Mahedi Hassan lead from front in this first T20I of three matches series and give his team historic win as their confidence was on lowest level after having whitewashed in ODI series, but they fight back in good way defend 147 runs target against fully equipped is never been easy, but they have done and leading in this series where they can go for win as well know.
We have both teams batting disappointed as Bangladesh able to score only 147 runs which were looking easy win for the home team, but bowlers were on target, and they never allow any batsman to stand for having any good chance for West Indies Rovman Powell fight till last ball but sadly gone and also lost this first game Mahedi Hassan surely deserve this player of the match award as he gives crucial breakthrough and important runs with bat.
This pitch of Kingstown is completely bowling friendly. And Bangladesh always performs well on bowling friendly pitches. If West Indies had created a batting friendly pitch, they would have been able to defeat Bangladesh easily. Because there are very few batsmen in the Bangladesh squad who are capable of batting at a smart strike rate.
Bangladesh was able to give a decent target on this pitch. Considering the condition of the pitch, the target of 148 runs was not a small target. Even then, if the bowlers could not bowl in a controlled manner, it would not have been possible for Bangladesh to win the match. Mehedi bowled excellently. Mehedi took all the important four wickets of the top order. And this is why the West Indies team put pressure on the beginning of the innings. If Mehedi could not bowl well, West Indies would definitely have won this match.
Although Bangladesh lost several wickets in the beginning, Bangladesh batted well in the last five overs, and in those last five overs, Bangladesh came close to 150 runs. West Indies could easily have won this match too if Hasan Mahmood could not have bowled so brilliantly in the last over. It was very difficult for West Indies to win this match early on but Rovman Powell made that difficult equation much easier even though he did not finish well.
However, Bangladesh won the T20 match after losing three matches in the ODI series, it is certainly commendable for Bangladesh. Hopefully Bangladesh will bat better in the second T20 match and the bowlers will take more responsibility and give Bangladesh a T20 series win.