DHARAMSHALA (Staff Report) – Bangladesh defeated Oman by 54 runs in last match of first round of ICC World T20 at Dharamshala Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Oman skipper Sultan Ahmed won the toss and opted to field first against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh set 152 runs target for Oman
Daily Pakistan Global Live Scorecard:
Oman Squad:
Sultan Ahmed (c), Aamir Kaleem, Amir Ali, Munis Ansari, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Ajay Lalcheta, Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Rajeshkumar Ranpura, Sufyan Mehmood, Vaibhav Wategaonkar, Yousuf Mahmood, Arun Poulose, Zeeshan Ahmad, Zeeshan Maqsood
Bangladesh Squad:
Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Imrul Kayes, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Muktar Ali, Shuvagata Hom
The winner of Bangladesh vs Oman match will qualify for the Super 10 round. The qualifying team will play against Pakistan, New Zealand, India and Australia in the next round.
Earlier, from Group B Afghanistan successfully qualified for Super 10 round of the mega event by beating Zimbabwe.
The Super 10 round will start from March 15, where all the games will be played alongside the women’s event from till March 28.
New Delhi and Mumbai will host the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March, respectively, while Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the venue of the 3 April finals. The women’s semi-finals and final will be followed by the men’s knock-out matches. There is a reserve day for the finals.
The men’s event will carry a total prize money of $5.6million, which is an 86 per cent increase from the 2014 tournament, while the total prize money for the women’s event is $400,000, which is a 122 per cent increase from the Bangladesh event.
