Tamim’s passionate and sensible batting display has been propelled Bangladesh to set 180-run target in the World T20 Group A against Oman in the knockout bout in Dharamsala.
The ace Bangladeshi opener smashed Oman’s bowling efforts in a cyclonic way.
He smashed a fabulous ton of 103* off 63 balls hitting 10 groundbreaking boundaries and four whirlwind maximums.
Tamim Iqbal also entered as the first Bangladeshi player in 1,000- run club in Twenty20 International Cricket.
Sabbir hit an important knock of 44 runs off 26 balls hitting five boundaries and a huge maximum.
The openers have been initiated a watchful start before Soumya’s departure at sixth over
Soumya Sarkar departed the pitch scoring 12 off 22 balls.
Oman were brilliant with the ball for the first 8-9 overs. But then Tamim cyclone struck, blowing away whatever came in its way. The left-hander has given his team enough on the board.
The pitch is not as friendly as it was made to look by that blistering knock from Tamim.
Oman have won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Having beaten Ireland in a last-over thriller, Oman, whose game against Netherlands was washed out, is heading into their knockout clash against Bangladesh high on confidence.
But confidence alone won’t help them if the iffy Dharamsala weather intervenes as a thin drizzle seems to have subsided for the moment. It has been raining for the last two days, and plenty more is forecast on match day.
If there were to be another washout, Oman would endure heartbreak as Bangladesh are marginally ahead on net run rate.
Against Ireland, Mohammad Mithun and Abu Hider replaced Nasir Hossain and Arafat Sunny. Bangladesh could retain this line-up, though Nasir’s bowling is handy in the shorter version.
Unless they spot something dramatically different in the pitch, Oman are unlikely to tinker with their starting XI.
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mohammad Mithun/Nasir Hossain, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Al-Amin Hossain, 10 Abu Hider, 11 Taskin Ahmed
Oman: 1 Zeeshan Maqsood, 2 Khawar Ali, 3 Jatinder Singh, 4 Adnan Ilyas, 5 Mehran Khan, 6 Aamir Kaleem, 7 Amir Ali, 8 Sultan Ahmed (capt. & wk), 9 Ajay Lalcheta, 10 Munis Ansari, 11 Bilal Khan
Source: Dhaka Tribune
