Bangladesh defeated Ireland by 22 runs (DLS method) in the first T20 of the three match series in Chattogram. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 207 runs in 19.2 overs.
From the very beginning of the bangladesh batting innings, the two Bangladeshi openers Litton Das and Rony Talukdar started batting aggressively.
Litton Das punched Harry Tector for a six on the fourth ball of the innings. Starting from this, he kept the wheels of the run by hitting one boundary after another.
Rony Talukdar also joins the party and hits one boundary after another.
When Litton was out for 47 individual runs in the team's 91 runs, the pace of runs slowed down a bit for Bangladesh.
Batter Najmul Hossain Shanto could not last long his innings, scored only 14 runs.
But on the other side, Rony Talukder continued to bat in an aggressive way. He scored 67 runs off 38 balls and was bowled by Graham Hume.
After that, left-handed batsman Shamim Hossain started batting aggressively. But he could not increase the innings too, scored 30 runs.
Later, due to rain, Ireland faced a target of 104 runs in 8 overs to win the match, according to the DLS method.
The two Irish openers Paul Stirling and Ross Adair started their innings in a positve way. In addition to scoring 18 runs in the first over of Nasum Ahmed, Ireland scored 14 runs in the second over of their batting innings.
After that, Bangladesh took control of the match. Hasan Mahmud returned the opening batter Ross Adair in his first over. But the turning point of the match was Taskin Ahmed's first over.
In that over, Taskin dismissed three Irish batters and took the match in the favor of Bangladesh. After that, two batter Harry Tector and Gareth Delany tried a bit but could not reach the goal.
Finally, at the end of 8 overs, Lorcan Tucker scored the maximum 19 runs for Ireland.
Taskin Ahmed took the maximum 4 wickets for Bangladesh. Pacer Craig Young got the most 2 wickets for the Irish.
Rony Talukdar got the player of the match award.
