Shakib-Tanjid's batting capital is challenging for the Tigers

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sports desk

2024-06-13

Bangladesh's top order had to beat two batsmen to score 23 runs. Shakib Al Hasan and Tanjid Tamim pulled the team from there. The two added 48 runs in the third wicket partnership. But the middle order batsmen could not bat well despite standing in that strong base. In the end Bangladesh scored 159 runs in Shakib's unbeaten fifty.

Bangladesh scored 159 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs after losing the toss and batting first. Shakib scored the highest unbeaten 64 runs for the team. Moreover, 35 runs came from the bat of Tanjid Tamim.

The toss was scheduled to take place today at 10am Kingston local time. But just before the toss, the rain hit. Of course it wasn't heavy rain. It rained for twenty minutes. This delayed the toss by 30 minutes. Dutch captain Scott Edwards decided to bowl first after winning the toss. The match started 15 minutes later than the scheduled time i.e. 10:45 am local time and 8:45 pm Bangladesh time.

The out-of-form Nazmul Hossain Shanto opened the innings with Tanjid Tamim. The Bangladesh captain has failed once again. The team management is trying to give him the position of number four, number three or opening. But nothing seems to be able to break the cycle of failure. He returned to the dressing room in the second over of the innings today. Aryan Dutt's off-stump reverse sweeps Shanta and catches him at slip. Such shot selection by an opener is quite impressive. 1 run from 3 balls came from his bat before returning to the dressing room.

Like Shanta, Liton Das is having a bad time. He followed Shanto in today's match as well. He scored 1 run in 2 balls in 3 overs. He caught Aryan at square leg in a slog sweep on the first ball of the fourth over of the innings.

Although two experienced batsmen returned early, Tanjid Tamim led the team today. Shakib Al Hasan joined this young opener. He played aggressively from the start. Bangladesh scored 54 runs after losing 2 wickets in the first power play with the fluent batting of both of them.

At the end of the power play, Tanjid Tamim could not take advantage. After a good start, the young opener stopped at 35 runs. Von McCarren was bowling in the ninth over of the innings. The third ball was short of length, where Tanjid Tamim was caught at backward square leg while pulling.

Tawhid Hridyo could not take advantage of this day after dropping to five. Inform this batter was one of the team's best performers in the last two matches. But today he failed. He was suffering from the beginning when he came to the wicket. He was eventually released by Tim Pringle. Hriday was bowled while playing this left-arm spinner on the backfoot. 9 runs from 15 balls came from his bat before returning to the dressing room.

After Hriday, Mahmudullah also suffered a lot when he came to the wicket to get runs. In the end he scored 25 runs off 21 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes.

Shakib was the exception on this day. He has been inconsistent in batting since the last season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He did not get a run in the first two matches of the ongoing World Cup. And he had to listen to the criticism. Finally, this experienced batsman returned to the run. Got a fifty show today. He scored a 38-ball fifty against the Dutch. In the end, Shakib scored an unbeaten 64 off 46 balls. And Zaker was unbeaten with 14 runs off 7 balls.

Bangladesh /MP