Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Cricket team defeated Afghanistan Cricket team by four wickets in their first Twenty20 International (T20I) match by four wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday night.
Electing to bat first, Afghanistan piled up a fighting total of 151 for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Bangladesh coasted home scoring 153 runs for the loss of six wickets when they had eight balls to spare.
Openers Parvez Hossain Emon and Tanzid Hasan Tamim put on together 109 runs off 11.4 overs in the opening stand.
But later, Bangladesh lost six wickets scoring 118 for the loss of six wickets. Thus, the Tigers faced a batting collapse in that match.
Nurul Hasan Sohan and Rishad Hossain salvaged their team from danger contributing together 35 runs for the unbroken seventh wicket partnership and helped their side to reach the winning spot.
Sohan remained unbeaten with 23. He hit two sixes and one four in his 13-ball innings.
After the match, Nurul Hasan Sohan said, ” We lost a lot of wickets in the mid of the four to five wickets. Cricket is a team game. We shall improve as a team. We’ll watch forward to come out from mistakes. The wicket was good. Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Parvez Hossain Emon made a good start. But we faced collapse in the mid of the game.”
Nurul Hasan also said, ” The wicket of Sharjah usually become good after some overs. From the starting there were moisture in the first five to six overs. After that the wicket was good. T20I cricket is a game of run. I think where we failed, we should look forward to improve our performance. This problem had a long time. It is the appropriate time to develop our position.”
“We had a chance to do good in the outgoing Asia Cup. But we missed that opportunity. After the Asia Cup, it was the first match. So, it was necessary to win. We batted good for a time. But we faced collapse in the mid of the game. I hope we can develop in next matches,” he added.
