Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 25 runs

Shakib went on to complete undefeated on 64 off 46 deliveries having crunched 9 fours as worldwide cricket returned to Arnos Vale for the primary time in 10 years.

Sybrand Engelbrecht’s entertaining 33 off 22 balls ended within the fifteenth over, Dutch hopes pale.Bas de Leede (nought), skipper Scott Edwards (25) and Logan van Beek (two) all fell within the house of six runs as they tried to pressure the tempo.Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain was the choose of the Bangladesh bowlers with 3-33 from his 4 overs.

Shanto Bangladesh captain: Boys confirmed plenty of character. Was an important match for us and everybody was calm on the sector. He was struggling in final couple of innings, however he confirmed his talent (speaking about Shakib). We did not know the way the circumstances would behave. Very laborious for the batters however they did an important job. Superb outfield and the pitch additionally seemed good. There was some uneven bounce with the brand new ball however that may occur. Everyone knows how succesful Mustafizur is. Rishad bowled effectively beneath stress. I feel all of the bowlers did a superb job.

Edwards Netherlands captain: Credit score to Bangladesh. I believed they performed very well. We simply weren’t as much as it in all three departments. They acquired wickets in hand. We did not execute which was a disgrace. It was most likely 10-15 runs greater than we might’ve appreciated. We clearly knew they have some high quality bowlers on the demise and tried to get some runs within the center. He is been sensational for us for a number of years now (Dutt). Basically, he is all the time been certainly one of our greatest T20 bowlers. Simply felt these circumstances would go well with him. It is out of our palms now. Will deal with taking part in a superb recreation in opposition to SL. Will see what occurs from there.

Shakib Al Hasan Participant of the Match