Chasing 157, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan romped Bangladesh house in 18 overs with a boundary off Chris Jordan to remain 34 not out.
Put into bat, Jos Buttler (67) and Phil Salt (38) cast an 80-run opening wicket stand to put basis for England to publish an enormous whole. But England crumbled after Buttler’s fourth-wicket dismissal and managed simply 21 runs within the final 5 overs to be restricted to 156/6.
Hasan Mahmud was the choose of the bowlers for Bangladesh as he took two wickets, whereas 4 of his staff mates claimed a wicket apiece.
After a short opening stand between Litton Das and Rony Talukdar, Shanto (51) mixed with debutant Towhid Hridoy for 65 runs to present Bangladesh some momentum, however the pair had been then dismissed in consecutive overs because the chase seemed at risk of being derailed.
Shakib, who was the hero in Bangladesh’s one-day worldwide win over England earlier this week, got here to their rescue as soon as once more, scoring 34 off 24 in a relaxed knock beneath strain to safe his facet’s first-ever T20I win over England.
“The way we approached the game was fantastic, under the pump in the first ten overs but no-one panicked. Stuck to the plans,” Shakib stated.
“In T20, when you don’t think too much you tend to play well. Hopefully we can keep this in the dressing room. This is a great start for the World Cup in 2024 in West Indies.”
The second T20I might be performed in Mirpur on Sunday adopted by the third recreation on Tuesday on the identical venue.
(With Reuters Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com