Bangladesh seal T20 series vs Windies

LAUDERHILL(FLORIDA): Bangladesh withstood a withering assault from Andre Russell to complete a series-clinching 19-run victory on the DLS Method over the West Indies in the rain-affected deciding final fixture of their threematch T20 series on Sunday.

Russell smashed 47 off just 21 deliveries with six towering sixes and one four to keep the Caribbean side in with a chance of surpassing Bangladesh’s formidable total of 184 for five at Central Broward Stadium.

However his dismissal at the start of the 18th over, giving leftarm seamer Mustafizur Rahman his third wicket of the innings, effectively sealed the result in favour of Bangladesh.

Having been thrashed in both Tests at the start of the tour, this T20 series triumph follows on the 2-1 success in the ODI contest.

Their formidable total was set up by a career-best effort from Liton Das. He set the tone at the top of the order for his team after captain Shakib al Hasan chose to bat first with a blistering innings of 61 off just 32 balls with six fours and three sixes.

He earned the “Man of the Match” award and stole the show from his more experienced and prolific opening partner, Tamim Iqbal, in an opening stand of 61 off just 4.4 overs. Along the way the pair registered the fastestever fifty by Bangladesh in T20 cricket off only 21 deliveries. Brief scores: Bangladesh 184-5 in 20 overs (L Das 61, C Brathwaite 2-32, K Paul 2-26) bt West Indies 135-7 in 17.1 overs (A Russell 47, M Rahman 3-31( by 19 runs via DLS Method