Defending champions West Indies knocked Bangladesh out of the tournament, as they beat Bangladesh by 3 runs to stay alive in the tournament. With the third consecutive loss, Bangladesh are now out of the semi-final race.
After being sent to bat first West Indies started very poor as they lost their top-3 wickets within 7 overs at 32 runs. Universe Boss Chris Gayle was promoted to his natural position as an opener, but once again he failed to score for the team and got out to Mahedi Hasan on the personal score of 4 runs. Evin Lewis and Shimron Hetmyer also failed to make it big and got out on 6 & 9, respectively. At once Windies were 62-4 in 13 overs, when all-rounder Andre Russell got out in a bizarre way, the all-rounder was run-out by Taskin Ahmed, without facing a single ball. It was Nicholas Pooran and debutant Roston Chase, who came big and helped their team to reach a respected total of 142 runs in 20 overs.
Windies in their last 5 overs of the innings made more than 60 runs, including 21 runs in the last over. Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman and Mahedi Hasan took two wickets each for Bangladesh.
Chasing the target Bangladesh also didn’t start well and lost both their openers in the powerplay. Shakib Al Hasan who came to bat as an opener got dismissed at 9 runs. Wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das and skipper Mahmudullah tried to win it for their country but the disciplined bowling of Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo in death overs was top class and West Indies won the match by 3 runs. Ravi Rampaul, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosain, Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell took one wicket each.
With this win Kieron Pollard-led West Indies stays alive in the tournament.