Third T20I win top team effort: Brathwaite
UNB, Dhaka :
West Indies finished their month-long Bangladesh tour on a high note after winning the T20I series 2-1. The Caribbean side struggled during their India tour as well. Winning a trophy made their tiring sub-continental tour somewhat memorable.
Windies defeated Bangladesh by 50 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. West Indian T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite said the victory was team effort. “We were 88 in the powerplay. It goes to show that if we have positive intent to back your ability to play good cricket shots, you can end up with massive scores in the first six overs. As a bowling unit, we were under the pump a bit. But what was most impressive was how we kept our resolve after everything that happened. How we came back out, settled ourselves and then it was bang-bang – wickets kept falling. It was a top team effort,” he said at the post-match press conference.
West Indies posted 190 runs in the first innings after being sent to bat first. Evin Lewis struck 89 off 36 balls with six fours and eight sixes. Bangladeshi opener Liton Das started with strong replies and helped Tigers add 30 runs in four overs in spite of losing Tamim Iqbal to run-out.
But, an unwanted situation stole the momentum when Tanvir Ahmed, a Bangladeshi umpire, called a no-ball off Oshane Thomas assuming an over-stepped delivery. And Liton, who was at the striker end, went to play through long-off but was caught at mid-off. He, however, remained not-out for the umpire’s call.
The Windies saw the ball was fair on the giant screen and went to ask for a Player Review in spite of not having one in such circumstances.
West Indies finished their month-long Bangladesh tour on a high note after winning the T20I series 2-1. The Caribbean side struggled during their India tour as well. Winning a trophy made their tiring sub-continental tour somewhat memorable.
Windies defeated Bangladesh by 50 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. West Indian T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite said the victory was team effort. “We were 88 in the powerplay. It goes to show that if we have positive intent to back your ability to play good cricket shots, you can end up with massive scores in the first six overs. As a bowling unit, we were under the pump a bit. But what was most impressive was how we kept our resolve after everything that happened. How we came back out, settled ourselves and then it was bang-bang – wickets kept falling. It was a top team effort,” he said at the post-match press conference.
West Indies posted 190 runs in the first innings after being sent to bat first. Evin Lewis struck 89 off 36 balls with six fours and eight sixes. Bangladeshi opener Liton Das started with strong replies and helped Tigers add 30 runs in four overs in spite of losing Tamim Iqbal to run-out.
But, an unwanted situation stole the momentum when Tanvir Ahmed, a Bangladeshi umpire, called a no-ball off Oshane Thomas assuming an over-stepped delivery. And Liton, who was at the striker end, went to play through long-off but was caught at mid-off. He, however, remained not-out for the umpire’s call.
The Windies saw the ball was fair on the giant screen and went to ask for a Player Review in spite of not having one in such circumstances.