Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan warm up with fifties in practice match

Tamim Iqbal XI beat Mahmudullah XI by eight wickets in second follow match forward of West Indies ODIs

Tamim Iqbal hit a run-a-ball 80 in Bangladesh’s second intra-squad follow match on the BKSP in Savar on Saturday as his crew, Tamim Iqbal XI, raced to an eight-wicket win over Mahmudullah XI. Tamim’s crew had misplaced by 5 wickets within the first follow match final Thursday.

Iqbal struck 5 fours and three sixes in his knock, having shared a 77-run opening stand with Liton Das, who made 48 off 53 balls with 9 fours. Iqbal then added 119 runs for the second wicket with Najmul Hossain Shanto, who struck seven fours and two sixes in his 51-ball 61.

Iqbal retired on 80, after which Mohammad Mithun and Soumya Sarkar got a success for about 20 minutes, throughout which period they accomplished the 224-run chase in 35.2 overs. Shakib Al Hasan went wicketless in his 3.2 overs.

Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud took one wicket every for Mahmudullah XI, who had earlier reached 223 for 7 in 45 overs. Shakib top-scored with 52 whereas Mohammad Naim additionally reached fifty. Shakib struck a 4 and 6 in his 82-ball knock whereas Naim hammered 4 fours and two sixes in his 68-ball keep on the crease.

Offspinner Mahedi Hasan took 2 for 31 whereas Mohammad Saifuddin was barely costly with 2 for 62. Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain and Nasum Ahmed took one every.

Bangladesh’s selectors introduced the 18-man ODI crew for the upcoming sequence in opposition to West Indies shortly after the top of this match. West Indies will now play their sole warm-up match on the identical venue tomorrow, earlier than the 2 sides play the primary ODI on January 20.