ICC T20 World Cup: Bangladesh destroyed Nepal by 8 wickets

The Dhaka Times Desk Bangladesh and Nepal face each other at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Bangladesh won the toss and took the fielding. Nepal managed to score 126 runs after 20 overs losing 5 wickets in their first innings. In response, Bangladesh won by 8 wickets in 15.3 overs.

Both teams won their first match. Bangladesh The Afghans lost by a huge margin On the other hand, Nepal beat Hong Kong by 80 runs.

Both the teams said they are playing for victory in today's match, the captain of the Bangladesh team Mushfiq's The voice, however, is enough for Nepal. He said, "They are moving forward little by little. In T20 cricket, the team that plays well for three hours will win. We are taking the match seriously. Nepal played very well in the warm-up matches. They also beat Hong Kong easily yesterday (Sunday).”

On the other hand, the captain of Nepal Khadka Said, “Yesterday (against Hong Kong) we played a perfect match. But this time we will be playing against a host and Test playing country. This is a great opportunity for us. We don't get such opportunities easily. So we will try our best."

Both teams entered the field with the same eleven from the previous match.

Update

Farhad Reza and Al Amin rightly proved Bangladeshi captain's decision to field after winning the toss. Farhad Reza gave Bangladesh a wicket in the fourth over. Nepal's opener Subas Khakurel returned for 8 off Farhad Razor. Another opener Sagar Pun (12) returned to Al Amin. Trapped LBW, Al Amin sent back Gnanendra Malla for 13 too.

After that, in the fourth wicket two Nepali batsmen Sarad Biswakar and Parash Kharka made a huge partnership of 85 runs. Mashrafe broke the pair with a superb ball. Nepal lost 5 wickets at the end of 20 overs and set a target of 127 runs in front of Bangladesh. Earlier, the Nepali batsmen gave a great reply to the Bangladeshi bowlers. In today's match, the Bangladeshi spinners did not get any success with the ball. As a result, Bangladesh's spin attack was completely useless. The spinners could not take advantage of the fact that there was dew on the field. As such, Nepal has responded well by playing with a Test player country for the first time.

Batting in reply, the two openers of Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal and Enamul Haque Vijay, made a great start. The two batsmen put on a partnership of 63 runs in 7.4 overs. Tamim was caught by Sagar Pun off Regmi's over for a personal 30 runs. Tamim hit two 4s and a 6 among his 30 runs. Another opener Enamul Haque Vijay was run out and returned to a personal 42 runs.

The next story is only one sided. Shakib took the field along with Sabbir to lead the team to victory. Shakib scored 37 runs. Sabbir scored 21 runs. Bangladesh won by 8 wickets. Bangladesh had to play only 15.3 overs to get this victory! Man of the match was Al Amin who got two wickets with 17 runs in four overs.