West Indies overcomes clueless Bangladesh

ICC World T20 | Group 2 | Match 20 | Bangladesh Vs West Indies

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirupur

Toss: Bangladesh and elected to field first

Playing XIs:

West Indies: Dwayne Smith, Chris Gayle, Lendle Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Krishmar Santokie

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Ziaur Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Mashrafe Mortaza, Al-Amin Hossain

Mini Score Card:

West Indies 171/7 (20) Dwayne Smith 70 (43) | Al-Amin Hossain 3/21 (4)

Bangladesh 98 – all out (19.1) Mushfiqur Rahim 22 (22) | Samuel Badree 4/15 (4)

Result: West Indies won by 73 runs

Points: West Indies 2 (2), Bangladesh 0

Man of the match: Dwayne Smith (West Indies)

Umpires: Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong and Richard Illingworth (3^rd) (All England) | Kumar Dharamasena (Reserve – Sri Lanka)

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

How they played the game

Powerplay: West Indies 36 runs, 0 wicket | Bangladesh 29 runs, 3 wickets

First 50 runs: West Indies 47 balls | Bangladesh 52 balls

50-100 runs: West Indies 29 balls | Bangladesh 98 – all out

100-150 runs: West Indies 33 balls

Best Partnership:

West Indies 1^st Wicket – 97 runs off 71 balls | Contributors: Dwayne Smith 72 (43) and Chris Gayle 19 (28)

Bangladesh 4^th Wicket – 35 runs off 35 balls | Contributors: Mushfiqur Rahim 17 (18) and Mominul Haque 15(17)

Fours

West Indies: 17 (10 – Dwayne Smith | 3 – Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy | 1 – Marlon Samuels)

Bangladesh: 10 (3- Mashrafe Mortaza | 2 – Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim | 1 – Tamim Iqbal)

SIXERS

West Indies:  5 (3 – Dwayne Smith | 2 – Chris Gayle)

Bangladesh: 1 (Mushfiqur Rahim)

Important facts about the match

• From 6.1 overs onwards Lendle Simmons kept wickets in place of Denesh Ramdin.
• Gayle’s 26 runs came from 38 balls which is the second slowest 25 runs in the history of T20I.
• This is Bangladesh’s second worst defeat in T20I, first against Pakistan by 103 runs in Karachi, 2008
• Dwayne Smith’s 72 runs is his personal best score in T20I defeating his previous score of 70 against England in Trent Bridge in 2012.
• Lendl Simmons became the 3^rd batsman in T20I to get out stumped on a wide ball, first two being Kieron Pollard and Narsingh Deonarine, both from West Indies.
• Al-Amin’s figures of 3/21 are the best bowling figures by a Bangladeshi fast bowler in T20I.
• Samuel Badree’s figures of 4/15 are not only his personal best but also the best for West Indies in the World T20.

In the pic: Samuel Badree bowls best bowling for West Indies in World T20

Picture Courtesy: ESPN Cricinfo