Fortune Barishal captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss and asked the Rangpur Riders to bat in the third match of the 2024 BPL, at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Tamim asked left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Imran, who was celebrating his 23rd birthday, to bowl the first over. In the PSL, Imran played for Karachi Kings in 2020 and 2021 and Peshawar Zalmi in 2022.

Imran plays for the Peshawar Region in the National T20 Cup. In December 2023, he had destroyed the Rawalpindi Region with figures of 6-16, the best figures on Pakistan soil in all Twenty20 cricket. He bettered Faheem Ashraf’s 6-19, set during the 2019 PSL.

Of all Pakistan bowlers, Imran’s figures are only behind Sohail Tanvir’s 6-14, set during the 2008 IPL.

Here, Imran bowled from over the wicket. The yorker curled into Brandon King, who had probably not anticipated the movement, went through the ‘gate’, and knocked the middle stump back.

It remained Imran’s only wicket as he finished with 1-31. The Rangpur innings never gathered momentum. They made only 134-9 against Khaled Ahmed (4-31) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (2-13).

Tamim led Barishal’s response with a 24-ball 35 at the top. They won the match with five balls and five wickets in hand.

Watch Mohammad Irfan bowl Brandon King with his first ball in BPL:

First ball in the foreign league (BPL) and a good yorker in the first ball and Imran jr's first wicket.#BPL2024 #PakistanCricket pic.twitter.com/EFQfwgxHNL

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