Bangladesh have been losing wickets fast after the openers made a good start in their first match of the T20 World Cup 2022 against the Netherlands in Hobert. Right after the openers departed, Bangladesh lost two more wickets fast as Liton Das and Shakib Al Hasan fell for 9 and 7 respectively.
In the first five overs, Bangladesh posted 43 for none. But off the first ball of the sixth over, bowled by Paul van Meekeren, Bangladesh lost Soumya for 14 off 13 balls. On the first ball of the seventh over, Bangladesh lost Najmul Hossain Shanto as well, who was playing really well.
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Shanto made 25 off 20 balls with four fours. Shanto looked to sweep towards the short leg side boundary against the spin, but he could not make it properly. Van Beek took an easy catch at midwicket.
Liton looked shaky from the start of his innings. He played a few loose shots before falling prey to another loose shot. It was a short ball from Van Been. Liton tried to clear through the off region but ended up with a loose shot.
Shakib fell prey to Shariz Ahmed. The left-handed batter tried to play a big shot, but De Leede took an outstanding catch over the boundary rope at deep midwicket. Bangladesh lost four wickets in 10 overs for 63 runs.
Earlier, the Netherlands won the toss and opted to bowl first in an overcast condition at the venue. Bangladesh have never played a T20 match in Australia before this one. Bangladesh will look to have their first win today in the T20 World Cup but the fall of Liton and Shakib has put them under pressure at the moment. The Netherlands will surely pose a strong challenge to continue their good run that started well in the first round.
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Bangladesh XI: Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman
Netherlands XI: MP O'Dowd, Vikram Singh, BFW de Leede, TLW Cooper, CN Ackermann, SA Edwards, TJG Pringle, L van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, FJ Klaassen, PA van Meekeren