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T20 WC 2016

Scorecard - 12th Match, Group A, Bangladesh vs Oman at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, India (13 Mar 2016)

Bangladesh

180/2 (20) RR:9

Bangladesh won by 54 runs (D/L method)

MOM: Tamim Iqbal
Oman

65/9 (12) RR:5.42

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19.1 - Munis Ansari to Shakib, FOUR, Rameez Raja on air thinks it was an edge but I think it was intentional from Shakib, fullish and outside off, Shakib deliberately guides it past short third man

18.4 - Bilal Khan to Tamim, FOUR, full toss and Tamim gets to his hundred. First Bangladeshi batsman to score a T20I hundred! He is jumping in joy, punches in air, he can do whatever he wants to at this moment. Full toss it was and he drove it past the man at extra cover, timed it well and the ball raced away

18.0 - Munis Ansari to Shakib, FOUR, that is elegantly done, it is not about the power always, Shakib keeps himself away from the line of delivery and steers it past the man at short third man, that will get him going perhaps

16.2 - Bilal Khan to Tamim, FOUR, not this time though, Tamim has picked the bones out of it, connects with the drive and the ball races away into the long-off fence

14.5 - Ajay Lalcheta to S Rahman, FOUR, rank long hop and it has gone where it would go 9 out of 10 times, Sabbir sat back and bisected the two men in the deep with his pull

14.1 - Ajay Lalcheta to Tamim, FOUR, Lalcheta came round the wicket and bowled a half-tracker, Tamim eyes lit up, went back and pulled it through mid-wicket

12.1 - Aamir Kaleem to Tamim, FOUR, Tamim continues his marvellous run. Brings up the fifty off 35 balls. Fired down leg, Tamim moves inside the line, goes down on one knee and just helps it fine

10.5 - Munis Ansari to Tamim, FOUR, now some power. Botches the shot, still collects four. Went flailing at a wide length ball, couldn't get on top of the bounce and the edge runs away fine

10.3 - Munis Ansari to Tamim, FOUR, Tamim is pulling all the right strings. Like a spider placed in the centre of a web. Knows exactly where the field is. Walks across the stumps to get inside the line of a length ball and glances it wide of short fine leg

10.1 - Munis Ansari to S Rahman, FOUR, slings it on the pads and is ruthlessly flicked through mid-wicket. Don't expect any favours from Rahman

10.0 - Mehran Khan to Tamim, FOUR, now it's Tamim's turn. Can quite understand the field placements given Mehran's lack of pace. But this is brilliant batting. Creates some room to counter the round the wicket angle, waits on the ball and dabs it late to beat short third man

9.4 - Mehran Khan to S Rahman, FOUR, gentle back of a length delivery, would have been so tempting to take the cover off. But Rahman just wants to give it a kiss. Opens the face and skims it fine of short third man

8.5 - Munis Ansari to S Rahman, FOUR, aims for the mid-wicket boundary with a pull, finds the long-on one. Hurried onto him from a short of length, and he ended up swatting it straight down. Long-on was interested all the while. Ran to his left, stretched the arm but the ball eluded him. Could he have done better? Maybe

7.3 - Amir Ali to S Rahman, FOUR, form is such a wonderful thing. Those deprived of it can reverse-sweep all day, and not connect with one (read Sarkar), but then Rahman plays one third ball and hits it over a leaping backward point

6.2 - Ajay Lalcheta to Tamim, FOUR, cheeky! Goes deep in the crease, waits for the arm-ball to slide on outside off, then dabs it ever so late to send it fine of short third man

5.3 - Amir Ali to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, bravo Sarkar, bravo. Finally he gets one out of the screws. It's another premeditated sweep, mind you! But the length is his ally. Right in the slot to be broomed through square leg

4.2 - Ajay Lalcheta to Tamim, FOUR, moves outside off, sits on the back knee after seeing the flight and sweeps it deliberately in the air in the gap behind square. Strikes it well

2.5 - Bilal Khan to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, that's poor from the man at point. Need to back your bowlers. Sarkar had simply opened the bat face and caressed it into the off-side, the fielder allows it to sneak through his legs and race away

1.4 - Amir Ali to Tamim, FOUR, Amir Ali thought about interfering with that, then pulled his hand off smartly. Else it would have been severed off the elbow and gone to the long-off fence. Tamim absolutely hammered that. Skipped out of the crease, got right to the pitch and drilled it past the bowler

19.2 - Munis Ansari to Shakib, SIX, Tamim's heroics have rubbed onto Shakib as well, cleared his front leg and flogged this length delivery over the deep mid-wicket fence

17.3 - Munis Ansari to Tamim, SIX, what an occasion to bring up your highest T20I score! Slower delivery and Tamim did not pick it perhaps, still helped it on its way and sent it over the deep backward square leg fence

15.2 - Khawar Ali to Tamim, SIX, that might have gone to Manali. Someone please check. Tamim cleared his front leg a bit and slogged it high and handsome over the deep mid-wicket fence

14.2 - Ajay Lalcheta to Tamim, SIX, this went high in the air, for a moment I thought, he will hole out to long-on but it went all the way. As has been the case so far, Tamim came down the track and connected the loft, the ball sailed well over the fielder at long-on

13.2 - Khawar Ali to S Rahman, SIX, that made a thunderous noise of the bat, what a swing of the bat that from Rahman, dances down the track and launches it into the long-on stand

12.2 - Aamir Kaleem to Tamim, SIX, runs down the track, moves away from the line of the ball to create room and slaughters it with a clean extension of the arms over long-off

6.3 - Ajay Lalcheta to Tamim, SIX, now gallops down towards the ball, gets underneath it and smacks the living hell out of it over wide long-on

16.0 - Khawar Ali to S Rahman, out Bowled!! It was again a fullish delivery down the leg-side, certainly in an area to be swept, had he connected, he could have easily beaten the short fine leg. Unfortunately, did not get any bat on it and the ball just brushed the leg-stick before poodling through to the keeper. S Rahman b Khawar Ali 44(26) [4s-5 6s-1]

6.5 - Ajay Lalcheta to Soumya Sarkar, out Bowled!! Sarkar's laborious stay ends. Laborious, hmm, I deserve a pat on the back for that euphemism. He comes dancing down very early, allows Lalcheta to fire it quicker, doesn't accept defeat though and still goes through with a wild hoick. Fails to connect and is castled. Soumya Sarkar b Ajay Lalcheta 12(22) [4s-2]

16.3 - Bilal Khan to Tamim, 1 run, leather hunter at work. Cracked this fuller length delivery after making some room, could not beat extra cover, the fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but the batsman is well in

8.4 - Munis Ansari to Tamim, 1 run, tucked to short mid-wicket and Tamim's brain sends him all the wrong pictures. He sets off for a single, and would have been gone with a direct-hit. But the fielder had just one stump to aim at

9.2 - Mortaza to Jatinder Singh, FOUR, that jetted over the infield. Fullish delivery, Jatinder gets his front leg out and thrashes it over mid-off. One, two and into the ropes

8.4 - Shakib to Amir Ali, FOUR, Oman's 50 comes up. Flatter delivery, Ali gets low on his back knee, rolls his wrists and slogs this through mid-wicket

5.5 - Shakib to Jatinder Singh, FOUR, class! Tossed up and invitingly dipping outside off, Jatinder Singh leans into the drive and caresses it through the covers, no point chasing that lads!

4.5 - Abu Hider to Adnan Ilyas, FOUR, down leg and all Adnan Ilyas needed to do was to get some bat on that. Not sure if he got some bat but the umpire certainly thought so. Ilyas seeks to glance but the ball thuds his hip and deflects wide of a diving keeper, streaky but a boundary nevertheless!

4.2 - Abu Hider to Jatinder Singh, FOUR, short and sat up nicely around leg-stump, Jatinder Singh swivels and pulls behind square on the on-side, raced away!

3.5 - Al-Amin to Adnan Ilyas, FOUR, pitched up and there to be driven, Adnan Ilyas obliges and times the pants of it, to the left of mid-off and way she goes into the fence

2.0 - Al-Amin to Jatinder Singh, FOUR, first boundary for Oman. Short and ample width on offer, Jatinder Singh throws his arms into the punch and timed it off the back foot, past backward point and into the fence

2.1 - Taskin Ahmed to Khawar Ali, SIX, that's a 69 metre six. Taskin Ahmed has a wry smile on his face. It was banged in short and 130-plus ks, wide of off and Khawar Ali throws the kitchen sink at it. Went for a flat-batted swat and the ball thuds the bottom half and just clears the fence at sweeper cover, a flat six!

11.5 - S Rahman to Ajay Lalcheta, out Caught by Mithun!! Here goes another one. Short ball this time that does the trick. Lalcheta looked to punish this drag-down, swivels and pulls but plants it straight to deep backward square leg. Ajay Lalcheta c Mithun b S Rahman 1(5)

10.3 - Shakib to Sultan Ahmed, out Caught by Mahmudullah!! Didn't need to lift the back foot. He has fabricated an alternate path. A path less taken. Reverses his bat and looks to lap this dragged down delivery over cover-point. Not to be. Straight to the man. Sultan Ahmed c Mahmudullah b Shakib 1(3)

10.1 - Shakib to Mehran Khan, out Caught by S Rahman!! There's no option. Oman know they can't win this but they cannot nudge singles when asked to brave the thunder and lightning. They are playing and perishing. Mehran uses his feet, tries a loft down the ground but mistimes it to long-on. Mehran Khan c S Rahman b Shakib 4(5)

9.3 - Mortaza to Jatinder Singh, out Caught by Mithun!! This is a rat-race. Between Omani wickets and the overs. Mortaza drags his length back, Jatinder went for an unconvincing pull. Not enough room to roll wrists over, ekes out a top edge that pops to third man. Jatinder Singh c Mithun b Mortaza 25(20) [4s-4]

8.5 - Shakib to Amir Ali, out Stumped!! Oh, Ali! Shakib goes the un-Shakib way and fools the hell out of him. Sees him rushing forward, bowls it slow and gets it to turn away atypically. Ali ends up making too much room, fails to reach out and is stumped behind. Amir Ali st Rahim b Shakib 4(3) [4s-1]

8.2 - Shakib to Aamir Kaleem, out Caught by Rahim!! The match looked all but over but it's threatening to fizzle out sooner. Slowish ball turning in, Kaleem goes with the turn looking to sweep. The length isn't there and the top-edge lobs towards leg slip. The keeper runs across and pouches it. No one in the crowd to throat out a cheer. Aamir Kaleem c Rahim b Shakib 0(3)

7.4 - Mortaza to Adnan Ilyas, out Adnan Ilyas Run Out!! What a tame way to go. Opens the bat face at the last moment. Looked squared up and then left his crease for a run that wasn't there. Point fires in the throw and hits the bull's eye. Adnan Ilyas run out (Soumya Sarkar) 13(13) [4s-2]

3.2 - Al-Amin to Khawar Ali, out Caught by Mortaza!! Openers are back in the hutch now. Dug in short and curled in slightly just outside off, Khawar Ali backs away and looks to slash it over mid-wicket. Was undone for pace and is hurried into the stroke, splices it towards mid-on who accepts a dolly. Khawar Ali c Mortaza b Al-Amin 8(14) [6s-1]

0.2 - Taskin Ahmed to Zeeshan Maqsood, out Caught by Mahmudullah!! Second ball duck for Zeeshan Maqsood! Threw his bat at this length delivery slanted across, outside off. Attempted a cross-batted swipe over mid-wicket. But was never in balance as his head was rolling all over the place, ends up slicing it off a thick-top edge and third man settles under a steepler. Zeeshan Maqsood c Mahmudullah b Taskin Ahmed 0(2)

5.4 - Shakib to Jatinder Singh, no run, would have been tight had there been a better throw at the bowler's end. Jatinder Singh tucks this delivery towards square leg and Adnan Ilyas was nearly half-way down the pitch, looking for a quick single. Sent back but the throw wasn't good enough