Indian groundstaff use machines to disperse rainwater from covers on the playing surface ahead of the World T20 cricket tournament qualifying match between Bangladesh and Ireland at The Himachal Pradesh CricketAssociation Stadium in Dharamsala on March 11, 2016.
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Oman could only manage 65-9 in the rain-interrupted game after a revised target of 120 off 12 overs left it to score 75 off 22 balls. While their 2nd match against Ireland is expired due to rain. Tamim Iqbal’s 83 runs off 58 deliveries did the damage with the Dutch bowlers seemingly on top of the rest of the Bangladeshi batsmen.
The left-hander’s 63-ball 103 not out, which was studded with five sixes and 10 fours, helped Group A favourite Bangladesh notch a huge 180-2 after being put in to bat.
Ireland will play their last group match against Netherlands on Sunday while Bangladesh will take on Oman in their final league game later the same day. Ajay Lalcheta and Munis Ansari, whose action resembles Lasith Malinga’s, will be key if Oman are to restrict Bangladesh’s in-form batting unit.
On lesser games for the associate team, Mashrafe explained even Bangladesh came up the hard way to become a full-member.
The pitch is not as friendly as it was made to look by that blistering knock from Tamim. Tamim kept hitting sixes for fun, and went past his century in the 19th over, driving Bilal Khan through mid-off.
Ireland would have been gutted with their loss to Oman in the opener. Oman unleashed a barrage of spinners but Tamim and Sabbir countered them by stepping out and hitting sixes down the ground at will. They have 3 points equal to Oman but have higher net run rate of +0.400.
Oman needed a miracle of sorts from their batsmen, but once Zeeshan Maqsood and Khawar Ali were taken out by Bangladesh’s pacers, the challenge was all but over.
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All-rounder Shakib shone with the ball as Oman lost seven wickets for 20 runs to finish their first appearance at the tournament in disappointing fashion. They’re a team we’ve had good success against recently and it’s always a good game of cricket.
