Ireland had been set a revised goal of 104 runs in eight overs after Bangladesh posted an enormous 207/5 in 19.2 overs as rain got here to play a spoilsport and halted the proceedings for greater than an hour.
Ireland bought off to a blistering begin by scoring 18 runs within the first over however completed on 81/5 in 8 overs.
Taskin pressured the guests to decelerate together with his three-wicket burst within the fourth over earlier than claiming one other wicket within the closing over to complete with 4-16, his career-best figures in T20Is.
Gareth Delany top-scored for Ireland and was unbeaten on 21.
Earlier Rony Talukdar struck a career-best 67 from 38 balls to energy Bangladesh after stand-in Ireland skipper Paul Stirling gained the toss and elected to bowl.
Rony placed on 91 runs in simply seven overs in a gap stand with Liton Das, who made 47 off 23 balls.
Craig Young broke the stand when he pressured Liton to gap out to Stirling at mid-off and Harry Tector quickly had Najmul Hossain stumped for 14.
Ireland had been hoping to place the brakes on Bangladesh’s scoring spree as soon as Graham Hume bowled Rony, who smacked seven fours and three sixes in his maiden T20I fifty.
However, Shamim Hossain’s 20-ball 30 and Shakib Al Hasan’s 20 not out off 13 balls helped Bangladesh race previous the 200-run mark earlier than rain introduced a untimely finish.
Right-arm pacer Young claimed 2-45 for Ireland.
The recreation was Bangladesh’s first T20I at dwelling in opposition to Ireland, who’ve rested common skipper Andrew Balbirnie for the three-match sequence.
The second match is scheduled on the identical floor on Wednesday.
Bangladesh gained the previous three-match one-day worldwide sequence 2-0. The groups will meet for a one-off Test in early April.
(With AFP Inputs)
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