Shakib Al Hasan discovered kind with an outstanding half-century whereas leg-spinner Rishad Hossain took two wickets at essential moments as Bangladesh moved nearer to the Tremendous 8s with a 25-run win over the Netherlands within the T20 World Cup at Kingstown, St Vincent on Thursday.Confronted a goal of 160, the Netherlands made 134 for eight of their allotted 20 overs, internet hosting a global match below 10 overs for the primary time on the stunning Arnos Vale floor.The outcome meant Sri Lanka have been knocked out of the event.
Shakib returned to kind with a 46-ball 64 as Bangladesh posted a aggressive 159 for 5 after being invited to bat.
Other than Shakib, Tanjid Hasan scored 35 runs in 26 balls and Mahmudullah scored 25 runs in 21 balls.
Chasing the goal, Netherlands misplaced two wickets for simply 32 runs, and most significantly, the powerplay was about to finish.
Vikramjit Singh (26 off 16 balls) smashed three sixes and was trying harmful earlier than he was stumped by Mahmudullah to go away Bangladesh at 69 for 3 within the tenth over.
Sybrand Engelbrecht (33 off 22 balls) and captain Scott Edwards (25 off 23 balls) added 42 for the fourth wicket earlier than leg-spinner Rishad took two wickets to alter the course of the match.
On the different finish, left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman was bowling brilliantly and despatched Edwards again to the pavilion and Rishad dismissed Logan van Beek cheaply to nearly flip the match in Bangladesh's favour.
Netherlands wanted 86 off 60 balls and so they tried to make it however all of the sudden they misplaced 4 wickets because the trio of Taskin Ahmed (2/30), Rishad (3/33) and Mustafizur Rahman (1/12) carried out brilliantly.
Earlier, Bangladesh started their innings with two left-handers, with Edwards handing the brand new ball to off-spinner Aryan Dutt within the second over and the transfer instantly paid off as he acquired the large wicket of Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto (1).
The Dutch have the Bangladesh captain to thank for his poor shot choice, as he went for an pointless reverse sweep and was caught at first slip.
Dutt additionally dismissed Liton Das at the beginning of the fourth over, due to a superb catch within the deep by Sybrand Engelbrecht. When Das swept Dutt in the direction of sq. leg, Engelbrecht coated lots of room and took the catch with a full-length dive.
The shot Das performed was additionally pointless as Tanzid Hasan had hit two fours and a six within the earlier over. Tanzid danced down the sphere for the utmost and swept the ball over the covers.
The one change within the Dutch line-up for this significant Group D match, Dutt proved the crew administration's resolution proper by returning spectacular figures of two/17 in his full quota of 4 overs. Paul van Meekeren (2/15) additionally put in a valiant efficiency with the ball.
The fourth over bowled by Vivian Kingma yielded 18 runs and Bangladesh have been on their manner.
Shakib, who was in kind earlier than this match, smashed 4 fours within the sixth over, scoring 19 runs, taking Bangladesh to 54 for 2 on the finish of the powerplay.
In the meantime, Tanjid tried to hit Van Meekeren towards the wind and it price him a supply to Bas de Leede within the outfield.
Bangladesh's two most skilled gamers, Mahmudullah and Shakib, steadied the innings by including 41 runs for the fourth wicket.
Nevertheless, because the innings reached its remaining phases, Mahmudullah was dismissed by a robust wind after hitting two sixes and two fours with Engelbrecht taking one other good catch close to the ropes.
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