Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das star as Bangladesh beat Ireland by 77 runs in 2nd T20I | Cricket News resportsnews


New Delhi: Shakib Al Hasan has turn out to be the very best wicket-taker in T20 Internationals. Liton Das Scored the quickest T20I fifty for Bangladesh as he powered his group to a 77-run win over Eire within the second Twenty20 Worldwide in Chittagong.
With this victory, Bangladesh gained the three-match collection 2-0 on Wednesday.
Liton hit a career-best 83 off 41 balls and Ronnie Talukdar scored 44 off 23 balls as the 2 openers took Bangladesh to 202-3 in 17 overs lowered by rain.
Shakib then claimed 5-22 to limit Eire to 125-9, surpassing New Zealand’s Tim Southee’s tally of 134 wickets in T20Is.
Hitting 10 fours and three sixes, Liton introduced up his half-century in 18 balls, which is the quickest T20 half-century for Bangladesh. He surpassed Mohammad Ashraful’s 20-ball fifty in opposition to West Indies in 2007.
Curtis Campher High-scored for Eire with 50 nevertheless it got here too late.

The guests have been by no means after the competition taskeen ahmed, who completed with 3–27, claimed a wicket with the primary ball of the innings. Shakib then bundled out Eire for 43 for six.
After Eire captain Paul Stirling gained the toss and elected to bowl, Liton and Ronnie shared a 124-run partnership of their opening stand, Bangladesh’s greatest opening stand in a T20I.
Leg-spinner Ben White gave Eire their first breakthrough when he had Ronnie caught by Mark Adair at long-on.
White, the one Irish bowler to bother Bangladesh, additionally took 2 for 28 in his subsequent over, dismissing Liton.
Though Shakib (38 not out) and tawheed coronary heart (24) added 61 runs for the fourth wicket and helped Bangladesh put up a giant rating.
Sterling stated, “It was a tricky day, there is not any doubt about it… There have been in all probability a number of related errors over the previous few weeks. So there’s quite a lot of work to do.”
Bangladesh gained Monday’s first match by 22 runs. The third match is to be held on this floor on Friday.
The house facet additionally gained the final three-match One Day Worldwide collection 2–0.
“Bangladesh are a formidable group wherever they play on this planet,” Sterling stated.
“We knew it (the tour) was going to be robust. We in all probability did not assume it was going to be this one-sided,” he stated.
(with AFP inputs)

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