T20 World Cup 2021
T20 World Cup: Tigers cruise to Super 12s with big win vs PNG
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.
Read: T20 World Cup: Bangladesh beat Oman to stay afloat
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.
Mahmudullah, Shakib guide Tigers to 181
In the must-win T20 World Cup match against Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh posted 181 on Thursday riding on the batting of Mahmudullah Riyad and Shakib Al Hasan.
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.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh to bat first vs PNG
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 batting at 5.
On the fifth wicket stand, Mahmudullah and Afif Hossain added 43 off 23 balls. Afif ended up at 21 off 14 balls with three fours.
Bangladesh surpassed the 180-run mark with some wonderful batting display by Mohammad Saifuddin. In the last three balls, he scored 17 runs with a no-ball-six. Saifuddin remained unbeaten scoring 19 off six balls with two sixes and one four.
For Papua New Guinea, Kabua Morea, Damien Ravu, and captain Assad Vala took two wickets each.
Read: Tigers take on PNG Thursday, aim for a Super 12 berth
In the first match of the group, Bangladesh lost to Scotland, but they bounced back in the match against the hosts Oman.
Bangladesh field an unchanged playing XI in this match.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh to bat first vs PNG
Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bat first against Papua New Guinea, PNG, in the last match of Round 1 in Group B at the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh needs to win this match to qualify for the Super 12s of the T20 World Cup. If they win this match, and Scotland beat Oman in the second match of the day, Bangladesh will book a place in the Super 12s.
Read:Tigers take on PNG Thursday, aim for a Super 12 berth
In the first match of the group, Bangladesh lost to Scotland, but they bounced back in the match against the hosts Oman.
Bangladesh field an unchanged playing XI in this match.
Read:Crushing Oman 'big relief for Tigers'
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Nurul Hasan(w), Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah(c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
Papua New Guinea (Playing XI): Lega Siaka, Assad Vala(c), Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Simon Atai, Hiri Hiri, Norman Vanua, Kiplin Doriga(w), Chad Soper, Kabua Morea, Damien Ravu
Tigers take on PNG Thursday, aim for a Super 12 berth
In a crucial match in the ongoing T20 World Cup, Bangladesh are all set to take on Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Thursday evening.
The Tigers have played two matches in Round 1 and won one of them. In the first match, they lost to Scotland, and in the second, they beat the hosts Oman. So the Tigers now have no way to win this game to qualify for the Super 12s.
Read:Crushing Oman 'big relief for Tigers'
Scotland are currently at the top of Group B with two wins in two matches, while PNG lost both the matches they played. They are currently at the bottom of the table.
If Bangladesh win today, and Scotland beat Oman in the second match of the day, Bangladesh will qualify for the Super 12s.
If Bangladesh beat PNG, and Scotland lose to Oman, the net run rate will come to the fore. In this scenario, Scotland, Oman and Bangladesh will have the same points, so the two teams with a better run-rate will qualify for the Super 12s.
In other equations, if Bangladesh loses to PNG, and Oman loses to Scotland, then the run-rate will come to the consideration again as Scotland will qualify for the Super 12s.
Read:T20 World Cup: Bangladesh beat Oman to stay afloat
If Bangladesh can end up as the champions of Group B, they will join Group 2 in Super 12s or they will join Group 1 if they end up as the runners-up.
“We still have a good chance to become the group champions,” Shakib Al Hasan had said after the win against Oman. “In the last match of the group, anyone of Scotland and Oman will lose the match, and their run-rate will also decrease. So we have to win against PNG to make our way clear to the Super 12s.”
Where to watch T20 World Cup 2021 Live Streaming from Bangladesh?
After changing venues twice in a row, the T20 World Cup 2021 finally started on October 17, 2021, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The seventh edition of the 20-over cricket World Cup will run until November 14, 2021. The UAE and Oman are co-hosting the tournament of 45 matches of 16 countries. As always, some media in Bangladesh have allowed the viewers to watch the sports live. Let's see where to enjoy the T20 World Cup 2021 matches live from Bangladesh.
T20 World Cup 2021 at a glance
Four stadiums have been determined for T20 matches and they are Al Emirates Cricket Stadium, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Read Tigers take on PNG Thursday, aim for a Super 12 berth
The entire tournament includes Selection and Super 12 rounds. In the selection round, 8 teams will be equally distributed into two groups where they will compete against each other. According to the T20 ranking, the four qualified countries will join the top eight countries who are already in the Super 12.
Apart from Bangladesh, Oman, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, and Namibia are in the qualifying round.
West Indies, India, England, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Afghanistan are already enlisted in the Super 12.
Read: Nazmul blames three seniors for Bangladesh’s defeat to Scotland
T20 World Cup 2021 live streaming
Broadcast media
In addition to Bangladesh Television (BTV), two private TV channels in Bangladesh will broadcast the T20 matches live. Those channels are Gazi Television (GTV) and T Sports.
The first-round matches will be held twice a day from 17 October to 23 October 2021, which will be shown live at 4 pm and 8 pm Bangladesh time. The splendid contests of the Super 12 rounds will be shown from October 24 to November 8, 2021. One match will be played on October 25, October 28, November 1, and November 8. Those will be broadcast live at 8 pm Bangladesh time.
After the two semi-final matches on November 10 and 11, the final will be held on November 14 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Bangladeshi people will be able to watch these three matches live at 8 pm.
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Crushing Oman 'big relief for Tigers'
Bangladesh have heaved a sigh of relief at having won Tuesday's match against Oman in the T20 World Cup, according to allrounder Shakib Al Hasan.
The Tigers had lost their first match against Scotland in the World Cup.
In this win, Shakib guided the Tigers from the front, scoring 42 runs and taking three wickets, which helped him bag the player of the match award as well.
To qualify for the Super 12s of the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh now need to beat Papua New Guinea in the last match of Group B in Round 1.
Read: Nazmul blames three seniors for Bangladesh’s defeat to Scotland
“It was so shocking to endure a defeat against Scotland, but we have to give credit to them as they played better cricket on that day,” Shakib told the media on Tuesday.
“The win against Oman came as a relief for us. I think it will change the environment of our dressing room. Oman have also played really well," he said.
Bangladesh made some unusual changes to the batting line-up against Oman. Instead of Shakib, Bangladesh sent Mahedi Hasan to bat at number three. Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim went to bat at number seven and eight, respectively.
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Shakib said these changes are common in T20 cricket. "The decision was made according to the consideration of the coach and the captain,” Shakib told the media. “We sent the batters who are capable of doing well at that stage of the game. At one point we thought we could score 170-180. It’s common in T20 cricket."
In the last two matches of Group B in Round 1, Bangladesh will take on Papua New Guinea, while Scotland will face Oman.
Scotland have already won two matches, while Oman and Bangladesh registered one win each. If Bangladesh can beat Papua New Guinea and Scotland defeat Oman, the Tigers will march to the Super 12s.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh beat Oman to stay afloat
Bangladesh beat Oman by 26 runs in their second match of Round 1 of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Tuesday in Oman.
Shakib Al Hasan led the Tigers both with bat and ball to seal the match.
After the shocking defeat in the first match against Scotland, Bangladesh had no way but to win against Oman. Tigers managed to win the match despite disappointing batting performance after winning the toss and opted to bat first.
While chasing a challenging target of 154, the hosts Oman tumbled for 127 for nine in 20 overs and lost the match by 26 runs. They had a 10-wicket win in the first match against Papua New Guinea.
Jatinder Singh, who had hit a fifty in the first match, scored 40 this time— highest for Oman, but his effort went in vain. Any of the other Omani batters were not able to offer a big challenge to the Bangladeshi bowling attack.
Mustafizur Rahman took a wicket in the second over of Oman’s innings, and he ended up taking four conceding 36 runs in four overs. Bangladeshi bowlers kept scalping wickets in regular intervals, and Oman was never in a better position while chasing a challenging target.
Read: Nazmul blames three seniors for Bangladesh’s defeat to Scotland
T20 World Cup: Tigers post 153 in do-or-die battle against Oman
Despite an 80-run stand the third wicket partnership between Mohammad Naim and Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh lost quick wickets against Oman in the T20 World Cup on Tuesday, and ended up dismissed for 153 in 20 overs, with Naim hitting the highest of 64 off 50 balls.
Bangladesh failed to have a good start once again. In the powerplay, Bangladesh scored 29 for two. Liton Das failed once again— posting only six. He had scored five in the first match against Scotland.
Mahedi Hasan, who was promoted to number three, failed to score.
In the third wicket stand, Shakib joined Naim, and they posted 80 off 53 balls. Shakib was run-out running casually for a single when he was 42 off 29.
While going to 122 from 101, Bangladesh lost four wickets including Shakib and Naim.
Read: Nazmul blames three seniors for Bangladesh’s defeat to Scotland
T20 World Cup: Tigers suffer batting collapse against spirited Oman
After an 80-run stand for the third wicket between Mohammad Naim and Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh suffered a batting collapse against Oman in their second match in T20 World Cup on Tuesday.
Bangladesh opted to bat first after winning the toss.
Shakib dismissed run-out while running casually when he was 42 of 29. While going to 122 from 101, Bangladesh lost four wickets including Shakib and Naim.
Bangladesh made changes to the batting line today. Instead of Shakib, Mahedi Hasan took the field at number three. But he failed to impress— fell for for a duck.
Read: Nazmul blames three seniors for Bangladesh’s defeat to Scotland
Nurul Hasan also got a chance at the higher place of the batting order but failed to do well. Nurul fell for 3. Afif Hossain also got a chance at the higher place instead of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, but he failed to do well. Afif posted only 1.
Mahmudullah came to bat at seven while Mushfiur took the field at number eight.
Bangladesh were batting at 127 for six at the end of 17th over.
Bangladesh made one change to the playing XI removing Soumya Sarkar to pave way for Mohammad Naim. It will be Naim’s World Cup debut.
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In the first match, Bangladesh lost to Scotland by six runs. They will now have to win this game to make their way to the Super 12s alive.
If Bangladesh loses this match, Scotland and Oman will advance to the Super 12s of the T20 World Cup, and Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea will be eliminated.
Bangladesh vs Oman: Tigers bat first, with Soumya dropped, Naim in
In their second match of the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and opted to bat first against the hosts Oman on Tuesday.
Bangladesh made one change to the playing XI removing Soumya Sarkar to pave way for Mohammad Naim. It will be Naim’s World Cup debut.
In the first match, Bangladesh lost to Scotland by six runs. They will now have to win this game to make their way to the Super 12s alive.
Read: Nazmul blames three seniors for Bangladesh’s defeat to Scotland
If Bangladesh lose this match, Scotland and Oman will advance to the Super 12s of the T20 World Cup, and Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea will be eliminated.
I the other matches of Group B in Round 1, Oman and Scotland beat Papua New Guinea. With two wins in two matches, Scotland already put their one foot to the Super 12s.
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Bangladesh playing XI: Liton Das, Mohammad Naim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad(c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (w), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
Oman (Playing XI): Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas, Kashyap Prajapati, Zeeshan Maqsood(c), Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Naseem Khushi(w), Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Bilal Khan.