GOR vs FRD

That brings us to the end of our coverage of this match. There's still 3 more ECS matches to come over the course of the day, so do keep an eye on our tabs for the same, and a lot more! This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of Bidipto. Have a nice day!

Match summary:

Gorkha 11 win by 7 wickets with 9 balls to spare

Hardeep Singh 32*(9) | Madhukar Thapa 3/10 (2)
Saddam Akbory 23(13) | Mohammad Asaduzzman 2/26 (2)

It wasn't the easiest route, but Gorkha 11 get past the line and register their second win of the day! The match was shaping up to be really interesting towards the middle stages of the run-chase, with the Friendship CC bowlers keeping a lid on the batters. But then, Hardeep Singh's blitzkrieg 9-ball 32-run cameo took the game away from them completely!

Jayed Alam and Imtiaz Rana didn't let Gorkha 11 get anything out of the powerplay. Rahul Kumar and Waleed Imran had a hard time finding the boundaries, which, in turn, was pushing the required rate up by the minute. Gorkha 11 were in with a very good chance once both the openers departed by the 5th over. Faruk Ahmed tried to get going, he cleared the ropes on one occasion before holing out. It was then that Suman Ghimire was joined by Hardeep Singh, and from there, the match slipped out of Friendship CC's hands. The fact that they weren't able to hold on to their chances compounded to their problems as Hardeep and Ghimire kept finding the boundaries, and by the time the penultimate over came, Gorkha 11 already had a foot over the line.

Hardeep Singh, the game changer! He walked in and smashed Gorkha 11 past the line without any fuss! Friendship put up a fight, but they gave it away in the end!

8.3 Sabbir Hussain to Hardeep Singh, GORKHA XI GET THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE DAY! Good length ball on off. Slapped towards wide long-on from the back foot for a single and that finishes the match! 

8.2 Sabbir Hussain to Hardeep Singh, FOUR MORE! Full on middle. A wristy flick, like a helicopter shot, from the back foot towards deep mid-wicket's left for another boundary to level the scores! 

8.1 Sabbir Hussain to Hardeep Singh, FOUR! Full and slightly slow on middle. A bit of a checked slick to short fine-leg and through the hands of the fielder for a boundary in the end! 

Ghimire and Hardeep ensure that Gorkha 11 kill the game and get close to the line in just a matter of 8 deliveries! Rupu's dropped catch at deep mid wicket proves to be decisive! 

7.3 Riasat Sourav to Hardeep Singh, SIX! Short outside off. Pulled off the back foot from the splice of the bat. But the fielder makes a meal of it in the deep at mid-wicket and tips it over the bar! 

Hardeep's arrival to the middle has helped in acceleration of the scoring for Gorkha 11! The equation has been brought down to 27 in the last three, which seems very much doable!

6.5 Mohammad Asaduzzaman to Hardeep Singh, WOW! Good length ball on middle. Flicked away from the back foot to deep mid-wicket. The fielder does really well to get hold of the ball just in front of the rope and releases it into the field of play to keep it to one. But the third umpire gives it SIX! He was outside the rope to begin with.