Bangladesh beat Nepal to secure Super 8s spot

T20 World Cup, Group D: St Vincent

Bangladesh 106 (19.3 overs): Shakib 17 (22); Kami 2-10

Nepal 85 (19.2 overs): Malla 27 (40); Tanzim 4-7

Bangladesh won by 21 runs

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Bangladesh overcame a spirited capacity from Nepal to triumph by 21 runs and seal their spot successful nan Super 8s shape of nan T20 World Cup.

In a tense encounter, Nepal fell short of their first triumph complete a Test-playing broadside arsenic they grounded to pursuit a target of conscionable 107.

Tigers seamer Tanzim Hasan's magical 4-7 triggered a top-order illness to 26-5 but precocious guidance from Dipendra Singh Airee, pinch 31, kept Nepal's hopes alive.

The Associate federation were successful nan crippled pinch 23 needed from nan past 17 balls, but Mustafizur Rahman bowled a wicket maiden successful nan 19th complete to all-but unafraid victory.

The triumph sees Bangladesh subordinate India, Afghanistan and Australia successful Group One for nan adjacent round, and eliminated nan Netherlands.

Bangladesh suffered a shocking batting illness of their own, including opener Tanzid Hasan falling from nan first shot of nan game, slipping to 30-4 by nan extremity of nan six-over powerplay.

They played immoderate reckless shots and ran poorly betwixt nan wickets successful nan look of Nepal's meticulous bowling and their precocious power successful nan field, but a precocious flurry of runs from Taskin Ahmed and Rishad Hossain helped tick nan people complete 100.

Despite nan debased total, it proved beyond Nepal's scope connected a transportation offering move and bounce for nan spinners and plentifulness of seam activity for nan gait attack, allowing Bangladesh to successfully take sides nan lowest full successful men's T20 World Cup history.

If Bangladesh are to advancement from nan Super 8s, their batting has sewage plentifulness of improvements to make arsenic Shakib Al Hasan's 17 was nan highest score, but nan bowling onslaught is 1 to beryllium feared if they tin vessel first aliases person a decent full to defend.

Tanzim, 21, was electric, helped by nan transportation but bowling pinch gait and hostility to unsettle nan inexperienced Nepalese batters.

His 2 wickets successful nan 3rd over, leaving Nepal 9-2, changed nan people of nan crippled and inspired his team-mates to judge and backmost up his performance.

Mustafizur past vanished pinch 3-7 to termination nan crippled successful nan mediate overs and astatine nan death, utilizing each his acquisition and canny variations.

And contempt ending nan tourney without a win, Nepal person proven they beryllium successful these tournaments pinch a mates of agonisingly adjacent calls against apical opposition.

Their bowling onslaught was arsenic impressive, an all-round effort group up by seamer Sompal Kami who removed some openers and vanished pinch 2-10, earlier their spinners applied nan unit successful nan middle.

Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel: "As a batting portion we request to measurement up, cognize wherever to people runs and really to measure a wicket. We are up to nan people pinch nan bowling.

"This squad has awesome potential. We request to backmost each and each player.

"We person disappointed our fans. I've seen immoderate of them crying truthful it was heartbreaking for us. We dream to make them happy successful nan years to come."

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto: "We are not scoring overmuch but we judge we tin take sides immoderate full pinch nan measurement we've bowled successful this tournament. We cognize if we return early wickets and section good we tin take sides totals.

"We person everything successful our attack. In nan past fewer years our gait bowlers person worked very hard. Our bowling portion is very important."

Player of nan match, Bangladesh seamer Tanzim Hasan: "We knew we were still successful nan game, we didn't panic and knew we could triumph if we kept to basics and bowled successful nan correct areas.

"We are a beautiful bowling onslaught erstwhile we get things right. Everyone contributed today, they each bowled truthful good and performed our roles."