Bangladesh beat the West Indies by 27 runs in the second T20I and confirmed the series win with one match in hand. With this victory, the Tigers won the T20 series against the West Indies after six years.
Bangladesh lost the toss in St. Vincent on Wednesday (December 18) and got a capital of 129 runs due to the failure of the batsmen to bat first. It is not very big in T20. Against the hosts, Bangladesh needed a good start with the ball. That’s what the Tiger Bowlers have done brilliantly with this medium capital. Bangladesh could not take wickets in the first two overs. However, in the third over of the innings, Taskin took a double catch. Brandon King (8 for 5) and Andre Fletcher (0 for 4) returned the first and fifth balls of the over. In the next over, Sheikh Mehdi trapped Johnson Charles (12 balls, 15) LBW.
Johnson Charles (14) was sent back lbw by Sheikh Mehdi in the fourth over. After that, Soumya Sarkar was caught at slip by Nicholas Pooran (5). The visitors ended the powerplay with relief. Soumya Sarkar left the catch of Rovman Powell in the previous over. But Mirage did not make any mistakes in the next over. Hasan Mahmood’s great delivery has been applauded by the West Indies captain. Powell, who got life for zero runs, scored 6 off 7 balls.
Pacer Tanjim Hasan also joined the Caribbean’s wicket-taking procession. In 8.3 overs, he returned the new batsman, Romario Shepherd, caught out. He could not open the account of runs by playing 5 balls. Roston Chase and Akil Hossain resisted after picking up 6 wickets for the hosts for 42 runs. Windies returned to the match by hitting Hasan for two consecutive sixes. However, in the next over, Rishad picked up Dangerman Chase. Chase stopped by scoring 32 runs off 34 balls. Rishad returned Moti with the next ball. Although there was a chance for a hat trick, Algeri Joseph did not let it happen. But Tanjim Shakib returned Joseph in the next over. In the end, West Indies stopped at 102 runs.
Taskin Ahmed took the maximum three wickets with 16 runs for Bangladesh. Tanzim Shakib, Rishad Hossain, and Mehdi Hasan took two wickets each. Hasan Mahmud’s victim is one.
Earlier, Bangladesh lost the toss and lost 2 wickets for 11 runs. Caught in a cycle of failure, Lytton returned empty-handed. After scoring only 3 runs off 10 balls, Akil Hossain was stumped and returned to Sajghar. On his departure, Bangladesh lost the first wicket by 8 runs. Tanjid Tamim reached the pavilion with just 2 runs from 4 balls after being bowled by Roston Chase on the way back to Liton.
Soumya Sarkar and Mehdi Hasan Miraj formed a pair after handling the initial shock. When Soumya Sarkar returned to the team’s 39 runs, this pair was broken for 28 runs. The Tigers lost 3 wickets for 39 runs after Soumya’s departure. Mehdi Hasan Miraj went back to Sajghar in the next over. After scoring 26 runs off 25 balls, Aljari Joseph was caught at deep backward square by Brandon King and returned to the dressing room.
Rishad Hossain quickly went back to the dressing room along the path of Soumya and Miraj. After scoring only 5 runs off 4 balls, he was bowled by Gurakesh Moti and returned to the pavilion. On his departure, Bangladesh lost 5 wickets for only 52 runs. Bold Mehdi while sweeping Moti with the second ball of the 15th over. He returned for 11 runs off 11 balls. Zaker Ali was going to go uphill towards the end as the run was not right. But he was bowled out for 21 runs in 16.1 overs. Zaker Ali caught Powell off McCoy’s ball. His 20-ball innings had 1 four and 1 six.
Bangladesh lost 7 wickets for 88 runs. As a result, there are fears that the team will be all out before 100. However, Shamim Hossain Patwari scored 35 runs from 17 balls, and Bangladesh stopped at 129 runs after losing 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs.
Gurakesh Moti took two wickets for 25 runs for the West Indies. Akil Hussain, Roston Chase, Alzari Joseph, and Odeb McCoy took one each.
Short score
Bangladesh: 129/7 in 20 overs (Litton 3, Soumya 11, Tanjeed 2, Miraj 26, Zaker 21, Rishad 5, Mehdi 11, Shamim 35*, Tanjim 9*; Aqeel 4-0-16-1, Shepherd 3-0-26-0, Chase 2-0-8-1, Joseph 4-0-21-1, Moti 4-0-25-2, McCoy 3-0-32-1).
West Indies: 102 in 18.3 overs (King 8, Charles 14, Fletcher 0, Puran 5, Chase 32, Powell 6, Shepherd 0, Akil 31, Moti 0, Joseph 0, McCoy 1*; Hasan 3-1-23-1, Mehdi 4-1-20-2, Taskin 3.3-0-16-3, Tanjim 4-1-22-2, Rishad 3-0-12-2, Miraj 1-0-8-0).
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