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T20 World Cup: Bangladesh, Scotland enter Super 12s stage

Bangladesh and Scotland made their way to Super 12 stage of the tournament with convincing victories over Papua New Guinea and Oman respectively. Bangladesh finished the Group B points table at the second spot while Scotland topped the table with three wins.

Scotland defeated Oman by 8 wickets in their last match of Round 1 where first the bowlers and then the top-order batters sealed the show with their high-class performances. Josh Davey was the star bowler from the Scottish side with his three wickets whole skipper Kyle Coetzer top-scored for the team.

Talking about the Bangladesh match, yet again their star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was the best performer for the team with his all-round show. Shakib got three wickets with the ball while he added 46 runs from the bat. Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah scored fifty runs to put his team in a dominating position after the end of first innings. Later when it came to bowlers, the group favourites bundled out PNG for 97.

Bangladesh are now in Group 1 where they have heavyweights like West Indies, South Africa, Australia and England while the last team of Group 1 will be decided on Friday after the conclusion of group A Round 1 matches. Scotland on the other side are now placed in Group 2 comprising India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and New Zealand. The last team of India group is also undecided yet.

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