23rd
T20 World Cup Match
West
Indies VS Bangladesh
Written by Basharat Mosvi
The 30th match of the T20 World Cup series between West Indies vs. Bangladesh was played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on
Friday, October 29, 2021, at 3:00 PM. Bangladesh captain Mohammadullah won the toss and elected to bowl first. Bangladesh captain Mohammadullah won the toss and was elected to field, The decision turned out to be somewhat better. Bangladeshi bowlers bowled well, The experienced West Indies team was not given a chance to score more runs, West Indies started batting slowly,
but the opening batsmen got out early. Experienced Chris Gayle could not stay on the wicket for long, experienced all-rounder
and hard-hitting all-rounder Kiran Pollard also failed to bat well and retired.
For West Indies, Nicholas Pooran scored 40 off 22 balls, Toston Chase scored 39 off 46 balls while all-rounder Jason Holder scored 15 off 5 balls and was not out. West Indies scored 147 for 7 in 20 over’s and set a target of 148 for Bangladesh to win.
The best bowling performance was by Bangladesh, Mehdi Hassan took 2 wickets for 27 runs in 4 over’s while
Mustafiz ur Rehman took 2 wickets for 43 runs in 4 over’s. Bangladesh batsmen did not show responsibility and got out early.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan also got out early and Mushfiq ur Rahim also could not do anything, captain Mohammadullah
took responsibility and did excellent batting made the match interesting, and not out on 31 runs but could not lead the team to
victory, Lytton Das played brilliant innings of 44 off 43 balls, while Sumia Sarkar was dismissed for 17 off 13 balls.
The match turned out to be very interesting, West Indies bowlers bowled well, Bangladesh batsmen were not given a chance
to bat aggressively, Jason Holder bowled 1 for 22 in 4 over’s, Aqeel Husain gave away 24 runs in 4 over’s and dismissed
1 player, While Ravi Rampal gave away 25 runs in 4 overs and dismissed 1 player. West Indies bowled well and defended their target well. Bangladesh scored 139 for 5 in the allotted 20 over’s. West Indies beat Bangladesh by 3 runs to get a point in the group.
Nicholas Pooran was named Man of the Match by the West for his excellent batting.
24rth T20 World Cup Match
Afghanistan VS Pakistan
The 24th match of the T20 World Cup between Afghanistan and Pakistan was played at the Dubai International Cricket
Stadium on Friday, October 29, 2021, at 7:00 PM. Afghan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to bat first.
Afghanistan's decision to bat first did not prove right. Afghanistan's batsmen get out early, but the middle-order batsmen showed responsibility and led the team to a fighting score. Gulbadin NAB scored 35 not out off 25 balls while captain
Muhammad Nabi also scored 35 off 32 balls and Najibullah was dismissed for 22 off 21 balls. Afghanistan scored 147 for
6 in the allotted 20 over’s and gave Pakistan a target of 148 to win. The last over’s were not well bowled by Pakistan, Hassan
Ali and Haris Rauf failed miserably to bowl well, Hamad Wasim bowled 2 for 25 in 4 over’s, Shadab Khan bowled 1 for 22
in 4 over’s. While Shaheen Shah Afridi also bowled 1 wicket for 22 runs in 4 over’s. The Afghan team had a good fighting
target on board, as Afghanistan had the best sniper in the world, Rashid Khan, who was capable of bowling out the best
\batsman. Pakistan started the innings, but informed batsman Mohammad Rizwan got out early, Incoming batsman Fakhar
Zaman played a responsible innings and was dismissed for 30 off 25 balls, But captain Babar Azam was playing responsibly,
on the other hand, veteran Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, but could not perform well and was caught out by making a
wrong shot. Captain Babar Azam added runs and completed his fifty but was bowled out for 51 off 47 balls by Rashid Khan,
Newcomer experienced batsman Shoaib Malik could not stay on the wicket for long. Middle-order youngster Asif Ali
made the match interesting by winning the match by hitting 4 sixes in one over, Asif Ali faced only 7 balls and scored 25
runs. Thus Pakistan achieved the target of 148 runs in 19 over’s with 5 wickets in hand. Pakistan won the match by 5
wickets with 6 balls left in the innings. Pakistan has reached the top position in the group with 6 points. Asif Ali was awarded Man of the Match for his excellent batting by Pakistan.
West Indies vs Bangladesh, Afghanistan vs Pakistan
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