Published: 08:20, 18 December 2024 Updated: 08:28, 18 December 2024
Two things did not change in St Vincent’s second T20I at Kingstown. One, West Indies win the toss. Two, the form of Liton Das.
First T20 Caribbean captain Rovman Powell won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat. He did the same in this match. Litton, who got a golden duck in the previous T20, returned to opening in this match. But his luck in the field did not return. He returned to Sajghar after scoring 3 runs off 10 balls. Bangladesh also did not get big capital on the day of the captain’s failure. Bangladesh, on a mission to win the series, batted first and scored 129 runs for 7 wickets. Bangladesh received medium quality capital in Shamim’s late storm. Shamim scored 35 runs off 17 balls. Batting at a strike rate of 205.88, Shamim hit 2 fours and a six.
Besides, Mehdi Hasan Miraj returned to the team in place of Afif and scored 26 runs off 25 balls. Zaker Ali scored 21 runs off 20 balls. None of the rest could cross the twenties. Only Soumya and Mahedi have reached double figures. Both played two innings of 11 runs.
In the first T20, Bangladesh won the match by 4 runs. Bangladesh will win the series if they win today. Losing the toss in such an equation, he could not show much power in batting. Now it is the turn of the bowlers to match themselves. All the teams who have batted first at Kingstown this year have won the match. Bowlers will surely get confidence from this statistic.
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