Frylinck’s allround brilliance gives Vikings thrilling win

Chittagong Vikings 145 for 7 (Mosaddek 33, Delport 30, Shakib 4-16) beat Dhaka Dynamites 139 for 9 (Shakib 34, Delport 3-25, Frylinck 2-19) by three wickets

How the game played out

Chittagong Vikings were in front for the majority of the match both in the field and during their chase of a target of 140, but almost paid for the lack of a killer instinct as Shakib Al Hasan’s all-round effort dragged Dhaka Dynamites back to nearly pull off an unlikely victory. Robbie Frylinck spared Vikings any blushes in a dramatic final over cameo to seal victory with a ball to spare.

Thanks to a fiery 30 off 12 balls to kickstart the Vikings chase, the required run rate was down to a run a ball by the 10 over mark, but the Vikings middle order showed no sense of urgency as just three boundaries were struck over the next nine overs. Entering the final over with 16 needed to win, a single put Frylinck on strike for the second ball and he proceeded to smash three sixes in the next four balls to deny the Dynamites.

Turning points

• Frylinck struck twice in the Powerplay after Dynamites had chosen to bat first, getting Rony Talukdar to drag an inside edge on before a clever change of angle around the wicket bowled a fiery Sunil Narine two overs later

• Abu Jayed stunted the Dynamites recovery with a double-wicket maiden in the ninth over, claiming Heino Kuhn and Darwish Rasooli

• Dynamites had stabilized at 95 for 4 in the 15th over with Shakib Al Hasan and Nurul Hasan both well set before Cameron Delport removed both in the space of five balls. Andre Russell holed out two balls into the following over

• Frylinck bookended the match after his great start with the ball by snuffing out the Dynamites with his trio of sixes to clinch the chase
  Star of the day

  Frylinck outshined Shakib Al Hasan at the last moment. Shakib looked like rallying the Dynamites to a win when he bowled a wicket-maiden in the 17th over of the Vikings chase to cap off a spell of 4 for 16 to go with a top-score of 34 in the first innings, but Frylinck’s pair of wickets paired with his unbeaten 25 off 10 left Shakib’s performance a footnote in the result.

  The big miss

  Arguably Shakib’s ability to hit the stumps to bowl Nayeem Hasan. Frylinck had only been dismissed once in four innings scoring 88 runs entering the match and Vikings arguably committed a strategic blunder sending Nayeem in at No. 7 ahead of Frylinck at No. 8. Had Nayeem stayed at the crease a bit longer, Frylinck might not have had enough time to rescue the Vikings.

  Where the teams stand

  Vikings drew level with Dynamites at the top of the table with 10 points. While Dynamites have a vastly superior net run rate advantage, Vikings have a match in hand.