Shakib Al Hasan regained kind with a elegant half-century earlier than leg-spinner Rishad Hossain struck twice at a vital juncture as Bangladesh inched nearer to Tremendous 8 with a 25-run win over Netherlands within the T20 World Cup at Kingstown, St Vincent on Thursday. Set a goal of 160, the Netherlands ended at 134 for eight of their allotted 20 overs on the picturesque Arnos Vale Floor, which was internet hosting a global for the primary time in 10 overs. The outcome meant Sri Lanka have been knocked out of the event.
Shakib roared again to kind with a 46-ball 64 as Bangladesh posted a aggressive 159 for 5 after being requested to bat.
In addition to Shakib, Tanzid Hasan struck 35 off 26 balls and Mahmudullah chipped in with 25 off 21.
Of their chase, Netherlands misplaced two wickets with simply 32 runs on the board, and most significantly, with the powerplay about to finish.
Vikramjit Singh (26 off 16 balls) hit three sixes and was trying harmful when Mahmudullah had the batter stumped to go away Bangladesh at 69 for 3 within the tenth over.
Sybrand Engelbrecht (33 off 22 balls) and skipper Scott Edwards (25 off 23) added 42 runs for the fourth wicket earlier than leg-spinner Rishad struck twice to the flip the sport on its head.
Left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman, bowling brilliantly on the different finish, despatched again Edwards and Rishad returned to dismiss Logan van Beek cheaply to nearly seal the match in Bangladesh’s favour.
Netherlands wanted 86 off 60 balls, and tried to make a match of it however then, impulsively, they misplaced 4 wickets because the the trio of Taskin Ahmed (2/30), Rishad (3/33) and Mustafizur Rahman (1/12) got here up with wonderful performances.
Earlier, with Bangladesh beginning their innings with two left-handers, Edwards tossed the brand new ball to off-spinner Aryan Dutt within the second over, and the transfer paid immediate dividends as they acquired the large wicket of Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (1).
The Dutch would do properly to thank the Bangladesh captain for his horrendous shot choice as he went for a pointless reverse sweep to be out caught within the first slip.
Dutt additionally accounted for Litton Das originally of fourth over because of a shocking catch within the deep by a sprinting Sybrand Engelbrecht. After Das swept Dutt in the direction of sq. leg, Engelbrecht lined quite a lot of floor and dived full-length to drag off the catch.
The shot Das performed was additionally pointless provided that Tanzid Hasan had picked up two boundaries and a six within the earlier over. For the utmost, Tanzid danced down the bottom and flayed it over covers.
The one change within the Dutch line-up for this very important Group D match, Dutt vindicated the staff administration’s resolution by returning wonderful figures of two/17 in his full quota of 4 overs. Paul van Meekeren (2/15) was additionally good with the ball.
As many as 18 got here off the fourth over bowled by Vivian Kingma and Bangladesh have been on their approach.
Struggling for kind previous to this sport, Shakib collected 4 boundaries within the sixth over, which yielded 19 runs, as Bangladesh reached 54 for 2 on the finish of powerplay.
In the meantime, Tanzid tried to hit van Meekeren towards the wind and paid the value, holing out to Bas de Leede within the outfield.
Bangladesh’s two most skilled gamers, Mahmudullah and Shakib then added 41 runs for the fourth wicket to prop up the staff.
Nevertheless, because the innings entered its remaining stretch, Mahmudullah, having hit two sixes and two furs, was performed in by the robust wind as Engelbrecht accomplished one other good catch close to the ropes.
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