Najmul Hossain hit 51 off 30 balls as Bangladesh held their nerve to beat world champions England by six wickets within the first Twenty20 worldwide in Chittagong on Thursday.
Najmul’s third T20I fifty guided Bangladesh to 158-4 in 18 overs after the hosts held England to 156-6, regardless of skipper Jos Buttler making 67 off 42 balls.
“Bangladesh finished the innings really well. We were in a position to really kick on and launch at the end, but we couldn’t manage to get away,” mentioned Buttler.
“We were probably 20 short with our score and we had to chase a little bit in the field.”
Buttler placed on 80 runs with Phil Salt of their opening partnership after the hosts put England in to bat first.
But England crumbled after Buttler’s fourth-wicket dismissal and managed simply 21 runs within the final 5 overs.
Pace bowler Hasan Mahmud, who pressured Buttler to offer a catch at long-on within the sixteenth over, completed with 2-26.
Bangladesh bought off to a optimistic begin as Rony Talukdar (21) and Liton Das (12) placed on 33 of their opening partnership.
Adil Rashid bowled Talukdar to interrupt the stand and Jofra Archer quickly eliminated Liton.
But Najmul and debutant Towhid Hridoy added 65 runs for the third wicket to place Bangladesh in management.
Moeen Ali ended their partnership by eliminating Hridoy for twenty-four after Najmul raced to his fifty off 27 balls.
Mark Wood bowled Najmul for some small revenge after conceding fours to the left-hander off every of his first 4 balls.
Shakib Al Hasan denied England additional momentum and drove dwelling the win with a boundary off Chris Jordan to remain 34 not out.
Afif Hossain was not out for 15 on the different finish because the duo added 46 runs of their unbroken fifth wicket stand.
“The way we approached the game was fantastic, can’t ask more from our team,” Bangladesh skipper Shakib mentioned.
“When we were bowling, we were under the pump but no one panicked.”
Salt was the primary England batsman dismissed after making 38 off 35 balls when he linked the underside edge off a Nasum Ahmed supply.
Nasum was unfortunate in failing to dismiss Buttler on 19 when Shakib missed a excessive catch at mid-off.
Shakib compensated by eradicating Dawid Malan for 4 earlier than Mustafizur Rahman bowled Ben Duckett for 20.
This was the primary T20 for England since profitable the World Cup in Australia in November.
The hosts and England had beforehand performed just one T20I in opposition to one another, which England received by eight wickets on the 2021 World Cup.
The remaining two matches of the sequence will probably be performed in Dhaka on March 12 and 14.
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