Bangladesh defeated West Indies by 7 runs in the first match of the three-match T20 series. The Tigers had the last laugh in a very tense and exciting match. On the special day of victory on December 16, Bangladesh saw a memorable victory on the cricket field.

Batting first, Bangladesh quickly lost 2 wickets. Opener Tanjid Hasan Tamim returned to Sajghar after scoring 6 runs off 11 balls. Skipper Liton Das returned to Sajghar after hitting a golden duck on the very next ball.

But Soumya Sarkar was playing by keeping one edge. Soumya was increasing the team’s runs with great strokes. Soumya seemed very fluent with the bat today.

Afif played an innings of 8 runs off 11 balls. Bangladesh scored 32 runs losing 3 wickets in 6 overs of Powerplay. Zaker Ali Anik came down to the crease and gasped a bit. Zaker scored 27 runs off 27 balls and got out at the head of the team’s 87 runs. At the other end, Soumya has gone very close to fifty.

But in the end Soumya did not touch the fifty. Soumya departed after playing an innings of 43 runs from 32 balls in a very effective batting. Shamim Hossain Patwari stormed at the end.

Shamim was doing a great job of finishing in aggressive batting. Sheikh Mehdi Hasan accompanied. Shamim played a great innings of 27 runs for 13 all out with great power hitting and got out in the penultimate ball.

Besides, Sheikh Mehdi was unbeaten with 26 runs off 24 balls. Rishad Hossain survived by scoring 2 runs in 1 ball. At the end of the scheduled 20 overs, Bangladesh lost 6 wickets and collected 147 runs.

Aqeel Hossain and Obed McCoy took 2 wickets each for West Indies. Besides, Roston Chase and Romario Shepherd took 1 wicket each.

West Indies stumbled at the beginning to respond. Opener Brendan King went back to Sajghar with the team 1 run ahead, and Taskin Ahmed gave him the first blow. In the next over, Sheikh Mehdi sent back Nicholas Pooran in a stumping trap. Hawa 2 wickets for 2 runs.

After that, Johnson Charles went on a rampage. Charles, who played an innings of 20 runs from 12 balls, stopped at the head of the team’s 33 runs, he was also returned by Mehdi. West Indies scored 36 runs in 6 overs of Powerplay, losing 3 wickets.

Mehdi hit a pair in the next over of the powerplay. After Andre Fletcher, Roston returned to Chase. Losing 5 wickets in just 38 runs, West Indies fell into the ocean.

Gudakesh Moti and Akil Hossain were then dismissed in two consecutive overs. Tanzim Hasan Shakib returned Moti, Akil was dismissed by Rishad Hossain.

West Indies lost 7 wickets for 61 runs. Seeing this, it seemed that Bangladesh is going to win the match today. But no, the match could not be won so easily. Romario Shepherd and captain Rovman Powell paired up at the crease at the moment of pressure. Over time, the two got stuck in the crease.

Powell-Shepherd increased the pace of the run as time went on, despite looking ahead at the start. West Indies started to turn the game with the aggressive batting of the two. Bangladesh is also burning in the fire of despair. Powell-Shepherd continued to take the team closer to the target with sensational batting. West Indies almost snatched the match from Bangladesh in a pair of two.

However, Taskin Ahmed returned Shepherd who scored 22 runs in 17 balls to lead the team to 128 runs. The match gets colder. In the end, Powell picked up runs with some careful batting. 10 runs were needed in the last over. Alzari Joseph strikes Powell with a single off the first ball. Next ball a great delivery from Hasan Mahmud, dot ball. On the very next ball, Hassan showed Powell the way to Sajghar. The match comes in the hands of Bangladesh.

Hasan took 2 wickets with 2 runs in the last over with great death bowling. West Indies were bowled out for just 140 runs. Bangladesh won the match by 7 runs.

Sheikh Mehdi Hasan took 4 wickets for Bangladesh at the cost of only 13 runs. Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud took 2 wickets each. Tanjim Hasan Shakib and Rishad Hossain took 1 wicket each.

Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.