Bangladesh beat Ireland by 77 runs of their second T20 International on Wednesday to clinch the three-match collection.
Opener Liton Das scored 83 off 41 balls and skipper Shakib Al Hasan took 5-22 in 17 overs of play as a consequence of a rain delay.
Liton’s half-century off simply 18 balls was the quickest by a Bangladeshi batsman, surpassing Mohammad Ashraful’s 20-ball fifty in opposition to the West Indies within the 2007 T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh received the primary match by DLS technique by 22 runs.
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Bangladesh, electing to bat first, posted a mammoth rating of 202-3 at virtually 12 runs per over. The guests replied with 125-9. Liton and Ronnie Talukdar placed on a nationwide report 124 for the opening stand to offer Bangladesh a stable begin. They instantly went after the Irish bowlers and picked up 73 runs within the first 5 overs – the primary powerplay of the sport.
Liton introduced up his tenth half-century by pushing leg-spinner Ben White over backward sq. leg for a single. Talukdar hit one other leg-spinner, Gareth Delany, for 2 sixes to hitch the get together. White, who had figures of 2-28 in Bangladesh’s run fest, offered some reduction by dismissing Talukdar after scoring 44 off 23.
Liton appeared to be inching in direction of his maiden hundred, however edged a supply off White which took a little bit of spin. Shakib and Tauheed Hriday stored the runs flowing and added 61 off 29 earlier than the latter was dismissed for twenty-four. Shakib remained unbeaten after scoring 38 runs in 24 balls.
Ireland suffered a significant blow when quick bowler Taskin Ahmed (3-27) had Paul Stirling caught by Liton off the primary ball of the innings.
Shakib then swung into motion, bowling a slower one which tricked Lorcan Tucker (6). He then struck twice in his second over to take Ross Adair and Delany to higher than single-digit figures.
Shakib struck one other double wicket haul to finish his second five-wicket haul for Bangladesh, dismissing George Dockrell after which Harry Tector, who hit three sixes in his 16-ball-22.
Curtis Campher scored 50 runs in 30 balls for the visiting staff. The groups finish the collection on Friday forward of the one-off Test beginning subsequent Tuesday in Dhaka.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
