Bangladesh win emphatically in heavy dew
Bangladesh are strutting their way through Group A with an insouciant swagger, as good as sealing a place in the tournament proper with a second emphatic display
Bangladesh are strutting their way through Group A with an insouciant swagger, as good as sealing a place in the tournament proper with a second emphatic display
Commentator: George Binoy
10.35 pm Bangladesh have won both their qualifying matches so far. Shakib was on fire today, clouting 37 off 18 balls. Nepal shouldn't be too upset, though. The conditions - heavy dew - were difficult to content with.
Al-Amin Hossain is the Man of the Match for his spell of 4-0-17-2. He bowled a terrific final over to keep Nepal to 126 for 5, after Bangladesh had won the toss.
Pudota: "That's childish from Shakib. As a professional cricketer, he has to show that he is above such simple things as refusing to take winning run to hit a six next ball. He could have been out trying to do that."
Jacob Daniel: "What Shakib has done is increased the run rate after securing the win...plus the entertainment value...so I can understand what he has done."
Paras Khadka says Nepal needed 140-plus to challenge Bangladesh in these conditions. He says Nepal got stuck and didn't rotate strike in the middle, and lacked the big hits too. Nepal didn't hit a single six.
Rohit : "Give him [Shakib] a break. Its just a warm-up game. What use is it if you don't actually flex your muscles a bit. Its called warm-up for a reason, I believe."
Mushfiqur says the toss was important because of the dew, it was very difficult to grip the ball. "shakib is a champion, he knows how he can hit ... there were plenty of balls and ... it was great to see ..."
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Plays of the day for the qualifying match between Bangladesh and Nepal in Chittagong
Bangladesh are strutting their way through Group A with an insouciant swagger, as good as sealing a place in the tournament proper with a second emphatic display
First Round Group A | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.466 |
NEP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.933 |
AFG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.981 |
HKG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.455 |
First Round Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
NED | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.109 |
ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.957 |
IRE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.701 |
UAE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.541 |
Group 1 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2.233 |
SA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.075 |
NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.678 |
ENG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.776 |
NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.866 |
Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.28 |
WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.971 |
PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.384 |
AUS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.857 |
BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.072 |