Bangladesh seal T20 series against Ireland
ONLINE DESK : Bangladesh have won the three-match series 2-0 over Ireland with a game in hand in the rain-affected second T20I at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday.
Opener Liton Das smashed a swashbuckling 41 ball-83 as Bangladesh compiled 202-3 in the second T20 International against Ireland.
The match was reduced to a 17-over game after rain halted the game twice.
They scored runs at 11.88 per over, comfortably their best in their history and a full over game could potentially help them go past their highest total of 215 in this format.
Liton brought up his fifty off just 18 deliveries, which was fastest by a Bangladeshi batter, eclipsing Mohammad Ashraful’s 20 ball-fifty against West Indies in 2007 T20 World Cup. He clobbered 10 fours and three sixes overall.
Fellow opener Rony Talukdar, fresh from his 38 ball-67, smoked 44 off 23 with three fours and two sixes. Skipper Shakib Al Hasn was unbeaten on 38 off 24 after striking three fours and two sixes.