Shakib Al Hasan did not get a chance to bat. However, he has shown greatness in bowling and fielding. Even his great performance at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium could not win the Bengal Tigers.
The Abu Dhabi T-Ten of the 2024-25 season has started today. Bangla Tigers played the first match of the season at Sheikh Zayed Stadium against Samp Army. Unable to bat, Shakib took 2 wickets in bowling. Did a runout too. However, the performance of Bangladesh's star all-rounder was destroyed by the loss of 6 wickets by Bengal Tigers.
Samp Army lost their first wicket by 8 runs in the target of 106 runs. Josh Little sent back Sharjeel Khan with the last ball of the first over. Dasun Shanaka runs in from third man and takes a great catch. Despite playing 2 balls, Sharjeel could not open the account of runs. Faf du Plessis and Andreas Gause managed the initial blow by making a pair of 26 runs in 15 balls for the second wicket. Shakib broke the partnership with Du Plessis on the third ball of the fourth over. Liam Livingstone takes the catch at long on. Du Plessis scored 29 runs off 14 balls with 2 fours and a six.
Shakib sent back Rohan Mustafa at the break of one over. Rohan went to play down the wicket in the last ball of the sixth over. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Shehzad made the stumping with ease. Shakib was run out on the first ball of the seventh over. Rashid Khan's ball was pushed to the offside by Jack Taylor, who was in dilemma about taking the run. In this opportunity, Shakib handed the ball to Rashid on the non-strike edge. Rashid then ran out Gauss easily.
Samp Army quickly lost 2 wickets and scored 65 for 4 in 6.1 overs. In such a situation, Taylor and Karim Janat started storming. Taylor and Janat made an inseparable partnership of 43 runs off 20 balls for the fifth wicket. In the third ball of the 10th over, David Paine hit deep square leg for a six to take the Samp Army to the port of victory. Du Plessis was the highest run scorer for Samp Army who won by 6 wickets with 3 balls in hand. Captain Shakib Bangla who took 2 wickets for 15 runs in 2 overs is the best bowler of Tigers.
Earlier Samp Army captain Rohan decided to field after winning the toss. Bengal Tigers scored 106 runs for 1 wicket in the scheduled 10 overs. Shanaka remained unbeaten with the maximum of 65 runs in the innings. The Lankan all-rounder hit 6 sixes and 4 fours in the innings of 27 balls. For the second wicket, Hazratullah Zazai made an unbreakable partnership of 85 runs off 43 balls with Shanaka. Amir Hamza took the only wicket.
