Bangladesh defeated England in the first T20I of the ongoing three-match series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury St🌱adium in Chattogram on Thursday, March 9.
The hosts, after winning the toss, elected to bowl first and restricted the tourists to 155/6 in their allotted 20 overs. England’s Phil Salt and captain Jos Buttler, however, star𝕴ted brillꦛiantly and added 80 runs for the opening wicket.
Salt was dismissed for 38 off 35, but Buttler kept the run-flow going. The English skipper smashed a brilliant half-century, scoring 67 from 42 deliveries, with the help of 4 four and as many sixes. Bangladesh bowlers showcased discipline in the bowling and didn’t allow England to capitalise after their stunning start. Hasan Mahmud was the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers, ta൩king two wickets for 26 runs in his four overs.
In response, Bangladesh lost a few wickets in quick succession, but Najmul Hossain Shanto kept his stand alive and scored a blistering 51 off 30 balls, including eight boundaries. Shakib Al Hasan also chipped in with an unbeaten 34 off 24 balls, includi🀅ng six boundaries, as Bangladesh chased down the target with two overs to spare.
“Towhid batted really well. I just watched the ball and played cricketing shots. I wasn’t thinking about those two wickets. The way all the bowlers bowled, it was outstanding, especially Hasan and Taskin. I just had to bat normally. Rony and Litton started well, it helped the other batters,” said Najmul Hossain after bagging the Playꩵer of the Maꦇtch award.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Modhumoti𓂃 Bank Limited T20i Series: Bangladesh vs England: 1st T20i
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
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— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
We're defeated by six wickets in our first T20 in Bangladesh…
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
History: Bangladesh has beaten World Champiღons Engꦫland in T20I.
A great day in Bangladesh cricket.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Bangladesh registerꦯ a win against England in only the sec🌟ond T20I between the sides 💥 |
— ICC (@ICC)
Name: Jos Buttler
Job: Scoring 50+ for fun— Paarl Royals (@paarlroyals)
Out of the 54 T20I Openers with 1000+ runs
2 average 50
4 score at 150+Only 1 of them does both, Jos Buttlerღ with an insane 50.45/152.33 record as an opener.
Rizwan only scores at 129.69 anꦍd of the other 3 who score at 150+ Munro ♔averages the highest with 36.22.
— James McCaghrey (@McLovinstatto)
Tiger of the match: Hasan Mahmud
Most valuable player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan
Player of the match: Najmul ShantoWRAP:
👉 👈 |— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentato𝐆rs (@FlaꦿshCric)
Jos Buttler has 50, his ꦫ17th in 44 innings as a T20i opener.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
— Ali Hossen (@alihossenmolla)
Player of the match: Najmul Hossain Sh💝anto❤️🔥 𒆙
— afrin♡︎ (@afrin29_)