Taskin Ahmed claimed three wickets in an over as Bangladesh stored their cool underneath stress to beat Eire by 22 runs in a rain-affected first T20I in Chittagong on Monday. Bangladesh posted in 19.2 overs earlier than rain ended their innings, halting the sport for greater than an hour and forcing match officers to set Eire a revised goal of 104 runs in eight overs. Eire completed with 81-5 regardless of making a flying begin to their run chase with 18 runs scored within the first over.

Taskin pressured the guests to decelerate along with his three-wicket burst within the fourth over earlier than claiming one other wicket within the ultimate over to complete with 4-16, his career-best figures in T20Is.

Gareth Delany top-scored for Eire and was unbeaten on 21.

Earlier Rony Talukdar struck a career-best 67 from 38 balls to energy Bangladesh after stand-in Eire skipper Paul Stirling gained the toss and elected to bowl.

Rony placed on 91 runs in simply seven overs in a gap stand with Litton Das, who made 47 off 23 balls.

Craig Younger broke the stand when he pressured Litton to gap out to Stirling at mid-off and Harry Tector quickly had Najmul Hossain stumped for 14.

Eire had been hoping to place the brakes on Bangladesh’s scoring spree as soon as Graham Hume bowled Rony, who smacked seven fours and three sixes in his maiden T20I fifty.

Nevertheless, Shamim Hossain‘s 20-ball 30 and Shakib Al Hasan‘s 20 not out off 13 balls helped Bangladesh race previous the 200-run mark earlier than rain introduced a untimely finish.

Proper-arm pacer Younger claimed 2-45 for Eire.

The sport was Bangladesh’s first T20I at dwelling in opposition to Eire, who’ve rested common skipper Andrew Balbirnie for the three-match sequence.

The second match is scheduled on the identical floor on Wednesday.

Bangladesh gained the previous three-match ODI sequence 2-0. The groups will meet for a one-off Take a look at in early April.

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