Call it revenge? Why? Did you forget about the last ODI World Cup? No, Bangladesh did not take this match as an opportunity for revenge. Super Eight was the target. Today, Bangladesh went a long way in that journey by beating Netherlands by 25 runs.
Bangladesh had to win the match to go to the last eight. Shakib Al Hasan took the lead of the team after batting at the beginning but failed to open for four. Tanjid Hasan made a pair of 48 runs with Tamim. Soon after the departure of Tamim, who scored 36 runs, Tawheed Hridoy also returned.
Then Mahmudullah was giving hope to the team, but he also played an innings of 25 runs from 21 balls and he returned right at the beginning of the death overs. Shakib and Zaker Ali Anik did the last. Shakib picked up his 13th career T20 fifty. On the other side, Zaker Ali Anik scored 14 runs off 7 balls and gave the team a fighting capital of 159 runs. But with the way the wicket at Arnos Vale Stadium was behaving, such runs did not seem enough.
Especially after the Netherlands' great start. Bangladesh got two wickets in the power play thanks to Taskin Ahmed and Tanjim Shakib. But even then, Vikramjit Singh's bat was giving Bangladesh eye-popping. Shakib was hit for two and Rishad for a six. However, Mahmudullah returned him back to Bangladesh in the match.
However, Sybrand Engelbrecht and captain Scott Edwards together made Bangladesh uncomfortable. Their pair at one time brought the equation to 49 off 34 balls. From there, Rishad Hossain brought the match for Bangladesh. He sent back Engelbrecht and Bas de Lida in one over. He gave 7 runs from the over. Then Mustafiz came in the 17th over and took 1 wicket with 1 run. The Dutch could not handle that shock. In the last over, Taskin Ahmed had 32 runs; he did not give more than 7 runs, but also took a wicket. Bangladesh therefore left the field with a comfortable 25-run win.