Bangladesh Grabs Seven-Run Win In West Indies T20I Opener | Cricket Information

After 3 consecutive ODI defeats, Bangladesh in the end returned to profitable tactics with a slender 7-run victory over the West Indies within the 1st T20I at Arnos Vale Floor. The West Indies controlled to make it out a nail-biting affair, courtesy of skipper Rovman Powell’s blitzkrieg, However in fact, the hosts by no means truly recovered from the wear and tear led to via Mahedi Hasan within the powerplay. Whilst chasing a modest 148-run overall, the Caribbean facet confronted issues as Mahedi made early inroads thru their batting lineup.

The West Indies had already misplaced Brandon King ahead of Mahedi was once presented to bowl within the powerplay. In his 2nd supply of the event, Mahedi stuck the massive fish, Nicholas Pooran. He invited him to step out of the crease to have a pass at him. Pooran shimmered down the crease, went for a swing and ignored the ball, which held a directly trajectory. The explosive batter was once neatly wanting the crease as Litton amassed the ball and dislodged the bails in a couple of minutes.

West Indies discovered reprieve within the subsequent over with Johnson Charles going berserk in opposition to Tanzim Hasan Sakib. He tonked two sixes and adopted it up with a crisp 4 to acquire 25 runs from the over.

However the approaching finish from Mahedi ended Charles’ maintain the bounds. The opener took the aerial direction, however the desired elevation was once one thing that was once ignored dearly. The ball landed in Hasan Mahmud’s arms at mid-off.

With the West Indies tottering at run-a-ball 36 and 3 wickets down after the primary six overs, Mahedi dealt an enormous blow to make their chase a misplaced motive.

He delivered a match-defining over to take away Andre Fletcher for a four-ball duck after which Roston Chase for 7(13). With the West Indies taking a look down and out at 39/5, Powell knew his facet wanted one thing particular from him.

Powell stored the hopes alive with Romario Shepherd enjoying the second one mess around to his skipper. The duo paced their knocks in keeping with the location and taken down the equation to twenty wanted in 18 balls.

With victory as soon as once more in sight, Bangladesh pacers held their nerves to peer off the sport. Taskin Ahmed got rid of Shepherd (22), however Powell’s danger persisted to loom within the setting.

Within the ultimate over, Hasan Mahmud had 10 runs to protect whilst going through Powell. Mahmud bowled it extensive, and Powell went for a flashy power. He most effective discovered an outdoor edge, which was once taken via the wicketkeeper. Mahmud castled Alzarri Joseph to seal a 7-run victory for Bangladesh.

Previous within the event, after being put to bat via the hosts, Bangladesh wanted moments of particular person brilliance to seek out their method to 147/6. Soumya Sarkar performed a blistering knock of 43(32), whilst Jaker Ali (27), Mahedi (26*) and Shamim Hossain (27) made priceless contributions against the tip, which took the guests to a preventing overall.

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