Dhaka: The BPL’s second qualifier between Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders will now continue on Monday, after chaos – stemming from a rain delay of almost two hours – nearly produced a major organisational disaster in Mirpur.

The final decision, of playing the game on Monday, came after both Tamim Iqbal and Mashrafe Mortaza, the Comilla Victorians and Rangpur Riders captains, agreed to the BPL governing council’s suggestion ‘in the interest of the tournament and the crowd.’

A public service announcement at the ground ended nearly an hour-long drama that was witnessed by a half-full Shere Bangla National Stadium.

Confusion reigned supreme as the BPL governing council members led by Ismail Haider Mallick, its member secretary, and several other BCB directors were engaged in several conversations with Comilla captain Tamim and their team owners and officials; there was the odd heated conversation too. Rangpur, however, chose not to be too involved in the chatter.

10:20 pm, the two captains were there. Mashrafe, first: ’You know, no team should be going out because it’s a wash out, especially in a semi-final. It’s not a thing about the board and so on, it’s the best news for cricket. Playing conditions are important, since we don’t want to get injured ahead of Bangladesh’s tri-series tour.

Many thanks to Tamim for honouring this decision and for the sake of BPL we will play tomorrow. Has been a fantastic tournament.’

Tamim says: ’It’s okay, if any other team would’ve been in our shoes, even they would’ve done the same as us. For the sake of the BPL, we will have a game tomorrow, so it’s all good. For tomorrow, we can plan better now. Only 12 overs to bowl for us. Whoever starts well tomorrow, will do better,’ reports SAMAA TV News Pakistan.