Sports Desk: He had the opportunity to reach fifty in 15-16 balls. Mahidul Islam Ankon hit Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Wasim over deep mid-wicket with 39 runs off 13 balls.
If that shot had been a six, the score would have been 44 in 15 balls. But Pakistani cricketer Haider Ali blocked the potential six by swinging his body in the air over the boundary and patting his hand. Mahidul scored 1 run when the ball hit Haider’s hand and fell into the field. The score stood at 39.
Mahidul, who scored 39 in 15 balls, took 11 runs in the next 3 balls. Ankon, who hit a boundary on the first ball of the 19th over bowled by Chittagong left-arm fast bowler Shariful, hit a huge six in the second ball. He completed his half-century with a single, standing at 49 runs off 17 balls.
With this, Khulna Tigers’ top-order batter Mahidul surpassed his predecessor Rony Talukder. He set a new record by scoring a half-century off 18 balls. His 50 runs off 18 balls is the fastest among Bangladeshi batters in the BPL.
Until now, that feat belonged to Rony Talukder. From Tuesday, Rony Talukder is no longer the owner of the fastest fifty among Bangladeshi batters in the BPL, but Mahidul Islam Ankon.
Rony Talukder scored a half-century off 19 balls against Comilla Victorians on January 6, 2023. But Mahidul broke Rony’s record by hitting a flurry of sixes at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Tuesday. In the end, he remained unbeaten on 59 runs off 22 balls. All 40 of his runs came from sixes (6) and a boundary (1).
However, the fastest half-century in the BPL belongs to Sunil Narine. The Caribbean all-rounder hit a 13-ball fifty for Comilla Victorians against Chittagong Kings on February 15, 2022.
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