Scotland shocked fancied Bangladesh by six runs after Chris Greaves’ magnificent all-round show for a dream begin within the ICC T20 World Cup on an eventful Sunday night time right here.
Greaves led an excellent lower-order fightback with a 28-ball 45 as Scotland recovered from a hopeless scenario to put up 140 for 9 of their first spherical Group B opener of the T20 showpiece.
Scotland’s star man ⭐️
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Invited to bat first, Scotland have been reeling at 53 for six within the twelfth over earlier than Greaves added 51 runs with Mark Watt (22 off 17 balls) to prop up Scotland.
In response, Bangladesh have been stopped at 134 for seven of their allotted quota of 20 overs with Greaves returning wonderful figures of two/19 in three overs, which included the vitals wickets of star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan (20) and the seasoned Mushfiqur Rahim (38).
A memorable night for 🏴
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This is Scotland’s second win in a World Cup, the primary coming within the 2016 version of the match towards Hong Kong.
Needing 24 runs off the ultimate over bowled by medium-pacer Safyaan Sharif (0/26), Mahedi Hasan (13 not out) and Mohammed Saifuddin (5 not out) couldn’t pull off a miracle.
For Scotland, medium-pacer Brad Wheal (3/24 in 4 overs) and leg-spinner Greaves have been the star performers with the ball, whereas Josh Davey (1/24) and Mark Watt (1/19) offered ample assist.
Watt additionally adopted up his efficiency with the bat with an excellent bowling present.
Skipper Mahmudullah (23) and Afif Hossain (18) saved Bangladesh within the hunt with some progressive pictures. Left-hander Hossain went for a giant one off left-arm spinner Watt solely to see Davey take a catch within the deep.
The Bangladesh batters didn’t have it simple towards a disciplined Scotland assault. Soumya Sarkar (5) went for a giant shot and did not clear the fielder to depart Bangladesh at 8 for one.
Liton Das (5) too didn’t final too lengthy, falling to a slower one from Wheal.
The skilled Shakib helped Mushfiqur add 47 runs for the third wicket earlier than mis-hitting a half-tracker from Greaves for McLeod to run in and take catch.
Mushfiqur, one other of the workforce’s vastly skilled participant, opened up after a interval of consolidation and hit two splendid sixes and seemed to be in management earlier than an tried scoop shot off size supply from Greaves noticed his leg-stump knocked again to place Bangladesh in a spot of trouble.
Earlier, Scotland have been off to a poor begin as they misplaced skipper Kyle Coetzer (0) to Saifuddin with simply 5 runs on the board within the third over.
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The spinners — Shakib and Mahedi Hasan — then took over and added to Scotland’s woes. Hasan snared two wickets in his first over as he dismissed wicketkeeper Matthew Cross (11) and George Munsey (29) after the 2 had added 40 runs for the second wicket.
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This was after an excellent show by Bangladesh bowlers within the energy play as they restricted Scotland to 39 for one within the first six overs.
Shakib joined the occasion by eliminating Richie Berrington (2) and Michael Leask (0) to depart Scotland tottering at 52 for 5, which quickly grew to become 53 for six when Hasan picked up his third wicket within the type of Calum MacLeod (5).
Greaves, who hit 4 fours and two sixes, then got here to their rescue along with his runs to propel Scotland.
