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Scotland Upsets Bangladesh In Their T20 World Cup Opener

Scotland scored 140 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs after losing the toss. Bangladesh could not cross that goal. Tigers started the T20 World Cup qualifiers After losing by 6 runs,

A stellar all-round performance by Chris Greaves has helped Scotland beat Bangladesh in their opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup.

Scotland Upsets Bangladesh In Their T20 World Cup Opener
Scotland players celebrate after taking a Bangladesh wicket in Al Amerat (Oman) on Sunday.

 Bangladesh face Scotland in their first match of the World Twenty20 at the Al-Emirates Stadium in Oman on Sunday (October 18th) at 8pm Bangladesh time. Tiger captain Mahmudullah Riyad decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Bangladeshi bowlers have proved that his decision was not wrong.

Christopher Greaves has scored the highest 45 runs for Scotland. Besides, George Munshi scored 29, Mark Watt 22 and Matthew Cross 11 runs. None of the others could reach the double digit room.

Chasing 141, Bangladesh did not get off to an ideal start as Josh Davey dismissed Soumya Sarkar (5) in the second over of the innings. Two overs later, Bradley Wheal removed Liton Das (5) and Bangladesh was reduced to 18/2 in the fourth over.

Scotland Upsets Bangladesh In Their T20 World Cup Opener

Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim then got together at the crease and the duo put on 47 runs for the third wicket, but Scotland got the crucial breakthrough of Shakib (20) with Bangladesh still needing 76 more runs for the win.

Chris Greaves then dismissed Mushfiqur (38) and Scotland gained complete control over the match.

In the end, the batting pear of Sheikh Mehedi Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin could not enough to win. Mehedi remained unbeaten on 13 off 5 balls and Saifuddin on 5 off 2 balls. At the end of the allotted 20 overs, Bangladesh lost 6 wickets and stood at 134 runs. Scotland won by 6 runs.

For Scotland, Brad Whale has taken 3 wickets and Chris Greaves has taken 2 wickets. Josh Davy got one wicket and Mark Watt got one wicket.

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