| 0.0 : Rohit Paudel says with the dew coming in, it might get tough to bowl. Adds they are disappointed with the last result but are looking forward for this game. Mentions the fans have been very supportive and he wants to thank them. Informs they have one change. |
| Bangladesh (Unchanged Playing XI) - Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Litton Das (WK), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman. |
| Nepal (Playing XI) - Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Anil Sah, Rohit Paudel(C), Kushal Malla, Sundeep Jora (In for Karan KC), Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane, Abinash Bohara. |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto says he is very proud of the effort shown by the boys so far. Informs they have no changes. |
| PITCH REPORT - Alan Wilkins is near the deck. He says that a nice breeze is blowing across the venue. Tells that it is a 68-metre boundary on one side and 61-metre to the other side with a 74-metre straight hit. Samuel Badree joins him and says that if you are a spinner, this is the venue where you want to be at. Further says that this venue has seen the highest degree of turn of all venues at this World Cup and spinners will enjoy themselves here. Informs that 19 wickets have fallen to spin at |
| Time for the National Anthems! Nepal will sing their first and then it will be Bangladesh's turn! |
| Time for the action to begin now. Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan are the openers. Sompal Kami to begin. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : Sompal Kami to Tanzid Hasan, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! What a start for Sompal Kami and Nepal! Golden duck for Tanzid Hasan. |
| 0.2 : Sompal Kami to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Goes wide of the crease and slants it on a back of a length, on middle and leg, Najmul Hossain Shanto looks to work it away with the angle and gets beaten on the inside edge to get hit on the hips. |
| 0.3 : Sompal Kami to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Bangladesh are away! Lands it on a shortish length, over middle, Najmul Hossain Shanto hops back and rolls his wrists to pull it wide of deep backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0.4 : Sompal Kami to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Bends his back again does Kami and digs it in short, on middle, Najmul Hossain Shanto gets on his toes and nudges it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0.5 : Sompal Kami to Litton Das, Gets a good away shape on this one and it is full as well, on off, Litton Das covers the line of the ball and defends it out with a straight bat. |
| 0.6 : Sompal Kami to Litton Das, Just a half a shout for LBW but up goes the finger. Litton Das has a word with Najmul Hossain Shanto and takes the review. Sompal Kami angled it into the right-hander from over the wicket, on a good length, around the pads, Litton Das plays all around it and gets beaten on the inside edge. Gets rapped on the front pad and there is nothing on UltraEdge. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl from the other end then? Dipendra Singh Airee it is. |
| 1.1 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Starts it flat and short, on off, Najmul Hossain Shanto goes on the back foot and clips it through mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 1.2 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Litton Das, Good effort in the deep! Airee drops it short and offers a bit of width, outside off, Litton Das rocks on the back foot and cuts it past point. Sompal Kami gives it a chase and dives full-length to pull the back in. Three runs taken. |
| 1.3 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Najmul Hossain Shanto, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Dipendra Singh Airee strikes in his first over too and Nepal could not have asked for a better start. 18th time since the 2022 T20 World Cup that Najmul Hossain Shanto has fallen to off-spin. |
| Shakib Al Hasan walks out to bat now! |
| 1.5 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Shakib Al Hasan, Oh, the first sign of extra bounce! Pushes it through, on a nagging length, outside off, Shakib Al Hasan shapes up for the cut but the ball kicks off and sails over the bat. |
| 1.6 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Shakib Al Hasan, No run. |
| 1.4 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! Shakib Al Hasan is up and running! Dipendra Singh Airee floats it but offers width, slower as well, Shakib Al Hasan reaches out and creams the drive past covers for a boundary to get going. |
| 2.1 : Sompal Kami to Litton Das, Bangs it into the surface, on middle, Litton Das fails to ride the bounce as he looks to work it away on the leg side. Gets a leading edge that drops in the vacant mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 2.2 : Sompal Kami to Shakib Al Hasan, Dishes it out at 136 kph, honing in at the pads, on a short of a good length, Shakib Al Hasan tries to glance it away off the pads but misses. |
| 2.3 : Sompal Kami to Shakib Al Hasan, Bowls the heavy ball again does Kami, outside off, Shakib Al Hasan ducks and lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 2.4 : Sompal Kami to Shakib Al Hasan, Goes wide of the crease on that around-the-wicket angle and lands it on a back of a length, on off, Shakib Al Hasan taps it with soft hands in front of cover and calls Das through for a quick single. |
| 2.5 : Sompal Kami to Litton Das, Little bit of away shape, on a length, outside off, Litton Das times the drive well but can't get it past cover. |
| 2.6 : Sompal Kami to Litton Das, Play and a miss! At 132.6 kph, on a short of a good length, shaping away, in the channel on off, Litton Das pokes at the delivery and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 3.1 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Shakib Al Hasan, A big mix-up but Shakib Al Hasan gets away with it! A better throw and Shakib was nowhere in the frame. Short and on off, Shakib Al Hasan slaps it to backward point where Kushal Bhurtel dives to his right to make the stop. Shakib is caught ball-watching and he is late to set off but a wayward throw at the bowling end, allows Shakib to make his ground. |
| 3.2 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Litton Das, Short and on off, Litton Das punches it nicely but straight to cover. |
| 3.3 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Litton Das, No run. |
| 3.4 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Litton Das, No run. |
| 3.5 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Litton Das, Aerial but safe! Fuller and quicker, on off, Litton Das reaches out in front for the sweep but gets a top edge that lands safely, well away from deep backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 3.6 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Litton Das, FOUR! In complete control and Das finds the fence this time! |
| 4.1 : Sompal Kami to Shakib Al Hasan, Angling in from around the wicket and on a good length, in the channel on off, Shakib Al Hasan has a feel for the delivery and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4.2 : Sompal Kami to Shakib Al Hasan, Leg bye! Sliding onto the hips, on a hard length, Shakib Al Hasan fails to tickle it fine. The ball rolls off his thigh pad on the leg side for a leg bye. |
| 4.3 : Sompal Kami to Litton Das, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! The move by Rohit Paudel to give Sompal Kami the third over on the trot has been validated. Kami is pumped up as he punches the air. Kami bangs it into the deck, on off, Litton Das goes for the pull but plays it in front of his body and fails to roll his wrists on the ball. Gets a top edge that goes straight up behind the wicket. The keeper, Aasif Sheikh calls for it and takes a safe catch. |
| Towhid Hridoy walks out to bat! |
| 4.4 : Sompal Kami to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR! Poor line and Towhid Hridoy uses it well! |
| 4.5 : Sompal Kami to Towhid Hridoy, Much better as this is on a good length, shaping away, around off, Towhid Hridoy covers the line of the ball and pats it back to the bowler. |
| 4.6 : Sompal Kami to Towhid Hridoy, At 129.3 kph, serves it on a back of a length, on off, Towhid Hridoy steers it down to deep third and retains the strike with a single. |
| 5.1 : Rohit Paudel to Towhid Hridoy, No run. |
| 5.2 : Rohit Paudel to Towhid Hridoy, On the pads. Hridoy flicks but to short fine leg. |
| 5.3 : Rohit Paudel to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR! Drilled! Hit that really hard! On middle. Hridoy goes down on one knee and sweeps and this races away to the fence. |
| 5.4 : Rohit Paudel to Towhid Hridoy, OUT! c Sandeep Lamichhane b Rohit Paudel. |
| 0.0 : Mahmudullah is the new man in. |
| 5.5 : Rohit Paudel to Mahmudullah, On middle. This stays a touch low. Defended. |
| 5.6 : Rohit Paudel to Mahmudullah, Confusion but safe! On middle. Mahmudullah works it towards mid-wicket. They think of two but settle for one. End of a really good Powerplay for Nepal. |
| 6.1 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Flatter and around off. This lands and turns away. Mahmudullah is beaten as he pushes at it. |
| 6.2 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Big turn again! Around off. This spins away. Mahmudullah defends. |
| 6.3 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, FOUR! Really well played! Mahmudullah waits for this. It is outside off. He guides it past short third man for a boundary. Just used the pace. |
| 6.4 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Slower again and outside off. This is pushed past cover for one. |
| 6.5 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Shakib Al Hasan, Bue given! Lot of turn again! On middle and this spins back in. Shakib looks to flick but misses. The keeper fails to take it cleanly. A run taken. Shakib not happy it is not given a wide. |
| 6.6 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Flatter and on off. This is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 7.1 : Rohit Paudel to Mahmudullah, On middle. This is worked through mid-wicket. A run taken. |
| 7.2 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, Beaten! Slower and around off. This lands and spins away. Shakib is beaten as he pushes at it. |
| 7.3 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, FOUR! Cut away! Finds the gap well. Shorter and outside off. This is cut past point. This one races away to the fence. |
| 7.4 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, On off. This is pushed past long off for one. |
| 7.5 : Rohit Paudel to Mahmudullah, This lands outside off and spins back in. Mahmudullah looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 7.6 : Rohit Paudel to Mahmudullah, Timed well but for no runs! Outside off. Flatter. This is guided to point. |
| 8.1 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Shakib Al Hasan, Sharp turn again! This lands outside off and spins back in. Shakib goes right back and works it through square leg for two. |
| 8.2 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Shakib Al Hasan, Shorter and on off. This is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 8.3 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Tossed up on off. This is played back to the bowler. |
| 8.4 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Four! |
| 8.5 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Mahmudullah, Outside off and fuller again. This is driven past cover for one more. |
| 8.6 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT! run out (Gulshan Jha / Sandeep Lamichhane). |
| 0.0 : Jaker Ali comes in at number 7. |
| 9.1 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, On middle. This is worked to short fine leg. |
| 9.2 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, On middle. This is tucked around the corner for one. |
| 9.3 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, Angled into the pads. This is worked through square leg for one. |
| 9.4 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, On the pads. Jaker looks to flick but closes the face of the bat early. He gets a soft leading edge to mid-wicket. |
| 9.5 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, Top effort in the field! Nepal have been really good. Shorter and on off. This is timed past cover. The fielder in the deep, runs to his right, slides and saves two for his side. |
| 9.6 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, Single to end then! On the pads. This is nudged around the corner for one. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! Nepal have come out firing and they mean business here. With the ball and in the field, they have been sharp and have Bangladesh on the ropes. Bangladesh's hopes rest on the shoulders of Shakib Al Hasan to bail them out of trouble here. They need a partnership here to steady the sinking ship while Nepal will look to chip away at the wickets as they have done so far. Kushal Bhurtel will bowl after the break. |
| 10.1 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, No run. |
| 10.2 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Drags the length back now and keeps it flat, on off, Jaker Ali dabs it past point and gets to the other end. |
| 10.3 : Kushal Bhurtel to Shakib Al Hasan, Beaten! This goes straight on, on a nagging length, around off, Shakib Al Hasan tries to play it with the turn on the leg side but it goes straight through to beat the outside edge. |
| 10.4 : Kushal Bhurtel to Shakib Al Hasan, False shot but Shakib gets away with it! |
| 10.5 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, No run. |
| 10.6 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Gives the ball air again, full and on off, Jaker Ali gets beaten on the outside edge as he looks to work it away on the off side. |
| 11.1 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, Drifting in with the angle, short and turning away, on off, Shakib Al Hasan gets on the back foot and pats it to point. |
| 11.2 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, Short and slanting in, on off, punched off the back foot to long on for one. |
| 11.3 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, 1 run. |
| 11.4 : Rohit Paudel to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT! TRAPPED PLUMB IN FRONT! Or is it? Shakib Al Hasan takes the review almost immediately. Did that pitch outside leg? Paudel angled it in from around the wicket and got the ball to spin away after pitching, short and on middle and leg, Shakib Al Hasan goes deep in his crease to clip it away on the leg side. The ball spins past the bat and hits Shakib on the back leg. There is nothing on UltraEdge and it is three reds on Ball Tracking. The Nepalese crowd |
| 11.5 : Rohit Paudel to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Fuller in length, on off, Tanzim Hasan Sakib plays for the turn but gets it off the outer half of the bat and scampers across for a single as the ball rolls on the off side. |
| 11.6 : Rohit Paudel to Jaker Ali, 1 run. |
| 12.1 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, WIDE! Loops it up but it slips beyond the tramline on off, Jaker Ali reaches out but fails to connect. |
| Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Keeps low again, short and turning away, around off, Jaker Ali goes on the back foot and tucks it square on the leg side for one. |
| 12.2 : Kushal Bhurtel to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Dishes out the googly, short and on off, Tanzim Hasan Sakib cuts it square to deep point for a single. |
| 12.3 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, No run. |
| 12.4 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, No run. |
| 12.5 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, WIDE! Short and down leg, Jaker Ali misses the tickle. Wide given. |
| Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Drops it short and around off, Jaker Ali punches it off the back foot to deep cover for a single. |
| 12.6 : Kushal Bhurtel to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run. |
| 13.1 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! Sandeep Lamichhane gets into the act now! 99th T20I wicket for Lamichhane. Hang on, Tanzim Hasan Sakib has a word with his partner and takes the review just before the timer runs out. This was floated up by Lamichhane, full and on off, Tanzim Hasan Sakib gets down for the sweep but the ball sneaks under the bat and hits him on the crouched front leg. |
| 13.2 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, OUT! CASTLED! Sandeep Lamichhane gets his man this time! 99th T20I wicket for Lamichhane. |
| 13.3 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Rishad Hossain, 1 run. |
| 13.4 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, WIDE! Strays down leg, on a nagging length, left alone by Jaker Ali for a wide. |
| Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, Drops it short and turning away, outside off, Jaker Ali lets it go through. |
| 13.5 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, Fuller and on off, Jaker Ali presses forward and defends it out. |
| 13.6 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, Quicker and full as well, on off, knocked down to wide long off for a single by Jaker Ali. |
| 14.1 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Turn and bounce again! Short and it is outside off, Jaker Ali tries to dab it square on the off side off the back foot but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 14.2 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, And again! Loops it up, full and spinning away, on off, Jaker Ali lunges to smother the spin but fails to do so. |
| 14.3 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Drags the length back, on off, Jaker Ali stays on the back foot and keeps it out on the leg side. |
| 14.4 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, 1 run. |
| 14.5 : Kushal Bhurtel to Rishad Hossain, Bye. |
| 14.6 : Kushal Bhurtel to Jaker Ali, Attacks the stumps now, full in length, drilled down to long on for a single by Jaker Ali. |
| 15.1 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, Extravagant turn again! Slower and around off. This lands and spins away. Ali is beaten as he looks to defend. |
| 15.2 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, No run. |
| 15.3 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Jaker Ali, OUT! TIMBER! Cleans him up. Jaker Ali falls. The last recognised batter walks back and now, 100 looks far away! The googly, it lands on middle and spins back in. Ali does not pick it. He looks to flick but misses and this hits the stumps. |
| Taskin Ahmed is the new man in. |
| 15.4 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Taskin Ahmed, Flatter and on off. Kept out. |
| 15.5 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Taskin Ahmed, BEATEN AGAIN! Flatter and on off, this lands and spins away. Taskin is beaten as he looks to defend. |
| 15.6 : Sandeep Lamichhane to Taskin Ahmed, On off. Kept out. |
| 16.1 : Kushal Bhurtel to Rishad Hossain, Six! |
| 16.2 : Kushal Bhurtel to Rishad Hossain, FOUR! 10 from the first two balls. Rishad is going for it. He walks right across. This is on middle. It is swept hard through mid-wicket. In the gap and it races away. |
| 16.3 : Kushal Bhurtel to Rishad Hossain, A single now. Steps out but this is full and outside off. This is jammed out towards cover for one. |
| 16.4 : Kushal Bhurtel to Taskin Ahmed, The googly. Taskin now goes for the sweep. He misses. It hits the pad and goes towards short fine leg for one. |
| 16.5 : Kushal Bhurtel to Rishad Hossain, Around off. This is pushed past cover for one. |
| 16.6 : Kushal Bhurtel to Taskin Ahmed, Another appeal but not given! Nepal review. It maybe pitching outside leg. NOT OUT! It is pitching outside leg. Floats it up on the pads. Taskin looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 0.0 : Mustafizur Rahman is the last man in for Bangladesh. |
| 17.1 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Rishad Hossain, OUT! c Anil Sah b Dipendra Singh Airee. |
| 17.2 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Mustafizur Rahman, Fizz gets off strike! On off. This is pushed past cover for one. |
| 17.3 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Taskin Ahmed, Tossed up on off. Taskin looks to go over covers but this goes off the outer half to point. |
| 17.4 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Taskin Ahmed, Flatter and on off. Defended. |
| 17.5 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Taskin Ahmed, Angled into the off pole. Taskin looks to defend but it goes off the inner half on the leg side for one. |
| 17.6 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Mustafizur Rahman, Dot to end! Angled into the pads. Rahman looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 18.1 : Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, A yorker on off. This is jammed back to the bowler. |
| 18.2 : Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, WIDE! Extras will help! Shorter and on middle. Taskin looks to pull but misses. Wided. |
| Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, WIDE! Another one! Down the leg side again. Wided. |
| Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, Two! These are vital runs! They are nearing the 100-run mark! On middlr. Ahmed works it on the leg side for two. |
| 18.3 : Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, FOUR! Valuable, very valuable. Off the under edge but a boundary! Full and outside off. Taskin looks to jam it out, it goes off the under edge and down to the third man fence. |
| 18.4 : Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, Wrong line again but gets away with it! On the pads. Taskin looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 18.5 : Abinash Bohara to Taskin Ahmed, Leg bye. |
| 18.6 : Abinash Bohara to Mustafizur Rahman, Two to end! 11 from that over then! Just the kind of over Bangladesh needed and 100 is up. On off. Fuller. This is lifted over mid off who runs back but does not get to it. Two taken. |
| 19.1 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Taskin Ahmed, FOUR! These are bonus runs. Really bonus. Off the outside edge but Bangladesh won't care. Good start to the last over. They would love a big one here. Outside off. Taskin swings but it skews off the outer half over point and to the fence. |
| 19.2 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Taskin Ahmed, Angled into the pads. Taskin looks to drive, this goes off the inner half towards short fine leg for one. |
| 19.3 : Dipendra Singh Airee to Mustafizur Rahman, OUT! RUN OUT! There is the end of the innings. Bangladesh end with 106. Rahman hit that well. This is fuller. He hits it towards cover and they go for a run. It went to quickly. The fielder collected it cleanly and fires it to the bowler who takes the bails off. |
| 0.0 : A masterful bowling effort by Nepal to bowl Bangladesh out for 106. However, they will still feel that they gave 10 runs more than what it looked to be at one stage. After opting to bowl first, Nepal got off to a dream start. Sompal Kami set the tone by striking on the very first ball of the game. Building on that early breakthrough, Dipendra Singh Airee maintained the pressure, and Kami rewarded the skipper's decision to give him a third consecutive over. Towhid Hridoy showed some positive |
| For Bangladesh, the match began disastrously with the loss of Tanzid Hasan on the first ball, and it only got worse from there. Attempting to take the game to Nepal, they were rocked early, losing 4 wickets in the Powerplay. The experienced duo of Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah then joined forces to stabilize the innings. Just as they seemed to be rebuilding, a mix-up led to Mahmudullah's downfall. Things deteriorated further as Shakib also fell soon after without making a significant impact. |
| Right then, this has all the makings of another low-scoring thriller. On a surface that has offered the most turn of any venue in this World Cup, it is not going to get any easier for Nepal. Bangladesh will back themselves to defend this total, knowing that a win will secure their spot in the Super 8s. If they lose and lose badly, the Netherlands will have a strong chance to advance, provided they win against Sri Lanka. Join us back in a bit for the second essay. |
| Sompal Kami is in for a chat. He says that the wicket was really good and he is happy to reap the rewards for his hard work and planning. |
| 0.2 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, That jagged back in a long way! |
| 0.3 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, Wide! |
| 0.1 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, FOUR! Edged away! A streaky start to the Nepal chase! Tanzim Hasan Sakib steams in from over the wicket and bangs it on a hard length, angling in, on middle, Kushal Bhurtel looks to play at it but it nips back in and catches the inside edge. It races down to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 0.3 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, Beaten again! In the channel on off, fuller in length, shaping away, Kushal Bhurtel reaches out for the drive and goes chasing after it. He is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 0.4 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, Serves it on a length, in the corridor off, Kushal Bhurtel gets on the front foot and pushes it out to cover. |
| 0.5 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, No run. |
| 0.6 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, Hurls it in a good length, closer to the off-stump line, Kushal Bhurtel shuffles across to cover the line of the ball but the ball moves away just enough to beat the bat. |
| 1.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, No run. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? It will be Taskin Ahmed. |
| 1.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, No run. |
| 1.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, Ouch, Aasif Sheikh has copped a blow on the helmet! Taskin Ahmed bends his back and delivers a sharp and quick bumper that takes off from the deck, Aasif Sheikh gets rushed and fails to get out of the way quickly enough. The ball climbs onto him and hits him flush on the helmet. |
| 1.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, Continues to get steep bounce does Taskin from a back of a length, on middle, Aasif Sheikh hops and stabs it down the deck. |
| 1.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, Big swing and a miss! Lands it on a good length, outside off, Aasif Sheikh shimmies across a bit and swings to go over mid on but fails to connect with thin air. |
| 1.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, FOUR! Ungainly but effective! |
| 2.1 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, Hurls it on a hard length and tucks the batter up for room, Kushal Bhurtel tries to keep it out but fails to negotiate the bounce and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 2.2 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Bhurtel, OUT! TIMBER! Tanzim Hasan Sakib gets a wicket off a full toss but he won't mind one bit! |
| Who walks in now? |
| 2.3 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Anil Sah, Oh, that took off! |
| 2.4 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Anil Sah, OUT! c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Tanzim Hasan Sakib. |
| 0.0 : Rohit Paudel walks out to bat now. |
| 2.5 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rohit Paudel, No run. |
| 2.6 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rohit Paudel, Good length again and on off. Blocked well. |
| 3.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, WIDE! A little too wide! Outside off. Shorter. Aasif looks to cut but misses. |
| Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, Four! |
| 3.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, Half a chance! Need to hang onto everything when you are behind the game. Length and around off. Aasif looks to defend, this goes off the outside edge to the right of widish first slip. He dives, it hits his hand and goes down to third man. One taken. |
| 3.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Rohit Paudel, Good heat! A short one on the body. Rohit looks to pull but misses. |
| 3.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Rohit Paudel, 1 run. |
| 3.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, FOUR! Hammered! Aasif looks in fine touch but this is poor bowling from Taskin. Not the kind of over his side needed after the last over. This is short and outside off. Asking to be hit. Aasif slaps it past cover and this races away. |
| 3.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Aasif Sheikh, Better! This is where he needs to be a lot more. Length and around off. This lands and jags back in. Aasif looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pads. |
| 4.1 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rohit Paudel, Good length and around off. Defended. |
| 4.2 : Who walks in now? |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rohit Paudel, OUT! c Rishad Hossain b Tanzim Hasan Sakib. |
| 4.3 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Good stuff! Length and just outside off. Jora leaves it alone. |
| 4.4 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Fuller and on off. This is pushed to mid off. |
| 4.5 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Sharp! Really sharp! Short and on off. Jora evades it. |
| 4.6 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Lands safe! A wicket maiden by Tanzim. On the pads. Jora looks to flick but this goes off a soft leading edge on the off side. |
| Mustafizur Rahman comes into the attack as the first change. |
| 5.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Aasif Sheikh, Four! |
| 5.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Aasif Sheikh, Back of a length and on off. Kept out. |
| 5.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Aasif Sheikh, Aasif looks really good. Shorter and around off. He stands tall and pushes it to covers. |
| 5.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Aasif Sheikh, OUT! c Shakib Al Hasan b Mustafizur Rahman. |
| 5.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, Good length and around off. Malla defends. |
| 0.0 : Kushal Malla comes in at number 6. |
| 5.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, That is a top over from Rahman. Length and around off. Malla looks to defend, it goes off the outer half to point. |
| 6.1 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Good length and on off. Kept out. |
| 6.2 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Ouch! That must have hurt! He's bowling really quick. Length and on off. This one jags back in. Jora looks to flick but misses to get hit on the body. |
| 6.3 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, Around off. Good length. This is guided down to third man for one. |
| 6.4 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Malla, Good length again and around off. This is guided to point. |
| 6.5 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Kushal Malla, Just the one! Fuller and around off. Malla looks to drive but it goes off the inner half on the leg side for one. |
| 6.6 : Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Sundeep Jora, OUT! HANGS ON! Tanzim has 4. He strikes on the last ball of his spell. Rishad Hossain takes another catch. Shorter and outside off. Jora cuts but straight to point. Rishad makes no mistake there. |
| 7.1 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, FIVE WIDES! What was that? That was a lot of turn and bounce! This lands outside off and spins back in a long way. Extra bounce too. The keeper does not pick it and it races to the fine leg fence. Bonus runs. |
| 0.0 : Dipendra Singh Airee walks in next with Nepal in all sorts of trouble. Time for spin as Rishad Hossain comes on to bowl. |
| 7.1 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, 2 runs. |
| 7.2 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Flatter and on off. Blocked. |
| 7.4 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Short again, this is guided past point for one. He hasn't got his length right so far. |
| 7.3 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Outside off. Malla looks to cut but is beaten. |
| 7.5 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, No run. |
| 7.6 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, An appeal for drinking and it is taken upstairs. Has that foot been lifted? Not out! Airee is in! This lands around off and spins away. Airee looks to defend but is beaten. The keeper whips the bails off and appeals. It is referred. Replays show that the batter is in. |
| 8.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kushal Malla, Comes into the attack now and starts with a poor delivery, short and down leg, Kushal Malla swivels and pulls it past backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 8.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kushal Malla, Slower and shorter, on the pads, Kushal Malla tucks it off his pads square on the leg side for one. |
| 8.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Dipendra Singh Airee, Floats it up, full and on off, Dipendra Singh Airee goes for an expansive drive but gets an inside edge that sneaks past the stumps. Down to fine leg for a single. |
| 8.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kushal Malla, 1 run. |
| 8.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Dipendra Singh Airee, This is on a nagging length, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee rocks back and dabs it wide of cover for a run. |
| 8.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kushal Malla, Keeps it on a nagging length, around off, Kushal Malla goes back in his crease and plays it to mid-wicket. |
| 9.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, 1 run. |
| 9.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, Digs it in short, outside off, Kushal Malla is happy to leave it alone. |
| 9.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, Closer to the off-stump line, on a hard length, Kushal Malla defends it out with a straight bat off the back foot. |
| 9.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, No run. |
| 9.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, Goes very wide of the crease and attacks the stumps, on a nagging length, Kushal Malla is equal to the task though as he blocks it down the deck from the crease. |
| 9.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, At 131.9 kph, angling in, on off, on a back of a length, Kushal Malla nudges it through backward square leg and retains the strike with a single. A tidy over from Mustafizur, just the 2 runs off it. |
| 10.1 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Short and turning in, on off, Kushal Malla goes back and cuts it past point for a single. |
| 10.2 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, Nicely bowled! Drifting in and dipping as well, full and on off, Dipendra Singh Airee lunges to defend but it spins away to go past the bat. |
| 10.3 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, No run. |
| 10.4 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, Prodigious turn again! |
| 10.5 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, No run. |
| 10.6 : Rishad Hossain to Dipendra Singh Airee, FOUR! This has been absolutely nailed! Fires it in, fuller and quicker, on middle and leg, Dipendra Singh Airee gets inside the line and sweeps it wide of deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 11.1 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, Comes into the attack and begins with a flighted delivery, full and on middle, knocked down to long on for one by Malla. |
| 11.2 : Mahmudullah to Dipendra Singh Airee, 1 run. |
| 11.3 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, No run. |
| 11.4 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, Shorter and on off, Kushal Malla waits on it and cuts it late to get it wide of backward point. 50 comes up for Nepal with this single. |
| 11.5 : Mahmudullah to Dipendra Singh Airee, Drops it short and on middle, Dipendra Singh Airee punches it straight back to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : Mahmudullah to Dipendra Singh Airee, Play and a miss! |
| 12.1 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Tossed up on off. Kept out. |
| 12.3 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Tossed up on off. Kept out. |
| 12.4 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Flatter and on off. Malla defends. |
| 12.2 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Overthrow! Tossed up on off. Malla works it with the turn to short fine leg. They take one. The fielder has a needless shy at the bowler's end. Another run taken. |
| 12.5 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Two byes! That has beaten everyone! Tossed up outside off. Malla looks to drive but this turns back in. He misses. Das fails to collect it. Two taken. |
| 12.6 : Rishad Hossain to Kushal Malla, Half an appeal but turned down! Another tidy over. This lands on middle and spins back in. Malla looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pad. |
| Taskin Ahmed (2-0-15-0) returns to the attack. |
| 13.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Dipendra Singh Airee, Shortish and around off. This is guided down to third man for one. |
| 13.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Kushal Malla, Another dot for Malla. Something has to give here. Get a feeling a big shot is coming. On off. Malla pushes it to covers. |
| 13.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Kushal Malla, Just the one! Around off. Malla guides it down to third man for one. |
| 13.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Dipendra Singh Airee, Four! |
| 13.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Dipendra Singh Airee, Now takes one! On middle. This is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 13.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Kushal Malla, Back of a length and around off. Kept out. |
| 14.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Dipendra Singh Airee, Really good stop! Shorter and outside off. This is cut towards point. Rishad sticks his right hand out and stops it well. |
| 14.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Dipendra Singh Airee, On middle. This is worked through mid-wicket. Two taken. |
| 14.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Dipendra Singh Airee, A loud appeal but turned down! Shakib reviews. It seems to be going down leg though. NOT OUT! It is umpire's call as it is clipping the leg pole. On the pads. Airee looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 14.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Dipendra Singh Airee, Fuller and on off. This is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 14.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kushal Malla, Flatter and on off. Kept out. Get a feeling Malla is going to target Shakib here. |
| 14.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kushal Malla, He does walk across. This is fired on the pads. Malla swings but misses to get hit on the pad. It rolls towards short fine leg. A leg bye taken. |
| 15.1 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, Desperate stuff! On middle. This is pushed towards mid-wicket. Hridoy dives to his right and stops it. |
| 15.2 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, No run. |
| 15.3 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, SIX! Gets hold of this one. Will that break the shackles for Malla? Tossed up outside off. The slog sweep comes out and it is nailed over the mid-wicket fence. Much-needed. |
| 15.4 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, 2 runs. |
| 15.5 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, Four! |
| 15.6 : Mahmudullah to Kushal Malla, Dot to end but the damage was done earlier on. 30 needed in 24. Slower and around off. Malla swings but this turns away and goes past the outside edge. |
| 16.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, Dot to begin! Slower and outside off. Airee slashes but misses. |
| 16.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, Good effort! Short and on the body. Airee looks to pull, this goes off the splice but lands just short of the fielder at deep square leg. He dives forward and makes a good stop. A run. |
| 16.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, Back of a length and on off. This is pushed to cover. Another dot. |
| 16.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Kushal Malla, OUT! c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Mustafizur Rahman. |
| 0.0 : Gulshan Jha is the new man in. |
| 16.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Gulshan Jha, The inside edge saves Jha! Length and on off. He looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 16.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Gulshan Jha, What an over from Fizz! Outside off. Jha looks to cut but misses. |
| 17.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Dipendra Singh Airee, SIX! Dipendra Singh Airee goes big! Taskin Ahmed digs it in short but it is not short enough, around off, Dipendra Singh Airee skips down the track and cracks it over point for a biggie. |
| 17.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Dipendra Singh Airee, Honing in at the stumps now, on a good length, Dipendra Singh Airee gets right behind the line to defend but gets it off the outer half to point. |
| 17.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Dipendra Singh Airee, Goes short again, over middle, Dipendra Singh Airee rolls his wrists nicely on the ball and pulls it through square leg for one. 7 runs off the first 3 balls. How much more can Nepal get off this over? |
| 17.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Gulshan Jha, Beaten! Angling away, on a hard length and skidding through, on off, Gulshan Jha tries to use the pace but the ball climbs onto him and zips past the shoulder of the bat. |
| 17.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Gulshan Jha, OUT! A soft dismissal and Taskin Ahmed finally has his first wicket of the night! Taskin hits the deck hard and it hurries the batter as well, on off, Gulshan Jha sets deep in his crease and goes for a swipe across the line. The ball gets big on him and it lobs tamely off the splice of the bat towards short cover where Towhid Hridoy makes no mistake. |
| 17.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Sompal Kami, Good shot but equally well fielded. Serves it on a good length, outside off, Sompal Kami plays it late and cuts it towards backward point where Rishad Hossain is in really close but dives to his left to make the stop. 22 runs needed off the last 2 overs. A make or break over coming up for Nepal. |
| 18.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, Takes pace off and goes full, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee shapes up to go down the ground but misses as the ball grips in the surface and goes past the bat. |
| 18.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, No run. |
| 18.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, No run. |
| 18.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, Make that four dots on the trot. Sensational stuff by Mustafizur Rahman. |
| 18.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, No run. |
| 18.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Dipendra Singh Airee, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! End of Dipendra Singh Airee's struggles against the Fizz and that should be the game for Bangladesh. |
| 19.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Sompal Kami, OUT! STUMPED! Believe it or not, first wicket of this World Cup for Shakib Al Hasan. |
| 19.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abinash Bohara, OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! Two in two for Shakib Al Hasan to finish things off! Bangladesh are through to the Super 8s. Pushes it through, on a nagging length and it skids through, on middle, Abinash Bohara gets on the back foot and gets inside the line to work it away with the angle. He fails to get any bat on it and it goes through to trap him right in front of the stumps. Up goes the finger but Abinash Bohara takes the review, more in hope than anything |
| Yet another nail-biter of a game! Bangladesh in the end have prevailed and have sealed their progress into the Super 8s. Tanzim Hasan Sakib at the start and Mustafizur Rahman at the end were absolutely brilliant. Tanzim ran through the top order as he got 4 in no time. He bowled 4 in a row and got 4 massive wickets. |
| 0.0 : Nepal then fought back courtesy of Kushal Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee. They really got their side back into the game. It came down to them needing 30 in 24. However, the Fizz yet again came to the fore for his side. He gave away just the 1 run in the 17th and got the wicket of Malla and in the 19th, it was even better, he got Airee and bowled a maiden. Shakib Al Hasan then bowled the last two overs and picked two in two to seal the game. |
| Time for the presentation ceremony... |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his stellar showing with the ball. He says they just wanted to bowl in the good areas and just wanted to defend this total. Adds everyone bowled well and hence, they managed to defend this. Says he was only focusing on his plan and it came well. Also adds they are confident heading into the Super 8s. Ends by saying the widket is not easy, you just have to bowl the right lines and lengths. |
| The captain of Nepal, Rohit Paudel says the bowlers did really well. Batting could have been better but Bangladesh bowled really well. Admits they lost too many wickets in the first 6 overs but they fought back well. Ends by saying they need to step up as a batting unit and assess the wicket a lot better. Also says the team has great potential and he hopes to do better going ahead. |
| The skipper of Bangladesh, Najmul Hossain Shanto says that they are very happy with how they played the group stage. Hopes to continue this bowling performance. Shares that the belief was there that they could defend the total if they picked early wickets. Adds that they have a good variety in their bowling unit and that is why they have excelled in this format. Feels that momentum is important in T20s and hopes to build on it. |
| Thatâs it then from this game! Bangladesh have sealed their progression which means the Netherlands have been knocked out. Just the two games from the Group Stage left before the Super 8s begin. Until then, goodbye and take care. |
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