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Bpl 2022 Ravi Bopara Concedes Penalty For Ball Tampering Scores Duck Fails To Pick Any Wicket

BPL 2022 | Ravi Bopara concedes penalty for ball tampering, scores duck, fails to pick any wicket

Eyebrows were raised on Monday, 7 February in the Bangladesh Premier League after Sylhet Sunrisers captain Ravi Bopara was penalized 5 runs for altering the condition of the ball.

Bopara, who was announced as captain during the toss, took over from Mosaddek Hossain after the franchise lost its faith in their captain. Bopara bowling the 9th over of the match was caught by the cameras holding the ball in a knuckle ball grip. Things got interesting when umpires wanted to see the condition of the ball and then asked for it to be changed subsequently.

An animated Bopara shook his head in disagreement but could avoid a penalty under the allegations of altering the condition of the ball. The former England international went wicketless in his spell and then scored a duck while trying to chase 183 runs.

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BPL 2022 | Fortune Barishal stay at top after dominating victory against Comilla Victorians

Fortune Barishal breezed past Comilla Victorians on Monday, 7 February by defeating them by a big margin of 32 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League. The performance was once again led by Barishal captain Shakib Al Hasan who scored a half century with the bat and then returned to pick up two crucial wickets while defending 156 runs. Comilla’s chase never really took off as they lost wickets in regular intervals. Walking the talk, Shakib al Hasan dismissed both openers in the Comilla line-up, a jolt from which they never recovered. Hasan alongside their other two spinner - Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Nayeem Hasan and Najmul Shanto wreaked havoc on the batting line-up. Wild swings from the batters did not help on a wicket that was sticky in nature and needed batsmen to stay for a while before launching their attack. The discipline from the Barishal bowlers deserves a shoutout with this team bowling impeccable lines to entice the batsmen. Earlier in the innings, Barishal received a good early momentum from opener Munim Shahriar, who took the attack to the likes of Mustafizur Rahman and spinner Nahidul Islam. While the likes of Chris Gayle and Shanto did not add much, Shahriar single handedly kept the score rate up in the powerplay overs. After his departure in the 8th over Shakib and Towhid Hridoy took over and built an exceptional partnership of 67 runs to get Barishal to stability. Out of the partnership, Shakib scored 37 off 28 balls and reached his individual 50 while Hridoy played the anchor's role in the partnership scoring 28 off 29 balls. They took Barishal to an exceptional score of 155 runs, which looked difficult to achieve on a wicket that offered quite a bit of grip and turn. After the win, Shakib Al Hasan was adjudged the man of the match stated that he is very happy with the way they have bowled and if they can manage a couple of more boundaries in their batting, they would be very confident about winning the tournament.

Paul Collingwood named interim coach for the upcoming Test tour of West Indies

The former England captain, Paul Collingwood will fill in for ex-head coach Chris Silverwood, who was recently axed by the interim managing director Andrew Strauss in the wake of the Ashes debacle in Australia.