1st T20I: Taskin Ahmed’s four-fer helps Bangladesh beat Ireland in rain-curtailed match | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Taskin Ahmed ripped through the Ireland top order with three wickets in an over to help Bangladesh pull off 22-run victory (DLS) in the rain-curtailed first Twenty20 international in Chittagong on Monday.Ireland were set a revised target of 104 runs in eight overs after Bangladesh posted a huge 207/5 in 19.2 overs as rain came to play a spoilsport and halted the proceedings for more than an hour.Ireland got off to a blistering start by scoring 18 runs in the first over but finished on 81/5 in 8 overs.Taskin forced the visitors to slow down with his three-wicket burst in the fourth over before claiming another wicket in the final over to finish with 4-16, his career-best figures in T20Is.Gareth Delany top-scored for Ireland and was unbeaten on 21.Earlier Rony Talukdar struck a...