DHAKA – West Indies sailed through an easy victory over Bangladesh by a huge margin of nine wickets. It took less than 13 overs to reach the target of 59 losing just Devon Smith. Chris Gayle scored 37 off 36 balls.
Kemar Roach emerged as man of the match for his deadly opening spell that left Bangladeshi batsmen searching for their confidence and form.
Earlier, West Indies wrapped Bangladeshi innings on paltry 58 bowling them out cheaply in just 18.5 overs here at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka today.
Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first in a crucial match of Group ‘B’. The result of the match is certainly going to affect the teams forwarding to the next knock out round.
The disaster started in the very first over of Darren Sammy in which he took the most important wicket of inform Tamim Iqbal on the third ball. Other than two fast bowlers Sulieman Benn also bowled impressive spell and picked up four wickets; while Darren Sammy and Kemar Roach claimed three wickets each.
Only two Banglsdeshi batsmen succeeded to touch the double figure. Junaid Siddique scored 25 runs while Mohammad Ashraful fails at 11. Last five Bangladeshi wickets fell for just adding 8 runs.
West Indies climbed up to second position with this big win in the Group ‘B’ just below South Africa. With this victory West Indies has shown their way to the knock out round.
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