Watch cricket video highlights of Bangladesh tour of West Indies 2024. Second Twenty/20 between Bangladesh and West Indies. Venue of the match will be Kingstown.
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In the second match at the Arnos Vale Ground in St. Vincent, Bangladesh defeated the West Indies by 27 runs, defending their low total of 129 to secure a 2-0 lead and win the T20I series. When batting first against the West Indies, it was Bangladesh’s lowest-ever victory. Their quicks and spinners worked together to exploit a wicket that provided the bowlers with plenty of opportunities throughout the match. With a late burst of an undefeated 35 off 17 balls, Shamim Hossain extended Bangladesh to their total.
Taskin Ahmed took three wickets, while Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, and Tanzim Hasan each took two as the bowlers replied well. Soumya Sarkar’s finger injury from dropping a catch in the slips in the seventh over of the chase was Bangladesh’s sole worry. Otherwise, after reducing the West Indies to 42 for 6 in the ninth over, Bangladesh was completely dominating them. In the third over, Taskin Ahmed made the initial breakthrough with a stunning delivery outside off that got Brandon King caught behind for eight.
Andre Fletcher was also caught behind four balls later, marking Taskin’s second successive duck of the series. Despite the fact that this one was broader, Fletcher was outpaced and under-edged by wicketkeeper Litton Das. Mahedi then got into the act after a career-best 4 for 13 in the opening Twenty20 International. The hosts fell to 28 for 3 as he trapped Johnson Charles leg before wicket in the fourth over.
Nicholas Pooran’s probing at a length ball took the outer edge and went gently to Soumya Sarkar, who didn’t have to move when Mahedi caught him at slip in his subsequent over. Rovman Powell’s actions in the first game, which almost sent the hosts over the finish line, may have given Bangladesh a sense of serious threat. However, Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s diving grab in front of point off Hasan Mamhud this time caused Powell to fall cheaply.
West Indies was 42 for 6 when Tanzim Hasan had Romario Shepherd’s glove slip off a short ball, and there was little chance of recovery. After that, the only specialist batter they had left was Roston Chase. Up until the sixteenth over, when he hit Mahmud for back-to-back sixes, he batted cautiously. Even though Akeal Hosein struck Rishad for a straight six and provided Chase with solid assistance at the other end, the asking rate in the last overs was still close to 12 an over.
West Indies had some optimism after the three sixes, but Rishad rallied in the same over to dismiss Chase after he missed a massive slog. When the left-hander holed out to long-off, the teenage legspinner dismissed Gudakesh Motie the following ball. In the next over, Alzarri Joseph gave Tanzim a return catch, and as Bangladesh began to celebrate, Hosein clipped a slower ball from Taskin straight to backward point. From the beginning, it was clear that the pitch was helping the spinners.
Early in the Bangladeshi innings, Hosein got rid of Litton once more, this time stumping him for three. While Hosein maintained his supremacy in powerplay, Litton’s gloomy form persisted. Chase then got Tanzid Hasan off stump with a ripper of a ball to take his wicket. Bangladesh emerged from the muck thanks to Mehidy and Soumya, who batted intelligently till the ninth over. When Soumya answered a Mehidy request for a single to short third, he was run out.
Mehidy smashed three fours and a six in his 25-ball stay before falling in the following over, sending Joseph to deep square leg, for 26. After entering the middle order for Bangladesh, Motie eliminated Mahedi and Rishad by the fifteenth over. With his 20-ball 21, Jaker Ali attempted to salvage some of the innings, but there was a risk that the visitors may be bowled out for less than 100 when he went in the 17th over with a score of 88 for 7. With a few sixes and an equal number of fours, Shamim, however, had the last word in the last overs.
Obed McCoy, a local lad, was blasted over fine leg and midwicket by both of his sixes. Given the kind of surface, he made sure Bangladesh ended with a score slightly above 120, which was regarded as average for the course.
