ICRC T20: Bangladesh beaten in their 2nd outing

Bangladesh lost their second match in the ICRC T20 tournament for people with physical disabilities when Pakistan came out in front by 20 runs under the D/L method.

Bangladesh won the toss and went out to bat at BKSP’s ground 4, located in Savar. The openers were in a no-nonsense mood as they whacked anything that came close to their arc to the fence.

The score had reached 22 by the middle of the 3rd over when Ijaz finally gave Pakistan something to cheer about. He sent back Shamim for nine runs.

Shamim’s opening partner Suzaul lost his wicket in the next over and Bangladesh’s innings began to stumble early.

Thankfully for Bangladesh, Amin Uddin could resist the Pakistani assault with some gritty and solid batting.

He kept the opposing bowlers at bay as long as he could, and notched up the highest score for his team with 33 useful runs from 44 balls.

After Pakistan’s Nihar Alam gave his team the upper-hand with two wickets in two overs, Bangladesh were reeling at 50 for 4 before the halfway mark of their innings.

Tirtho’s cameo of 22 and 11 runs from Alam’s bat only managed to halt the slide for a while, and after Amin Uddin departed after the 16th over, Bangladesh folded quickly for 112 runs.

Bangladesh’s tail was swiftly polished off by Pakistan’s Fayyaz Ahmed. His return of 4 wickets for 11 runs in four overs earned him the man-of-the-match award.

After the clouds broke and play was interrupted, Duckworth-Lewis method came into consideration for the match officials.

Pakistan needed 65 runs in 14 over. Their captain Hasnain came out to bat like a man possessed and did not allow the Bangladeshi bowlers to settle down.

He played some crunching shots to the fence, eight in total in his unbeaten knock of 39 from only 27 balls.

His belligerent style of play placed his team in a good position, especially when rain forced the match to be called off after six overs.

Pakistan were 48 for 1, and 20 runs ahead of the D/L par score when match officials decided it was unable to play any further.

Tirtho managed to see the back of Qureshi for only 7 runs in his second over, but that was the only success for Bangladeshi bowlers on a damp, disappointing day.