Bangladesh vs West Indies, 2nd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

West Indies won by 14 runs

149/9(20)

BAN

135/8(20)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

That wraps things up for this contest. After falling short in the ODI series, West Indies have bounced back strongly to clinch the T20I series with a game still in hand. The final match of the tour comes up on Friday, make sure you join us then. Until next time, stay safe and goodbye!

Shai Hope | West Indies captain: Yes, definitely some concern (with the finishing). When we spoke at the halfway stage, we mentioned between 190 and sometimes even 220. We fell away a bit in the back end, but credit again must go to the bowlers who put in the effort to give us a win in the back end. We're very lucky to be able to put this game on. Yes, we always speak about the catches winning matches, we did have some non-famous days with those drop catches, but again credit must be given to the bowlers. That's something that we need to look out for in the next game. We've got a sense of loss. Those catches were really pointless in the back end. It's certainly going to uplift the mood in the dressing room. We always talk about coming here and doing well in these conditions. It's great to see the guys turn things around, especially from the ODI series loss, something to take forward with us.

Romario Shepherd | Player of the Match: From the start it was difficult to hit at the back end. So, once we struggled, you know, we needed to start well with the ball and we did exactly that with Jayden and Jason. We know we will keep it tight in the back end. It's going to be difficult for them to hit the ball. With a small total like that, there's no room for error, you have to keep the game as tight as possible, when you're in the back end because once they get a big partnership the total is pretty small. It's (drop catches) part of the game. It's just for us to think about the next ball and that ball in the past, whatever is gone is gone.

Litton Das | Bangladesh captain: The last 2-3 series the bowlers have done really well. I am really sorry for our bowlers, they have bowled well but we (batters) haven't been able to finish off matches. 150 is not a big total here. Whenever we got starts, we got out, if I had batted through then the game was over. They bowled really well, but their fielding was not great as the first game, they still managed to win.

21:41 Local Time, 15:41 GMT, 21:11 IST: Two matches in a row now, West Indies have pulled off defenses of totals that looked under par. Their fielding was far from convincing, four catches went down and there were plenty of sloppy moments but when the pressure was on, they found a way to win the key moments yet again. For Bangladesh, apart from Tanzid Hasan, there wasn’t much to write about with the bat. Litton Das looked promising, Towhid Hridoy and Jaker Ali got starts, but none were able to carry on. Tanzid, with a well-constructed fifty, kept the chase alive, yet his dismissal proved pivotal. Without someone to anchor the innings till the end, Bangladesh fell short, and West Indies sealed an unassailable 2–0 lead in the series. Hang around for the presentations..

2 Wd 1 W 2 0 W (6 runs)

BAN 135-8

Nasum Ahmed

2(3)

Tanzim Hasan Sakib

8(6)

Akeal Hosein

4-0-22-3

19.6

Akeal Hosein to Nasum Ahmed, out Bowled!! West Indies win by 14 runs. Hosein defends 21 quite comfortably. Slows it up and drifts it across, Nasum swings across the line and gets an under-edge, the ball ricochets onto the stumps. Nasum Ahmed b Akeal Hosein 2(3)

Akeal Hosein to Nasum Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

19.5

Akeal Hosein to Nasum Ahmed, no run, quicker and sliding across, Nasum swings hard and toe-ends it onto Shai Hope's pads behind the stumps

19.4

Akeal Hosein to Nasum Ahmed, 2 runs, flatter and drifted across from round the wicket, Nasum drags the heave off the inner half to deep square leg and comes back for the second. 15 from 2.. West Indies are almost there

Nasum Ahmed, left handed bat, comes to the crease

19.3

Akeal Hosein to Rishad Hossain, out Caught by Powell!! There goes another. Hosein has a plan and he is executing it nicely. He's bowling from over the wicket and asking the batters to hit over the off-side. Fires it outside off and Rishad shuffles across to reach it, but still gets it off the toe-end and Powell comes in from long-off to take a simple catch. Rishad Hossain c Powell b Akeal Hosein 0(2)

Akeal Hosein to Rishad Hossain, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

17 from 4. Quick chat between Shai Hope and Hosein. The field does not change much..

19.2

Akeal Hosein to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run, short and outside off, Tanzim slaps it in front of square and Athanaze almost overruns it near deep extra cover, but does well to stop the ball and keep it to a single

19.2

Akeal Hosein to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, wide, sprays it outside off, Tanzim lets it pass and collects the wide. 18 from 5..

19.1

Akeal Hosein to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 2 runs, flatter and fraction short, Tanzim slices the slash over point and scampers back for the second

Akeal Hosein [3.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack

21 from the last over. The pacers are done with their quota which leaves Akeal Hosein to bowl the final over. Can Bangladesh capitalise? He's starting from over the wicket

W 0 2 2 1 0 (5 runs)

BAN 129-6

Rishad Hossain

0(1)

Tanzim Hasan Sakib

5(4)

Jason Holder

4-0-20-2

18.6

Holder to Rishad Hossain, no run, short and outside off, once again the extra bounce causes trouble and beats Rishad's slashing blade

18.5

Holder to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run, short of length delivery, Tanzim nails the pull straight to deep mid-wicket