Bangladesh win T20I series against Netherlands
Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Cricket team won the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) 2-0 against Netherlands Cricket team after defeating the Dutch by nine wickets in the second T20I match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday. Bangladesh have one match in their hand.
Earlier, the Tigers defeated the tourists by eight wickets in the first T20I at the same venue on August 31.
Bangladesh will take on Netherlands in the third and last T20I tomorrow at the same venue.
Chasing Netherlands’ paltry total of 103 off 17.3 overs, Bangladesh romped home making 104 for the loss of one wicket when they had 41 balls to spare.
Bangladesh had a solid start with two openers Parvez Hossain Emon and Tanzid Hasan Tamim put on together 40 runs in the opening stand before Parvez Hossain Emon was caught behind by wicketkeeper Scott Edwards off Kyle Klein.
After Emon’s dismissal, Tanzid Hasan and Litton Das guided their team to reach the winning spot scoring together 64 runs for the unbroken second wicket stand.
Tanzid Hasan remained unbeaten with 54 runs. His 40-ball innings was laced with four fours and two sixes.
Litton Das remained unbeaten with 18 runs. He hit two fours in his 18-ball innings.
Earlier, Emon made 23 from 21 deliveries featuring three fours and a sixer.
Bangladeshi bowlers bowled extremely well. They totally dominated over Netherlands batters to shot out the Dutch for a fragile total.
Netherlands lost their wickets in regular intervals.
Aryan Dutt, Vikramjit Singh and Shariz Ahmed were the three batters, who could reach the double digit figures against the tight controlled and superb bowling attack of Bangladeshi bowlers.
Aryan Dutt hit 30 from 24 deliveries featuring three fours and one six.
Vikramjit Singh made 24 from 17 balls including four fours, while Shariz Ahmed scored 12 runs.
Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed captured three wickets in the space of 21 runs. He was adjudged the Man of the Match.
Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman and right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed bagged two wickets each instead of 18 and 22 runs respectively.
Right-arm pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib and right-arm spinner Mahedi Hasan picked up one wicket each for 16 and 24 runs respectively.