Eire have suffered defeat of their first T20 worldwide towards Bangladesh after falling to a 22-run defeat on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern technique.
A heavy rain delay minimize the Bangladesh innings brief by 4 balls as they completed on 5-207, in Chattogram on Monday. Eire then scrambled to chase a large goal of 104 in eight overs as set by DLS.
Bangladesh’s high order produced a superb show to prop them up with Rony Talukdar smashing 67 off 38 balls, his maiden worldwide half-century within the format, and Litton Das scoring 47 in 23.
After Shamim Hossain added an honest cameo with 30 off 20 play was delivered to a halt within the last over attributable to rain, leaving captain Shakib Al Hasan unbeaten with a 13-ball 20.
Ross Adair (133 off 10 balls) and Paul Stirling (17 off eight) made a powerful begin to the Irish chase, scoring 32 from the primary two overs however wickets then tumbled.
After Adair fell to Hasan Mahmud Taskin Ahmed took three wickets within the fourth over as Eire went from 0-32 to 4-40 in eight balls.
Gareth Delaney (21 off 14) and George Tector (19 off 12) stored up the chase however Eire completed properly brief on 5-81.
The second match is on Wednesday.
