west indies vs bangladesh
On the basis of the brilliant bowling of Taskin Ahmed, Bangladesh took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with the victory in the second T20 match. Bangladesh defeated hosts West Indies by 27 runs and won their second consecutive T20I match. Bangladesh scored 129 runs for seven wickets thanks to the best player of the match Shamim Hussain’s unbeaten inning of 35 runs in 17 balls. Mehdi Hasan Miraj also contributed 26 runs. Spinner Gudakesh Moti took two wickets for 25 runs.
Rain interrupted Bangladesh’s innings twice but there was no reduction in overs. In response, the West Indies team faced the excellent bowling of Taskin (three wickets for 16 runs), Rishad Hussain (two wickets for 12 runs), Mehdi Hasan (two wickets for 20 runs) and Tanzeem Hasan Shakib (two wickets for 22 runs). Was reduced to 102 runs in 18.3 overs. Roston Chase was the host team’s top scorer with 32 runs while Akil Hussain played an inning of 31 runs. Bangladesh won the first T20 series by 7 runs.
Bangladesh showed strength
West Indies won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first in the second T20I match. The start of Bangladesh’s innings was very bad. The opening pair of Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar returned to the pavilion cheaply. Liton Das scored 3 runs and Soumya Sarkar scored 11 runs. Tanjeed Hasan could score 2 runs. Bangladesh team had lost 3 wickets within 39 runs. After this, Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Zaker Ali tried to establish their foot on the crease but could not support each other for long. The process of falling wickets continued. However, tail batsman Shamim Hussain was successful in taking his team to a respectable score of 129 runs by playing an unbeaten inning of 35 runs.
West Indies batsmen disappointed
The batting of the West Indies team, which came to chase Bangladesh’s score, looked very weak. Except 3 batsmen, no one could touch double figures. Roston Chase played the highest innings of 32 runs for West Indies. The West Indies team could not even play the full 20 overs and were bundled out for just 102 runs in 18.3 overs. In this way West Indies had to face a crushing defeat in the series.
