Bangladesh knock Windies out of T20 WC
Posted on Sep 13, 2007 at 14:07 | Updated Sep 13, 2007 at 19:30
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New Delhi: The young Bangladeshi team under Mohammad Ashraful sent the West Indies tumbling out of the Twenty20 World Championship by winning its Group A match on Thursday at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
Set 165 runs to win, Bangladesh reached the target losing just four wickets with two overs to spare.
Bangladesh were never in trouble though the first three overs yielded just 12 runs. But once Aftab Ahmed and skipper Mohammad Ashraful got together after the loss of the opening pair, it became clear there would only be one winner.
Both Aftab Ahmed and Ashraful played some cheeky shots to leave make the life of the West Indies players miserable.
Ahmed was the first off the blocks hitting pacer Ravi Rampaul for a six and a four in the fourth over and then Ashraful took over sending the ball past the boundary ropes four times in the next over that was bowled by Daren Powell.
After that it was mayhem with the West Indies bowlers and fielders watching helplessly as the ball kept on crossing the boundary at regular intervals.
The Caribbean team also gave a life to Ashraful who was dropped by Fidel Edwards at fine leg off Rampaul when the batsman was on 31 and he made them pay dearly for it.
Soon the Bangladeshi skipper went on to score the fastest half-century in a Twenty20 match with a stunning pull that went for a six off Edwards.
From then on the West Indies players too seemed give up any hopes of winning the match as they went through the motions of completing the match mechanically as the asking rate fell below the six-run per over mark.
Though Ashraful was finally caught by Chris Gayle off Ramnaresh Sarwan but his 61 runs off just 27 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes had made sure that only a miracle could save the West Indies from catching the flight back home.
His blinder also won him the Man of the Match award.
Ahmed continued with his good work and took his team home in the company of Ashok Kapali.
Earlier, Ashraful won the toss and put the West Indies in saying dampness in the pitch would help his bowlers and added that his team preferred to chase.
His decision was vindicated by pacer Syed Rasel who had the explosive Gayle caught by Kapali at point for a duck in the very first over. After the fall of Gayle, Bangladeshi bowlers particularly Rasel and Abdur Razzak made life tough for the Windies batsmen with Rasel becoming the first bowler to take maiden wicket in a Twenty20 match.
Devon Smith and Shivnarine Chanderpaul batted with caution for the first few overs and then opened up scoring 51 and 37 runs respectively before falling to Razzak.
Even though the West Indies lost a few quick wickets and seemed to be losing their way but Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Smith threw caution to the winds with both being particularly severe on Ashraful.
In the 17th over Samuels blasted two sixes and two fours off Ashraful before Shakib Al Hasan caught him at covers. However, in the 19th over Smith once again took Ashraful to the cleaners hitting three sixes and a four.
Smith scored 29 runs in only seven balls before Shakib Al Hasan bowled him off the last ball of the innings.
Hasan ended with fours wickets in his kitty, with Razzak accounting for two Windies batsmen. Rasel was the most economical giving away only 10 runs off his four overs while picking up Gayle’s wicket and Ashraful, who went for 55 runs off his four overs, took the other wicket to fall.
The start of the match was delayed by an hour due dampness in the pitch due to excess watering by the grounds staff.
The West Indies lost their first match of the tournament against South Africa on Tuesday even though Gayle scored the first-ever century in a Twenty20 match.
Bangladesh (from): Mohammad Ashraful (C), Aftab Ahmed, Nadif Chowdhury, Shakib Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Alok Kapali, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Zia-ur Rahman, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza, Zunaed Siddique, Nazim Uddin, Mahmud Ullah.
West Indies (from): Ramnaresh Sarwan (C), Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith.
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Posted By Aakash
I am a true indian and i defenetly wanted wesindies to win the match and india to win the series
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Posted By mahmood
Bangladesh can beat any team(alhamduliah).
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Posted By Vidhushak !
Joy Bangla .. Enjoy the South African Safari !
Controlled aggression & lusty hitting--we all could find the real meaning
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Posted By Dr. Cajetan Coelho
Bangladesh knock Windies out of T20 WC
Congratulations to BD. Solid knocks by Ashraful and Ahmed. Intelligent bowling by the BD
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Posted By ashok
Jai Bangla!!!!
Best of Luck to our bengali brethren.You have made every bengali proud.
You should continue to perform well.Trash out the
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