West Indies vs Bangladesh: Match 23 Report – Windies alive!

West Indies vs Bangladesh Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and elect to bowl.

West Indies beat Bangladesh by 3 runs in a last ball thriller to keep their T20 World Cup semi-finals chances alive. Defending champions West Indies handed over the T20I debut cap to Roston Chase who took the place of Lendl Simmons in the playing XI while Jason Holder walked in to the team to replace leggie Hayden Walsh.

Bangladesh needed 13 runs to win in the final over and Andre Russell delivered it for West Indies with some accurate yorker length deliveries which choked Bangladesh despite some poor fielding efforts in the field by West Indian cricketers.

Playing XIs:

West Indies:

Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard (c), Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul

Bangladesh:

Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Liton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed

Points Table Positions:

5. West Indies – 2 points (3 matches)

6. Bangladesh – 0 points (3 matches)

West Indies vs Bangladesh – Match Summary:

West Indies 142-7 in 20 overs

Roston Chase 39 (46) – 2 fours

Nicholas Pooran 40 (22) – 1 four – 4 sixes

Mahedi Hasan 4-0-27-2

Mustafizur 4-0-43-2

Shoriful Islam 4-0-20-2

Bangladesh 139-5 in 20 overs

Liton Das 44 (43) – 4 fours

Mahmudullah 31*(24) – 2 fours & 1 six

Ravi Rampaul 4-0-25-1

Jason Holder 4-0-22-1

Andre Russell 4-0-29-1

Akeal Hosein 4-0-24-1

Dwayne Bravo 4-0-36-1

Result: West Indies won by 3 runs

Player of the Match: Nicholas Pooran

Umpires: Adrian Holdstock, Rod Tucker

Third Umpire: Paul Reiffel

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle

Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah