadow of a good batsman into someone with the potential to go the next level.

The dominating left-handed opener had the taste of successive ducks for the first time in his career before making sure he gets back into business with a bang against Titans as he made 35, 4 and 21 runs in his first three innings of the ongoing BPL season six before eventually shrugged off his poor form with a superb 42-ball 73 against Titans and since then he never looked to be out of form at any point of the tournament.

Tamim's scintillating knock of 141 not out lit up the stadium as he smacked 10 boundaries and 11 maximums in his 61-ball knock and that has given the Victorians an edge on this night of the final. Victorians needed Tamim to shine more so after losing Evin Lewis cheaply and it looked as if the urgency gripped his mind as he batted with the mission of showing a one-man demolishing act.

Tamim can claim himself lucky as Qazi Onik’s back of a length delivery bounced more than he expected, resulting a catch behind the wicket but Nurul Hasan failed to hold on it despite diving full length. He was on 24 then. The ball tickled away to the third man fence.

Other than it was the highest knock by a Bangladeshi batsman in T20 cricket, Tamim broke several records. In his brutal knock he hit 11 maximums, which is the record by a Bangladeshi batsman. The next best was Sabbir Rahman nine sixes in his 61-ball 122 in 2016. His strike (231.14) in century is the best, while the next best was 230.61 was Ahmed Shehzad’s 49-ball 113 in 2012 BPL.

He is now the second highest run-getter in this season with 467 runs, behind Rilee Rossouw's 568.

 

Tamim steals the final show

Dhaka Dynamites had a mixed run in the tournament but they were looking forward to Shakib Al Hasan to deliver in the final and though the left-arm spinner achieved a personal milestone, it was Tamim Iqbal who hogged the entire spotlight in the BPL final. He hit a superlative century for the Victorians to enthrall the crowd present to witness one of the best T20 innings played by a local batsman. Tamim seemed to be on a different zone totally in his first BPL final as he thrashed an unbeaten 141-run innings to help Victorians pile 199 for three in the final. But, more than anything else, it seemed the crowd witnessed Tamim the way they had seen him growing until he made his transformation to serve the purpose of the team by remaining satisfying in the sheet-anchor role. The way he batted showed the class is permanent and form is temporary and now he is on the verge of turning him from the shadow of a good batsman into someone with the potential to go the next level. The dominating left-handed opener had the taste of successive ducks for the first time in his career before making sure he gets back into business with a bang against Titans as he made 35, 4 and 21 runs in his first three innings of the ongoing BPL season six before eventually shrugged off his poor form with a superb 42-ball 73 against Titans and since then he never looked to be out of form at any point of the tournament. Tamims scintillating knock of 141 not out lit up the stadium as he smacked 10 boundaries and 11 maximums in his 61-ball knock and that has given the Victorians an edge on this night of the final. Victorians needed Tamim to shine more so after losing Evin Lewis cheaply and it looked as if the urgency gripped his mind as he batted with the mission of showing a one-man demolishing act. Tamim can claim himself lucky as Qazi Oniks back of a length delivery bounced more than he expected, resulting a catch behind the wicket but Nurul Hasan failed to hold on it despite diving full length. He was on 24 then. The ball tickled away to the third man fence. Other than it was the highest knock by a Bangladeshi batsman in T20 cricket, Tamim broke several records. In his brutal knock he hit 11 maximums, which is the record by a Bangladeshi batsman. The next best was Sabbir Rahman nine sixes in his 61-ball 122 in 2016. His strike (231.14) in century is the best, while the next best was 230.61 was Ahmed Shehzads 49-ball 113 in 2012 BPL. He is now the second highest run-getter in this season with 467 runs, behind Rilee Rossouws 568.