Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 25 runs in T20 World Cup
Kingstown, Jun 13: Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 25 runs for their second win in the T20 World Cup here on Thursday.
Bangladesh posted 159 for five courtesy Shakib Al Hasan, who remained unbeaten on 64 not out off 46 balls. Off-spinner Aryan Dutt (2/17) was the pick of the bowlers for the Netherlands.
Netherlands kept themselves in the hunt for the majority of the chase before falling short at 134 for eight.
It was Bangaldesh's second win in three games, taking them a step closer to a spot in the Super 8.
Leg-spinner Rishad Hossan was the standout bowler for Bangladesh with three wickets.
Brief scores:
Bangladesh 159/5 in 20 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 64 not out; Paul Van Meekren 2/15, Aryan Dutty 2/17).
Netherlands 134/8 in 20 overs (Sybrand Engelbrecht 33, Vikramjit Singh 26; Rishad Hossain 3/33).
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Sindhu out of Thailand Open, loses to Yamaguchi in quarterfinals
Bangkok (PTI): Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting to top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tournament here on Friday.
Sindhu lost 21-19, 18-21, 15-21 to world number three Yamaguchi in the women's singles quarterfinal match that lasted just over one hour in the USD 500,000 Super 500 tournament.
The two-time Olympic medallist and sixth seed Sindhu had reached the quarterfinals after beating Denmark's Amalie Schulz 21-13, 21-15 on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen, the 2021 World Championships bronze medallist, and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will feature in the men's singles and men's doubles quarterfinals respectively later in the day.
