Tamim revels in unexpected victory – Cricket News Update
Bangladesh’s opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 was unexpected, but praised his players for capitalizing on the advantage to record an impressive 7-wicket win.
"The win wasn't unexpected to be honest," Tamim told ESPNcricinfo. "We are a good one-day team, we have done well in the past. We played very well as a team and you will see that very few http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 wins are single efforts."
After being outplayed in the recently concluded Test series, few gave the hosts a realistic chance in the limited-overs bouts, which began yesterday at Khulna. The odds were strongly stacked against the Bengali Tigers, who had to field first on a batting friendly strip. Moreover, they were missing the services of their most influential player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492, who was ruled out due to a shin injury.
The early signs were hardly encouraging as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 looked in his usual destructive self, where the left-hander had already smashed four boundaries and two sixes. However, momentum changed following his dismissal and the Bengali bowlers ensured that they kept on piling more misery on their opponents by taking regular wickets.
Restricting the Windies at 133 for 8, the home side lost focus and gave easy runs to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233, both of whom stood in a valuable stand which ultimately allowed them to post a defendable 199 on the board.
However, with the target well within their reach, the hosts’ batters asserted their dominancy by taking on the Windies bowlers. Tamim and fellow opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045, who had made 16.
That win allows Bangladesh some breathing space in the five-match series. Tamim, who also took a sharp catch to dismiss Gayle along with making 58 in the match, said that it was a morale boosting win for the side.
"We play more one-day cricket and we are a confident unit. We don't play enough Test matches. It wasn't assumed that we would win, but we knew that we would remain in the game if we did well in all three areas. We remained strong, and we bounced back."
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