Spinners give Bangladesh important win
Bangladesh took a big step towards entering the main draw of their home tournament, beating Afghanistan by nine wickets in the opening game of the World T20
16/03Result
1st Match, First Round Group A (D/N), World T20 at Dhaka, Mar 16 2014
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
78/1 (12/20 ov)
Player of the Match
16/03Result
1st Match, First Round Group A (D/N), World T20 at Dhaka, Mar 16 2014
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
78/1 (12/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
'We are not a team to lose like this' - Nabi
Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said they perished under pressure although they had talked up the weight of expectations on the home side
Knew it would be a one-sided game - Shakib
Shakib Al Hasan said Bangladesh had outplayed Afghanistan in all three departments in the opening match of the World T20
Shahzad's dramatic opening acts
ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from Bangladesh's opening World T20 match against Afghanistan
Afghanistan prey on nervous hosts
Afghanistan are focusing on taking advantage of any slip-up made by Bangladesh in their World T20 opening-day encounter
Top order can afford to settle in - Mushfiqur
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim is willing to allow the top order batsmen to take their time in the middle in T20s, as long as they push harder after getting set
Preview
An emotion-charged opener
ESPNcricinfo previews the opening game of the World T20 as hosts Bangladesh try to keep emotions together against flamboyant Afghanistan
A new high
9
The victory margin of 9 wickets is Bangladesh's best after fielding first
Bangladesh in T20s
10
Number of wins in 34 matches for Bangladesh
Feature
Dropped
9
Tamim Iqbal's score when he was dropped by the wicketkeeper in the 4th over
Quick dash
17.4
Overs Bangladesh have taken to complete their fastest successful chase. This was against Kenya, in 2007
Feature
Feature
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| First Round Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.466 |
| NEP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.933 |
| AFG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.981 |
| HKG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.455 |
| First Round Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NED | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.109 |
| ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.957 |
| IRE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.701 |
| UAE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.541 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2.233 |
| SA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.075 |
| NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.678 |
| ENG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.776 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.866 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.28 |
| WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.971 |
| PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.384 |
| AUS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.857 |
| BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.072 |