Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

West Indies won by 16 runs

165/3(20)

BAN

149(19.4)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Rovman Powell, in his 100th T20I game, hit 3 sixes in the final over and that clearly stole all the momentum Bangladesh had until that point. West Indies were flirting around 6 RPO for most part of their innings, but they finished strong by scoring 31 off the last 8 balls. Unfortunately for the home side, they never quite recovered from that assault. Can they turn things around in the second game on Wednesday? Do join us for that one to find out. Until then, cheers and goodbye!!

Shai Hope | West Indies skipper: We assessed the conditions a bit better today. Wickets in hand gave us the impetus we needed today and Rovman was excellent with the bat in his 100th game. When you set a lot of plans and when everyone comes in and executes that it becomes easier for me. Everyone played their role well and credit to the guys for that.

Rovman Powell | Player of the Match: Pleased, it was difficult at the start but I just kept believing that if I get a good boundary, I can turn it around. Not easy for the guys to come in and start hitting, so we needed to take it deep. We needed to maximize there and the skipper was there till the end.

Litton Das | Bangladesh skipper: They batted really well in the first 10 overs. The wicket was on the slower side and if we had taken early wickets, they would have been under pressure. We needed to execute our slog overs a bit better and that is the main thing we will focus going into the next game. The way Shamim batted was a bit disappointing, he needed to take responsibility at that stage. We bowled really well whole match except for the last over. They (West Indies) took some really good catches as well.

21:45 local, 15:45 GMT, 21:15 IST: Classic case of losing too many wickets too early for Bangladesh. At the halfway stage, former skipper Powell felt that they were probably 10-15 short and highlighted the need to have a good powerplay with the ball. The bowlers did exactly that. After conceding 16 off the first 7 deliveries, West Indies removed Bangladesh's 4 of Bangladesh's top 5 in the next 25 balls. Towhid tried to rebuild, but he too succumbed to the pressure of required rate after the 10th over mark. There was a moment of belief when the hosts scored 31 runs off 2 overs (14 & 15), but all the hopes came crashing down as Holder accounted for the key wicket of Tanzim in the 16th over. There was dew on offer and Bangladesh will regret not having wickets in the bank for slog overs. West Indies were really good in the field, and their bowlers put up a disciplined effort to help their side take the lead in the series. Stick around for the post-match reactions...

19.4

Shepherd to Taskin Ahmed, out Hit Wkt!! Oh dear! He nails this full delivery for a maximum over mid-wicket, but in the process of hitting that six - he went a bit too deep inside the crease and disturbed the stumps with his boot. A bail comes off as soon as he finished playing that shot. Not the ideal way to get out, but it is an ideal start to the series for the West Indies. They win by 16 runs and go 1-0 up in the series. Taskin Ahmed hit wkt b Shepherd 10(8) [6s-1]

Shepherd to Taskin Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Hit Wkt!!

19.3

Shepherd to Mustafizur, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Mustafizur slogs off the toe end to the right of long-on

19.2

Shepherd to Mustafizur, no run, full and close to the wide tramline outside off, Mustafizur can't get bat on the attempted drive

19.2

Shepherd to Mustafizur, wide, slower and fuller, too wide and past the swinging blade of Mustafizur

19.1

Shepherd to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, slower length delivery outside off, Taskin heaves and gets an inside edge to the left of short fine leg for a quick single

Romario Shepherd [3.0-0-26-0] is back into the attack

20 needed off 6

1 0 1 4 2 2 (10 runs)

BAN 146-9

Mustafizur Rahman

10(6)

Taskin Ahmed

9(6)

Jayden Seales

4-0-32-3

18.6

Jayden Seales to Mustafizur, 2 runs, juicy full toss outside off, Mustafizur makes room and slaps it down the ground to the left of long-off

18.5

Jayden Seales to Mustafizur, 2 runs, makes room and steers the short of length delivery to the right of third man

18.4

Jayden Seales to Mustafizur, FOUR, swings hard at a short ball outside off and the outside edge flies in the gap between the keeper and short third

18.3

Jayden Seales to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, falls in no-man's land. A blind slog and it drops in the middle of three fielders (deep mid-off) converging from different directions...

18.2

Jayden Seales to Taskin Ahmed, no run, angling away outside off with extra bounce, Taskin Ahmed looks to slog and gets beaten on the outside edge

18.1

Jayden Seales to Mustafizur, 1 run, 134ks full on the stumps, Mustafizur slogs it off the inside half to long-on

1 4 W 0 1 6 (12 runs)

BAN 136-9

Taskin Ahmed

8(4)

Mustafizur Rahman

1(2)

Jason Holder

4-0-31-3

17.6

Holder to Taskin Ahmed, SIX, a bit too full on leg stump, Taskin Ahmed with a mighty heave-ho over mid-wicket and he got enough timing on it to claim a maximum