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Beating Bangladesh in any format on their home turf is a tough ask and once again it was proven right. The World Champions played their first T20 since that magical night in Melbourne and started well with the bat but the determined Bangladesh pace attack bowled superbly in the end to restrict them to a par total. England could've still made it tough for the hosts but their bowlers didn't live up to the expectation and Shanto played a match-defining knock eventually.
Bangladesh have won an ODI and a T20 at Chattogram but the action returns to Dhaka for the final two T20 matches. They never had any success in the capital against England but things could change on Sunday if they perform collectively like they did today. On that note, it's time to end the coverage here, hope you enjoyed it. Until next time, this is Pragadeesh and Pradeep signing off
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh Captain): The way we approach the game was fantastic. When we were bowling the first 10 overs we were put under a pump, but no one panicked and everyone know what they have to do. Except for my dropped catch, things went well in the first innings. In T20's you don't have to think much, we have to carry a good environment in the dressing room and on the field. We are looking to start from here having an eye on the T20 World Cup in West Indies. If we play well, we can build a good team going into the tournament
Najmul Hossain Shanto is the Player of the Match!Here's what he has to say: Towhid batted really well but I just watched the ball and played on it's merit. The way all the bowlers bowled was brilliant, specially Hasan and Taskin, it helped us to take the pressure and bat normally. Rony and Litton got off to good start, we build on that and it's all about the start always.
Jos Buttler (England captain): We just didn't finish the innings really well, we were set to launch and finish well but we were short of 15-20 runs but just lost the way in the end. The pitch played as expected, low bounce and difficult hit through the line, Bangladesh came out and played with intent and took the game away initially. It's a different balance, sometimes it works, we've got good all-rounders and we make the best use of it.
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Najmul Hossain Shanto 51(30) | Jos Butter 67(42) Hasan Mahmud 2-26(4) | Mark Wood 1-24(2)
Shakib Al Hasan seals the match in style and helps his team go 1-0 up in the series. He runs and hugs his partner, while England didn't show good intent with the ball and deserved to be on the wrong side of the result Defending 157 on this track was challenging and a fast and furious start that Bangladesh had put England further on the back foot. They got their first breakthrough with the help of Rashid's ripper and Das' wicket soon after helped them to gain a bit of control in the match but everything lasted only until Shanto took matters into his own hands to punish England's pace attack. He was just using his timing and delicate touches to good effect and picked his spots to perfection
That one over from Mark Wood where Shanto smashed four consecutive boundaries put the hosts in the driver's seat and there was no looking back after that. Wood, however, managed to come back and had his say against Shanto and the pressure was building around the hosts after his wicket. Moeen Ali looked in good rhythm but Shakib smashed him for a couple of boundaries before keeping his cool to steer his team home comfortably in the end
18
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158/4score
1
4
0
1
1
4
runs
Shakib Al Hasan*
34(24)
Afif Hossain
15(13)
Chris Jordan
0/16
17.6 Chris Jordan to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! GAME, SET AND MATCH! Bangladesh thump the World Champions by a fair margin. Back of a length, outside the off-stump. Shakib throws his hands, slashes it down to third-man, fielder runs around with a dive but can't stop it and that boundary seals the deal as Bangladesh go 1-0 up in the series!
17.5 Chris Jordan to Afif Hossain, back of a length, angled in on the middle and off. Afif whips it into the on-side for another single.
17.4 Chris Jordan to Shakib Al Hasan, back of a length and outside the off-stump. Shakib slaps that one over the covers but there's protection and gets only a single. Bangladesh need just 4 now!
17.3 Chris Jordan to Shakib Al Hasan, yorker length on the fifth stump. Shakib reaches to squeeze that one away but misses, through to the keeper.