Twitter Reactions: Rangpur Riders beat Chittagong to win the inaugural match of BPL 3

Twitter Reactions: Rangpur Riders beat Chittagong to win the inaugural match of BPL 3: The 1st match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 3 had all the possible excitement a game of T20 promises. A big score, early wickets in the chase, a superb comeback and a last ball finish.

Batting first the Chittagong Vikings scored 187 in their quota of 20 overs; opener Tamim Iqbal hit a quickfire half-century scoring 51 off 32 balls with the help of 6 fours and a six. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Anamul Haque and Jeevan Mendis (29 of 16, 36 from 30 and 39 in 18 balls) all played brilliantly to take the team to a par looking total.

Mohammad Amir opened the bowling for Chittagong and his first over in BPL was a maiden. After a good first over he returned to get rid of both the openers Lendl Simmons and Soumya Sarkar off consecutive balls and Taskin Ahmed got Mohammad Mithun out for a duck to shake up Rangpur’s chase and once they were reduced to 23/4 after skipper Shakib Al Hasan was caught by Haque off Shafiqul Islam the match looked almost over for them.

The momentum was with Chittagong until Misbah-ul-Haq (61 off 39 balls) and Thisara Perera (43 from 17 balls) combined for the match-changing partnership worth 80 which overturned the course of the game and brought the Riders back into the hunt. In the end, Darren Sammy hit a few blow scoring 18 off 7 balls and took them steps away from victory before getting run out. On the last ball of the match, Saqlain Sajib hit the ball down the ground and Rangpur Riders got the required run to win.

Here is how the world of Twitter reacted to Riders win in the 1^st match of BPL 3:

Well played both Pakistanis in #BPLT20 Amir took 4 wickets and Misbah's quick and sensible knock

— Hamadullah Sohu (@hsohu) November 22, 2015

Superb performances by the Pakistani duo taking part in the opening match of BPL. Misbah 61 from 39 balls & Amir 4 for 30. #Cricket #BPLT20

— #VIVOIPL #INDvAUS (@VIVOIPLT20_Live) November 22, 2015

That moment when crowd chanted for amir #Aamirisback #Bpl pic.twitter.com/WlEdwdpdM2

— Muhammad Sajid (@sajidmuntazir) November 22, 2015

#BPL2015 Pakistan won…. #Misbah man of the match#Amir best bowler of the match
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— Syed Kafeel Abbas (@Talash_Pakistan) November 22, 2015

Mohammad amir picking up 4wkts
Playing after almost 5 years in a league #BPL2015

— Murtaza syed (@TweetAliTweet_) November 22, 2015

This is the moment when Muhammad Amir YORKED and CLEAN BOWLED Misbah-ul-haq. pic.twitter.com/tBLsjEQ4BH

— Zeeshan (@Zeeshan_Cule) November 22, 2015

42 yo and man of the match in a T20, this is our captain for you! #BPLT20 #Misbah

— Faysal (@FaysalBukhari) November 22, 2015

What a thrilling match! Great opening match of this year's #BPLT20 Great to see @shanejurgo back! All the best for the tournament!

— Bangladesh Fan (@bangladeshfan) November 22, 2015

Briiliant Misbah, Brilliant Aamir, Brilliant start ! #BPLT20

— Shoaib ??? (@ShoaibNiazi6) November 22, 2015

Hard to imagine that both Amir and Misbah not part of Pakistan limited over teams #BPL2015 #BPLT20 #BPL

— Asim Husain Khan (@AHK_75) November 22, 2015

Eccellent chase. All credit goes to Misbah and Parera. #BPLT20 #BPL2015"

— PakistanSuperLeague (@ThePSLt200) November 22, 2015

Mohammad Amir takes his T20 career best figures 4-1-30-4 on his BPL debut. pic.twitter.com/RaHfGjwO73

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 22, 2015

What a first match,Nail butting one. Rangpur Riders winning on the last ball. #BPLT20 pic.twitter.com/6KZ0l9wx7G

— Rifard (@iamRifard) November 22, 2015

What a match. Wow. Rangpur Riders winning the nail bitter. #BPLT20

— Rifard (@iamRifard) November 22, 2015

Misbah-ul-Haq is awarded player of the match for his 61 as Rangpur Riders gets the full 2 points in their first match! #bplt20 #RARvCHV

— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) November 22, 2015