Defending champions West Indies stored their flimsy semi-final probabilities alive whereas Bangladesh had been nearly knocked out of the T20 World Cup with a modest three-run win on Friday.
Asked to set the goal for the third time in a row within the match, West Indies scored 142 for seven, with Nicholas Pooran’s 40 off 22 balls being the spotlight of his innings. The wicket-keeper batsman hit 4 sixes and a 4. Roston Chase (39) made his predominant contribution with the bat whereas making his T20 International debut.
In reply, Bangladesh might handle to attain 139 for 5 in 20 overs as all of the West Indies bowlers took a wicket every.
With no factors in three matches, Bangladesh are out of the match, whereas West Indies can nonetheless qualify for the semi-finals supplied they win their remaining matches and different outcomes go of their favour.
Bangladesh started the chase on a poor be aware, dropping openers Mohammad Naeem (17) and Shakib Al Hasan (9), who had been limping within the first six overs. But wicket-keeper batsman Liton Das (44 off 43) took the initiative and slowly picked up the tempo.
Like Bangladesh, West Indies had been additionally sluggish on the sector and the two-time champions had been additionally responsible of lacking out on three run-out probabilities. Skipper Mahmudullah (31 not out) and Das took six wickets within the final six overs with 50 wanted to go, and transformed two into two, hitting boundaries commonly.
Dwayne Bravo (1/36) bowled a pleasant seventeenth over, conceding simply three runs. Mahmudullah hit him for a six off the primary ball of the ultimate over, however the veteran all-rounder proved his mettle by dismissing Danger Man Das on his closing ball.
With 13 runs wanted within the final over, Mahmudullah didn’t clear the boundary even as soon as regardless of being dropped by substitute Andre Fletcher off the fourth ball and introduced the equation right down to 4 on the final ball.
But Andre Russell (1/29) bowled a closing supply outdoors off-stump, leaving Mahmudullah no likelihood to free his arms to safe an in depth win for West Indies.
Earlier, Pooran hit 4 sixes and a 4 whereas Chase (39) made the primary contribution with the bat. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah, conscious of West Indies’ battle towards spin, put stress on the Caribbean facet to open the innings with off-spinner Mahedi Hasan (2/27).
After a couple of overs of tempo, bringing again the spin within the fifth over, Hasan received the large wicket of Chris Gayle (4) as Bangladesh conceded simply 29 runs within the powerplay, taking two wickets.
In his subsequent over, simply after Chase was dropped on his personal supply, Hasan took the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer (9).
Kieron Pollard (14 not out) and Chase tried to fix the innings within the thirteenth over earlier than the captain fell sick.
The causes for his departure had been unclear on the time, however he got here again to hit a six off the final ball within the closing over when seven batsmen had been packed for his facet.
On the very subsequent ball, Andre Russell (0) was run out with out going through the ball as issues went from unhealthy to worse for West Indies.
Then West Indies received some rub on the inexperienced when the chase was as soon as once more dropped by Hasan over deep mid-wicket, earlier than Bangladesh missed a stumping alternative towards Pooran.
The tempo modified a bit in West Indies’ favor with Chase and Pooran conceding 14 runs within the fifteenth over.
Pooran continued the assault as he thumped Shakib Al Hasan for back-to-back sixes.
Jason Holder additionally scored an unbeaten 15 off 5 balls.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
