What a statement this is from Bangladesh. Faced with a mammoth target to chase and they achieve it with more than 8 overs to spare. Shakib Al Hasan continued his stupendous form with his second consecutive century, and never really looked in trouble. There was a brief period where they lost Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim quickly but Liton Das ensured there was no more damage.The diminutive keeper-batsman, making his first appearance at the World Cup, shared a huge 189-run stand with the senior statesman to take them to victory. He ended up with 94 but surely deserved a century too.
The Windies on their part were horrible with the ball in hand. They kept bowling short and everyone of the batsmen dealt with it easily, cutting and pulling and hooking with absolute ease. Holder had to deal with Russell's creaky knees giving way now and then and also Gabriel going off the field once. He had to shuffle around his bowling a lot, even turning to Gayle once for a desperate breakthrough. It never came.
West Indies are most certainly out of the World Cup while Bangladesh will hope this win spurs them on to do better things. It has been a pleasure to get you the live updates, do join us tomorrow when England take on Afghanistan. Till then, goodnight!
41.1 Gabriel to Liton, 2 runs, dipping full toss, turned to square leg
41.2 Gabriel to Liton, DOT, goes over the leg stump as Liton shuffled across and looked to help it away
41.3 Gabriel to Liton, FOUR, short and helped to fine leg, very apt that the winning runs are hit off a pull.
We are into the final powerplay. Holder is back.
40.1 Holder to Liton, FOUR, creams the cover drive! Full outside off and got the treatment it deserved
40.2 Holder to Liton, 1 run.
40.3 Holder to Shakib, 1 run, slightly short and half pulled to deep mid wicket
40.4 Holder to Liton, FOUR, short and wide, cut away past backward point easily. Bangladesh closer than ever, what a chase this has been!
40.5 Holder to Liton, DOT, short, mistimes his pull towards square leg where a hobbling Dre Russ does not even attempt to run and catch
40.6 Holder to Liton, 1 run.