Netherlands v Bangladesh - Bangladesh tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 and Netherlands - 2nd T20I - Bangladesh post a humble total of 128 – Live Score and Update
In the second match of the T20I series between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 and Bangladesh, the latter chose to bat first after winning the toss, and bolstered a modest total of 128 runs, at Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague.
Netherlands struck gold by nabbing their first wicket with only a run on the board, as Bangladesh opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Junaid-Siddique-c1749 perished without scoring a run.
In the next over, Netherlands struck again by sending home Bangladesh’s star all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492, on a duck.
This was a major blow for the batting side, putting them on the back foot early on. While for Netherlands, this was a perfect start for them.
Then with a mere total of eight runs on the board, Bangladesh suffered the demise of their third wicket, as skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 fell on a score of two runs.
With three top batsmen back in the pavilion, Bangladesh heavily depended on opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640, who now needed to stay in the middle till the end of the innings.
The opener was joined by Mahmudullah, as the duo launched a rebuild phase in order to steer their side out of this troubled situation.
Bangladesh’s batting duo stood tall and pulled off a miraculous comeback, preventing a complete meltdown.
Netherlands were surely taken aback by this intimidating partnership, as the bowlers were completely neutralized and hit all around the park.
Finally after conceding a total of 70 runs, the Dutch prevailed by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877, who was caught by Borren off the bowling of MAA Jamil after hammering a commendable knock of 41 runs off 31 deliveries.
This wicket brought, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ziaur-Rahman-c98624, in the middle and the batsman exhibited confidence against the raging bowlers, who were desperately seeking another wicket.
The partnership between Iqbal and Rahman also turned the fortunes for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, as they smashed some fine shots to keep the scoreboard ticking in order to post a fighting total on the board.
After posting 106 runs, Bangladesh witnessed the demise of Rahman, who fell after jabbing a fiery knock of 22 runs off 17 deliveries.
It was then chaos for Bangladesh’s lower-order, as wickets kept falling like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457, with none of the batsmen managing to score in double figures.
Iqbal was the highest scoring batsman from his side with a fabulous half century to his name.
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