West Indies Vs Bangladesh Quick Review — Nicholas Pooran’s quickfire 40, Jason Holder’s all-round package (and height), and Andre Russell’s death bowling ensured West Indies do not go out without a fight, unlike Bangladesh.

Match Details, Scorecard, & Video Highlights

Scorecard: West Indies Vs Bangladesh Video Highlights

Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field first.

Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE

Umpires: Adrian Holdstock & Rod Tucker

What Actually Happened

• Winner: West Indies won by 3 runs
• Scores: West Indies 142/7 – Bangladesh 139/5
• Player of the Match: Nicholas Pooran 40 (22)
• Best Figures
  • Shoriful Islam (4-0-20-2), Mahedi Hasan (4-0-20-2)
  • Jason Holder (4-0-22-1)
• Most Runs
  • Nicholas Pooran 40 (22)
  • Liton Das 44 (43)

Moments of The Day: Jason Holder’s Selection Inspires Dispirited West Indies

• After 12.4 overs, West Indies were going nowhere at 62/4 and Roston Chase replicating Simmons’ role from their previous game. Then came in Nicholas Pooran, a man with more ducks this year than any decent size lake. Today he repaid the faith to the West Indies selectors for keeping faith in him and scored a game changing 40 with 4 sixes. When Harsha Bhogle asked what was the difference between his ball striking and the rest struggling, he said, “That is just my talent.”
• Jason Holder, who replaced injured Obed McCoy, was my player of the game today. 15* (5) including 2 sixes at the end, an opening spell of 4-0-22-1, and 2 catches – including Liton Das’ catch (that only a man of his height could have caught). Why wasn’t he selected in the original squad again?
• Liton Das finally found some runs and steadied the innings with 44 (43), but captain Mahmudullah took it up another notch. He scored a quickfire 31* (24) before Russell defended 12 runs in the final over.

Proper thriller.

Broken Cricket Dream of the Day: Shakib Al Hasan Injured, Pollard Goes Off, Bangladesh Almost Out

This match had more comedy of errors than actual cricket. Not one broken dream, but four or five. Here they are:

• One of the more curious moments of this game was when Kieron Pollard went out when he was struggling at 8 (16) Some people prematurely declared it as a ‘retired out.’ However, it looked like the heat got to Pollard and he had ‘retired ill.’ Fortunately for the Windies, he came back just in time and hit the last ball to the fence. As it turned out those six runs proved to be extra crucial in the context of the match.
• The next ball, Russell was run-out at the non-striker’s catch without facing a ball.
• My Broken Cricket Dream of the day was the abysmal quality of fielding. Both sides dropped easy chances and missed stumping cost Bangladesh as well. Bangladesh could have 2 wins out of 3 in the Super 12s, but due to their fielding, they are 0 out of 0.
• Shakib Al Hasan might have suffered a hamstring injury but he bowled through the pain. He was sent as a pinch hitter to fully optimize his stay. However, he had middling returns today. Bangladesh are almost out of the tournament, but Shakib’s injury makes situations even worse.

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T20 World Cup Points Table, Stat Alert

No need to go elsewhere for the Points Table, Highest Run Scorer, Highest Wicket Taker, Most Catches, and Most Dismissals. We will keep updating it in every article!

• Mahmudullah – 150 runs (Bangladesh, 6 Matches)
• Shakib Al Hasan – 11 wickets (Bangladesh, 4 Matches)
• Calum MacLeod – 6 catches (Scotland, 5 Matches)
• Nurul Hasan, Matthew Cross (Bangladesh/Scotland) – 5 dismissals

Group 1 Table

Teams	Played	Won	Lost	Tied No-Result	Points	Net Run Rate
1. England	2	2	0	0	4	+ 3.614
2. Australia	2	2	0	0	4	+ 0.727
3. South Africa	2	1	1	0	2	+ 0.179
4. Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	2	– 0.416
5. West Indies	3	1	2	0	2	– 1.598
6. Bangladesh	3	0	3	0	0	– 1.069

Group 2 Table

Teams	Played	Won	Lost	Tied No-Result	Points	Net Run Rate
1. Pakistan	3	3	0	0	6	+ 0.638
2. Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	2	+ 3.092
3. Namibia	1	0	1	0	2	+ 0.550
4. New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	– 0.532
5. India	1	0	1	0	0	– 0.973
6. Scotland	2	0	0	0	2	– 3.562

Also, if you have not yet read our T20 World Cup Previews, here is a list of all of them! Check them out and share ahead:

1. A Review – Group A 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Sri Lanka
2. B Review – Group B 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: Bangladesh, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland
3. 1 Review – Group 1 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies
4. 2 Review – Group 2 2021 T20 World Cup Squads Dissected: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, New Zealand

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Image Courtesy: Graphic (original work), Kyle Coetzer – Photo by Francois Nel-ICC/ICC via Getty Images, Mahmudullah – Photo by Mike Hewitt-ICC/ICC via Getty Images