T20 World Cup: Despite Shanto’s 50, Tigers post 127 vs Pak

Bangladesh made a low score of 127 in the match against Pakistan

Dhaka, Nov 6 — Bangladesh failed to post a challenging total on the board in their last Super 12 match in the T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide on Sunday.

Bangladesh won the toss, opted to bat first, and posted a below-par total of 127 for 8 wickets with Najmul Hossain Shanto registering a slow 54 off 48 balls.

Shanto and Liton Das opened the innings for the Tigers in this match and Liton hit an early six, indicating to play something big today. But he fell prey to Shaheen Afridi inside the powerplay for 10 off eight balls.

It was a short ball from Shaheen and Liton tried to pull it off but ended up giving a regulation catch to Shan Masood.

Bangladesh didn't lose any more wickets in the first 10 overs, but in the 11th over, they suffered a double blow when Soumya Sarkar fell while playing a reverse of Shadab Khan, and off the next ball, Shakib Al Hasan suffered a controversial lbw.

TV replays showed the ball was touching Shakib's bat before hitting his pads, and the bat was not grounded as well. But the umpire called him out. Shakib left the field in utter disbelief with a golden duck that put Bangladesh into further trouble.

Mosaddek Hossain made only five off 11 balls and Nurul Hasan Sohan also suffered a three-ball duck. Their dismissals made it tough for Bangladesh to go for a big total.

But Afif Hossain was unbeaten for 24 off 20 balls. He helped Bangladesh pass the 100-run mark in this match.

Eventually, Bangladesh ended up with 127 for eight.

For Pakistan, Shaheen bagged four wickets conceding 22 runs while Shadab bagged two.

Bangladesh made three changes to their playing XI— Soumya Sarkar, Nasum Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain are in replacing Yasir Ali, Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam.

If Bangladesh win this game, they will qualify for the semifinal, but if they lose, Pakistan will advance to the next phase.

In the previous World Cup match, the Netherlands beat South Africa and made a good way for the winners of this match.

Before this match, Bangladesh took on Pakistan in 18 T20Is and won only two of those matches.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan(w), Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi. - UNB