Bangladesh beat Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 84 runs in their last Group B match in Round 1 of the  T20 World Cup to qualify for the Super 12s in style. 

However, they have to wait for the last match of the group between Oman and Scotland to see if they are the champions of the group or runners up. 

In reply of Bangladesh’s 181, PNG tumbled for 97 in 19.3 overs. 

Shakib Al Hasan won the player of the match award again for his 46 and a four-wicket haul. With this four-wicket, Shakib’s T20 World Cup tally reached 39. He is now the highest wicket-taker in T20 World Cup along with Pakistan great Shahid Afridi. 

None of the top seven batters of PNG was able to reach a double-digit score but at the eighth, Kiplin Doriga scored an unbeaten 46 off 34 balls with two fours and two sixes. 

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Earlier, riding on a 50 from captain Mahmudullah Riyad and 46 from Shakib, Bangladesh posted 181. Lower order batter Mohammad Saifuddin smashed an unbeaten 19 off 6 balls hitting two sixes and one four. 

Bangladesh’s 181 for 7 is now the highest total in this World Cup so far. The Tigers have surpassed Sri Lanka’s 171 against Ireland in Abu Dhabi. 

Shakib, who was the player of the match in the previous match against Oman, posted 46 off 37 balls while Mahmudullah posted 50 off 28 balls. They smashed six sixes and three fours together. 

Bangladesh failed to have a good start once again as Mohammad Naim fell for a duck in the first ball of the match. However, on the second wicket, Shakib and Liton Das added 50 runs. 

Liton was doing well but fell for 29 off 23 balls with one four and one six. Mushfiqur Rahim failed to impress with the bat as he was dismissed while playing a sweep when he was on 5. 

On the fifth wicket stand, Mahmudullah and Afif Hossain added 43 off 23 balls. Afif perished at 21 off 14 balls with three fours.

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Bangladesh surpassed the 180-run mark with some wonderful batting display by Saifuddin. In the last three balls, he scored 17 runs with a no-ball-six. For Papua New Guinea, Kabua Morea, Damien Ravu, and captain Assad Vala took two wickets each. 

In the first match of the group, Bangladesh lost to Scotland, but they bounced back in the match against the hosts Oman. 

Bangladesh fielded an unchanged playing XI in this match. 

If Bangladesh ended up as the champions of Group B, they will join Group 2 in Super 12s, if they ended up as runners-up they will join Group 1.