Sports Reporter :
Left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam of Durdanto Dhaka is the highest wicket taker of the Ispahani Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Cricket. Shoriful Islam captured 22 wickets in this year’s BPL Cricket.
Shoriful claimed 22 wickets playing 12 matches. No bowlers, who compete in the BPL Cricket have no chance to cross him.
If everything goes well Shoriful Islam will be awarded TK 5 lakh as prize-money.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Thursday that the highest wicket taker of the tenth edition of BPL Cricket would be awarded Tk 5 lakh as prize-money.
Shoriful’s nearest opponent is left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib who played for Rangpur Riders bagged 17 wickets playing 13 matches.
But Shakib had no chance to cross Shoriful as Shakib’s Rangpur Riders were out of the title race.
Besides, spinner Mahedi Hasan of Rangpur Riders captured 16 wickets and Bilal Khan of Chattogram Challeners also grabbed 16 wickets.
But both of their teams were out of the champions’ fight. Pacer Mohammad Saifuddin of Fortune Barishal, was only one bowler who played in the final with 14 wickets from eight matches.
But he could not cross Shoriful Islam. Otherwise Shoriful Islam would definitely clinched the crown of the highest wicket taker of the BPL Cricket.
Meanwhile, the highest run scorer would be decided after the gala final of the BPL Cricket which would took place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital’s Mirpur on Friday.
Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal of Fortune Barishal scored 453 runs playing 14 matches before the final.
Towhid Hridoy of Comilla Victorians could give fight to cross him as he scored 447 runs playing 13 matches before the final.
Though opener Tanzid Hasan of the Chattogram Challegers was in the third position with 384 runs playing 12 matches, but he had no chance as his team were out of the title race.
Prolific opener Litton Das of Comilla Victorians could be the highest run getter as he scored 375 runs playing 13 matches before the final.
The Friday’s final would decide who would be the highest run scorer.