1st T20 Match Windies v Bangladesh 2018

WI  vs  BAN match

WEST INDIES BEAT THE  

BANGLADESH

In

1^st T20 Match

Windies win by 7 wickets (DLS Method)

T20 1 of 3 (WI leads 1-0)

Windies - 93/3 9.1/11 ov RR: 10.14

Bangladesh - 143/9 20/20 ov RR: 7.15

v Bangladesh slowed down in the end overs to reach 143/9 before the Windies chased down their revised target of 91 in 11 overs for an easy seven-wicket victory.

Windies Batting	R	B	4s	6s		S/R
Andre Fletcherc Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman	7	7	0	1		100.00
Evin Lewisc Liton Das b Mustafizur Rahman	2	5	0	0	40.00
Andre Russell NOT OUT	35	21	3	3	166.66
Marlon Samuelsc Mahmudullah b Rubel Hossain	26	13	2	2	200.00
Rovman Powell NOT OUT	15	9	0	2	166.66
Denesh Ramdin WKT	-	-	-	-	-
Carlos Brathwaite CPT	-	-	-	-	-
Ashley Nurse	-	-	-	-	-
Samuel Badree	-	-	-	-	-
Keemo Paul	-	-	-	-	-
Kesrick Williams	-	-	-	-	-
Extras(w 6, b 1, lb 1)        8
Total(3 wickets, 9.1 overs)  93

VS

Bangladesh Batting	R	B	4s	6s		S/R
Tamim Iqbalst Denesh Ramdin b Ashley Nurse	0	1	0	0		0.00
Soumya Sarkar b Ashley Nurse	0	1	0	0	0.00
Liton Dasc Andre Fletcher b Keemo Paul	24	21	3	0	114.28
Shakib Al Hasan CPTc Kesrick Williams b Keemo Paul	19	10	4	0	190.00
Mushfiqur Rahim WKTc Rovman Powell b Kesrick Williams	15	11	2	0	136.36
Mahmudullah b Kesrick Williams	35	27	3	2	129.62
Ariful Haque b Andre Russell	15	18	1	0	83.33
Mehedi Hasanc Ashley Nurse b Kesrick Williams	11	13	1	0	84.61
Nazmul Islamc Denesh Ramdin b Kesrick Williams	7	9	1	0	77.77
Rubel Hossain NOT OUT	2	4	0	0	50.00
Mustafizur Rahman NOT OUT	3	5	0	0	60.00
Extras  (w 10, lb 2)     12
Total (9 wickets, 20 overs)    143

Andre Russell isn’t totally fit yet, but is happy to have hit the ground running in the first Twenty20 International against Bangladesh.

Across at Warner Park in Basseterre, the Windies opted to field and though Ashley Nurse struck twice in the first over itself – he dismissed both Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar for first-ball ducks – they allowed Bangladesh to reach 95/5 after 10 overs.

The runs were fine, but they had lost too many wickets, and that forced a slowdown in the second half of the innings and Bangladesh only reached 143/9. It might not have been enough anyway against the world champions, and after a rain break, the target was revised to 91 from 11 overs – very gettable.

Bangladesh also started well with the ball, but Russell, Marlon Samuels and Rovman Powell blasted away to make sure the target was achieved with ease.

Batting at No.3 for a change, Russell, who missed the last one-day international against Bangladesh because of an injury, had a great time.

“We lost the ODI series (2-1), but we wanted to put back some pride in our game, try and win the series 3-0 and that is the plan. It was a good knock from myself, and well played to Marlon as well. Overall, it was a good win,” he said.

And now, Dre Russ wants to move one slot higher

“Been a while since I have played the night-watchman role. It is good, it is good, it is more time, more responsibility and I am enjoying it so far. I have always wanted to open in T20s, now I am getting closer, which is No.3,” he joked. “And you never know, second over of the innings you are out there. It is always a challenge to face the new ball and I am up for it.”

He confessed to not being totally fit – he bowled his full quota of overs too – and is targeting some ‘Superman stuff’ as soon as possible.

“I will not say I am a 100, because when you are a 100, you can do whatever, do some Superman stuff and dive around. I am a bit … I am at 95. I am not a 100 percent confident in running and diving around, but I am happy enough to be playing. That's the plan,” he said.

 

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain, blamed the defeat on the early wickets. After the Nurse-engineered 5/2, Shakib and Liton Das took the total to 43 before the two fell off consecutive balls to Keemo Paul. Mushfiqur Rahim was also dismissed before the halfway mark.

“We lost early wickets, and that was one problem, and we lost wickets in crucial times,” said Shakib. “Those are the crucial areas, we kept losing wickets and never got the momentum.”

In the last 10 overs, Bangladesh scored just 48 runs. “Yes, and that is more to do with the wickets. We lost five wickets in that 10-over period. In a T20 game, it gets very difficult for any team if you are losing five wickets and then coming back and score 170-180,” acknowledged Shakib.