With this victory, the United Arab Emirates achieved the feat of winning the first bilateral series against Bangladesh. It also wrote history by winning the T20 series for the first time against a Test-playing country.
In the second T20 match of the series, the United Arab Emirates sent a message by winning the record 205 runs by chasing Bangladesh’s record. They paved the way for history by making a disaster by defeating Bangladesh, who came out to bat in the last match.
Despite getting 162 runs in a fight for 9 wickets with the determination of Zaker Ali and Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh could not put up a fight. Liton Dasra lost by a big margin of 7 wickets with 5 balls left for the Emirates. They sank into the shame of losing the series by 2-1.
With this victory, the United Arab Emirates achieved the feat of winning the first bilateral series against Bangladesh. It also wrote history by winning the T20 series for the first time against a Test-playing country.
This was Bangladesh’s ‘transit’ series against the Emirates. Since they had to go to Dubai before going to Pakistan, the BCB requested to play a warm-up series. Even the last match of the series was extended by requesting to do so. Shame on Bangladesh.
Bangladesh lost the toss for the third time at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday night and lost by 57 runs for 5 wickets. Opener Parvez Emon returned for a golden duck. Liton, who was out for three, scored 14 runs off 10 balls with a four and a six. He walked home after being set in all three matches.
Bangladesh’s danger increased when Towhid Hridoy, who was out for four, returned for a duck off 2 balls and vice-captain Sheikh Mahedi returned for 2 runs off 9 balls. Opener Tamim played a great innings of 40 runs off 18 balls, but the danger did not increase. He returned with four fours and a six each.
Shamim Patwary and Rishad Hossain also failed to control the situation. Slugger Shamim was out for seven and returned for 9 runs off 12 balls. Later, Rishad, who batted well against spin, was dismissed for a duck.
Bangladesh lost 7 wickets for 71 runs. Tanzim Shakib was dismissed for 84 runs. He scored 6 runs off 12 balls. The next runs came from Zaker Ali and Hasan Mahmud. Zaker played a useful innings of 41 runs in 34 balls. He hit three sixes and a four.
Pacer Hasan scored 26 runs off 15 balls with three sixes. The last batter, Shariful, scored 17 runs off 7 balls. Bangladesh scored 53 runs in the last 3 overs. Of these, the Emirates took 26 runs from the last over bowled by captain Wasim.
Although Bangladesh’s runs were worth fighting for, they were not enough to win, as the host UAE proved. They lost their first wicket for 14 runs. Opener and captain Wasim retired. Bangladesh returned to the match with the fourth wicket for 79 runs in 10.4 overs.
But Alishan Sharafoo and Asif Khan took the remaining runs without any problems for the fourth wicket. Alishan played an innings of 68 runs off 47 balls. He hit five fours and three sixes. Asif added 41 runs off 26 balls with five sixes.
Sheikh Mehedi, who plays as a T20 specialist bowler for Bangladesh, disappointed in the last match as well as in the first match. He could not give a break through with the new ball on the slow and low wicket of Sharjah and instead gave 36 runs in 4 overs.
Tanjim Shakib bowled badly in the series-losing match as in the second match. This cricketer, who took 1 wicket for 40 runs in 4 overs, played neither the role of a bowler nor a batter. Yet he played in the all-rounder quota. Hasan Mahmud gave 33 runs in 3.1 overs. Shariful Islam bowled well. He took 1 wicket for 24 runs in 4 overs. Rishad gave a break through by giving 32 runs in 4 overs.
