New Delhi. The 37th match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Nepal and Bangladesh. In this match, Bangladesh registered a spectacular victory by 21 runs. Nepal won the toss and decided to bowl first. Bangladesh team came out to bat first but could not show anything special with the batting. Their team was all out for 107 runs. While chasing, Nepal could score only 85 runs and lost the match.
Tanjid Hasan and Liton Das, who came to open for Bangladesh, flopped badly. Hasan got out on 0 while Liton Das returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. Captain Nazmul Hasan Santo got out after scoring 4 runs in 5 balls. Shakib Al Hasan scored 17, Mahmudullah 13, Ali 12 and Robel Hussain scored 13 runs in 7 balls. In this way, Bangladesh team could score only 106 runs in 19.3 overs. Sandeep Lamichhane, Rohit Paudel, Dipendra Singh Aire, Sompal Kami took 2-2 wickets for Nepal.
Now it was Nepal’s turn to chase. Nepal’s opener Kushal Bhurtel flopped badly. He was out after scoring 4 runs in 8 balls. Asif Sheikh, who came with him, was out after scoring 17 runs in 14 balls. Anil Kumar Shah came to bat at number three and lost his wicket at 0. Captain Rohit Paudel scored 1, Sandeep Jora scored 1 run. After this, brilliant batting was seen from batsman Dipendra Singh Aire and Kushal Malla. Both scored 25 and 27 runs respectively. But could not win the match. Tanzin Hasan Shakib took 4 wickets and Mustafizur Rahman took 3 wickets for Bangladesh.
Netherlands out of the tournament
With this win, Bangladesh has made it to the Super 8. After Bangladesh’s win, Netherlands is out of the tournament. Even if Bangladesh had lost this match, they would have had to win the match against Sri Lanka by a big margin. Let us tell you that the Netherlands team is currently playing its last match against Sri Lanka.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 17, 2024, 08:41 IST