Bangladesh
cricket team has sealed the three-match Twenty20 International cricket series
2-1 after beating West Indies in the final match by 19 runs according to the
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after the game having been interrupted by rain at
the Central Broward Stadium in Florida.
To
win the match, the hosts required 50 runs off 17 balls with three wickets
remaining at hand before the match was stopped due to rain.
Bangladesh
T20 skipper, Shakib Al Hasan, won the toss and chose to bat first. Opening
batsman Liton
Das played his career-best T20 innings of 32-ball 61, including six
boundaries and three sixes, which took the Tigers’ team total to 184 for 5 in
20 overs.
After
coming to chase, the Caribbean team scored 135 for 7 in 17.1 overs before the
play being interrupted by rain. Andre Russell top scored with 47 off 21 balls,
in which he struck one four and six sixes. He showed his team the hope of
surpassing Bangladesh’s formidable total. However, he was dismissed by the
first ball of the 18th over bowled by Mustafizur Rahman.
Mustafizur
Rahman claimed three wickets conceding 31 runs, while Abu Hider, Rubel Hossain,
Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan took one wicket each. Spinner Nazmul Islam
injured his left hand and that is why, he could not bowl the last three balls
of his only over. He was subsequently taken to hospital directly from the field
and found four lacerations on his hand.
Liton
Das was named “Man of the Match” for his performance.
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