Litton Das smashed 50 off 18 balls© AFP
Opener Litton Das smashed the quickest half-century by a Bangladesh batter in T20Is on Wednesday. Litton achieved this landmark throughout Bangladesh’s second T20I of the three-match collection towards Ireland at Chattogram. After Bangladesh had been put to bat, Litton Das had a fortunate reprieve within the fourth over when George Dockrell shelled a catch within the deep off Mark Adair and conceded a six. Das adopted it up with back-to-back boundaries and by no means regarded again from there.
In the following over, he hit Fionn Hand for 2 fours and a six to edge near a fifty. He accomplished the half-century subsequent over off a mere 18 balls, making it the quickest fifty by a Bangladesh participant in T20Is.
Mohammad Ashraful had hit a 20-ball fifty for Bangladesh towards West Indies within the inaugural ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in South Africa again in 2007, then a report for Bangladesh.
Das had got here near breaking the report final 12 months when he made a 21-ball fifty towards India in Adelaide within the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
Coming to the match, prime knock from Litton Das, adopted by a five-wicket haul from Shakib Al Hasan guided Bangladesh to a thumping 77-run victory over Ireland within the 2nd T20I on Wednesday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.
The video games was decreased to 17 overs per aspect after a delayed begin on account of rain. Asked to bat first, the hosts posted a whopping whole of 202/three in 17 overs with Litton smashing 83 whereas Rony Talukdar smashing 44. In reply, Ireland couldn’t even inch nearer as Shakib scalped 5 wickets and dismantled their batting line-up.
The guests had been restricted at 125/9 in 17 overs regardless of a half-century from Curtis Campher. With this win, Bangladesh have taken an unassailable 2-Zero lead over Ireland within the three-match collection.
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