Mahmudullah double strike turns the table for Tigers

The West Indies were cruising at the beginning following a destructive opening partnership between Evin Lewis and the in-form Shai Hope. 

Lewis was the main destroyer with his free flowing of power-hitting all around the stadium, leading the Windies to a dominant position. 

Captain Shakib al Hasan took the wicket of Hope (23 off 12 balls) in the last ball of the fifth over but by then, Lewis had already reached his half-century after smashing five sixes. 

After Hope’s departure, Lewis continued his aggression and after nine overs, the Windies were 120/2. 

But then, Shakib gave the ball to the experienced Mahmudullah and he did exactly what was needed at that moment. 

The West Indies opener Evin Lewis played a destructive innings of 89 runs off just 36 balls against the Tigers in the third and final match of the T20I series in Mirpur Saturday.https://t.co/8FHh61e5wF#WESTINDIES #WEST #INDIES #EVIN #LEWIS #EVINLEWIS #WINDIES #CWI #BCBTIGERS

— Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) December 22, 2018

First, Mahmudullah took the wicket of Lewis by cleaning him up in the second ball of the over. 

He then trapped Shimron Hetmyer in front for a golden duck in the very next ball. 

That was a crucial over for Bangladesh as the West Indies lost two important wickets and lost the momentum. 

That Mahmudullah over turned out to be the turning point as Bangladesh eventually restricted the West Indies to 190 whereas at one stage, 220 was looking like a par score after a blistering start.

3RD T20I

WEST INDIES INNINGS        R    B

Lewis b Mahmudullah            89    36

Hope b Shakib             23    12

Paul c Ariful b Mustafizur         2    3

Powell c Liton b Mahmudullah    19    16

Hetmyer lbw b Mahmudullah        0    1

Pooran c Haider b Mustafizur     29    24

Brathwaite c Miraz b Mustafizur     8    7

Rutherford c Mushfiq b Shakib     2    6

Allen st Mushfiq b Shakib         8    7

Cottrell not out            2    2

Thomas run out (Liton)        0    2

Extras (b 1, w 7)            8 

Total (19.2 Overs)            190 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-76 (Hope), 2-90 (Paul), 3-122 (Lewis), 4-122 (Hetmyer), 5-159 (Powell), 6-176 (Pooran), 7-178 (Brathwaite), 8-188 (Allen), 9-189 (Rutherford), 10-190 (Thomas)

Bowling

Haider 2-0-39-0, Saifuddin 4-0-36-0, Miraz 2-0-26-0, Shakib 4-0-37-3, Mustafizur 4-0-33-3, Mahmudullah 3.2-0-18-3

BANGLADESH INNINGS        R    B

Tamim run out (Powell)        8    6

Liton c Brathwaite b Paul        43    25

Soumya c Cottrell b Allen        9    10

Shakib c Cottrell b Allen        0    1

Mushfiq c Allen b Paul        1    5

Mahmudullah c Brathwaite b Paul    11    9

Miraz c Allen b Cottrell        19    19

Ariful c Rutherford b Paul        0    1

Saifuddin c Hope b Paul        5    7

Haider not out                22    17

Mustafizur b Brathwaite        8    7

Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 5, w 6)        14 

Total (17 Overs)            140 all out 

Fall Of Wickets

1-22 (Tamim), 2-65 (Soumya), 3-65 (Shakib), 4-66 (Mushfiq), 5-80 (Mahmudullah), 6-89 (Liton), 7-89 (Ariful), 8-96 (Saifuddin), 9-129 (Miraz), 10-140 (Mustafizur)

Bowling

Cottrell 4-0-32-1, Thomas 3-0-56-0, Allen 4-0-19-2, Paul 4-0-15-5, Brathwaite 2-0-15-1

The West Indies won by 50 runs, seal 3-T20I series 2-1

MoM: Evin Lewis

MoS: Shakib al Hasan