Bangladesh beat Oman by 26 runs to stay alive in the race to Super 12 qualification. Shakib Al Hasan was the star performer for Bangladesh in the match with his 3 wickets and 42 runs knock. Mustafizur Rahman also picked up 4 wickets with the ball to keep Bangladesh’s hope alive for Super 12s race.
Batting second Oman were in the game for 15 overs but the late bowling heroics brought Bangladesh back in the game with regular wickets.
Mohammad Naim was the top-scorer from Bangladesh side with his 62 runs knock
Mahmudullah | Bangladesh captain: We need to improve in a lot of areas, but I’ll take the win. Delivering the win for the country is the most important thing and I hope they are happy. Shakib and Naim batted well and took us to 150+, but we should’ve done better with the new ball and we need to correct those areas where we erred. Death bowling has been good, and we have done well in many areas, so we’ll take heart from that.
Zeeshan Maqsood | Oman captain: It was a chaseable target. The last 6 overs, we lost wickets and didn’t bat well so credit goes to the bowlers. We were in the match for 15-16 overs, and needed 50+ in 36 (58 off 36), which isn’t too much, so we just have to be better at batting and get those runs. There’s no pressure from the crowd, it’s encouraging that they supported us. It’s a sport, so we’ll come back stronger. We have to see where we went wrong, and need to come back stronger against Scotland.
Shakib | Player of the Match: It hurt the whole team. We were not expecting. But should give credit to Scotland. They were very confident before the game. It was pretty tough because the Scotland loss was hurting us. Oman played good cricket. They were in the game for the most part. But we held our nerves. Credit to go to Oman the way they’re playing. They’re playing with a lot of heart. This win will settle our nerves. We have another game that we have to win. Fingers crossed. Have to win against PNG and then see what happens.
