{"id":25878,"date":"2025-02-01T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25878"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:16:11","slug":"west-indies-fall-short-as-bangladesh-take-unassailable-lead-in-t20-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-fall-short-as-bangladesh-take-unassailable-lead-in-t20-series\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Fall Short as Bangladesh Take Unassailable Lead in T20 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>December 17, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a low-scoring affair on Tuesday, the West Indies batsmen crumbled under pressure from the Bangladeshi bowlers, falling by 27 runs and handing the visitors an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match T20 series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opting to bowl first, the West Indies made an early breakthrough, putting the Bangladeshis on the back foot at 52 for five after 11 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Bangladesh fought back, with Shamim Hossain top-scoring with 35 runs, supported by Mehidy Hasan (26) and Jaker Ali (21), as they managed to reach a total of 129 for seven after their allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gudakesh Motie led the Windies\u2019 bowling attack with two wickets, while Alzarri Joseph, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, and Obed McCoy each took one wicket apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing a modest 130 for victory, the West Indies found themselves in trouble early on, slumping to 42 for six after just 8.3 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Roston Chase (32) and Akeal Hosein (31) mounted a valiant fightback, their efforts were not enough to steer the team to victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windies were bowled out for 102 runs in the 19th over, handing Bangladesh the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taskin Ahmed was the star for Bangladesh, finishing with impressive figures of 3 for 16 from 3.3 overs, leading the Bangladeshi attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the victory, Bangladesh has taken a commanding lead in the series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third and final match will take place on Thursday, December 19, at 20:00 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore December 17, 2024 In a low-scoring affair on Tuesday, the West Indies batsmen crumbled under pressure from the Bangladeshi bowlers, falling by 27 runs and handing the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25879,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25878\/revisions\/25879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}