MIRPUR: Mahmudullah Riyadh produced an all-round effort to guide hosts Bangladesh to a comprehensive 51-run win against United Arab Emirates in the Asia Cup T20 tournament, here tonight.
Batting first, Bangladesh managed only 133 for eight largely due to rearguard action from Man-of-the-Match Mahmudullah, who scored a quickfire 36 off 27 balls with the help of a boundary and two sixes.
However UAE’s batting faltered once again as they produced a below-par effort to get bowled out for 82 in only 17.4 overs. Mahmudullah took 2/5 along with a brilliant catch to make it a memorable outing for him.
Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza (2/12), left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahaman (2/13 in 4 overs), Shakib Al Hasan (2/20) and Al-Amin Hossain (1/8) were also amongst wickets.
It was a day where Mahmudullah showed his all-round skills taking a smart diving catch at gully to dismiss Shaiman Anwar off Mortaza’s bowling.
UAE’s chase again started on a disastrous note as Muhammaed Kaleem (0) provided an easy catch to Mortaza standing at mid-on.
Rohan Mustafa (18) hit a six behind square off Taskin Ahmed but his lack of footwork was exposed by Mortaza as his attempted slash over point only ballooned up to Mustafizur at short third-man. (AGENCIES)
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