DHARAMSALA: Opener Tamim Iqbal struck an unbeaten 83 to guide Bangladesh past a spirited Netherlands by eight runs in their first group encounter of the World Twenty20 here on Wednesday.
Put into bat Bangladesh suffered from a lack of partnerships but Tamim with his fourth T20 half-century almost single handedly lifted the score to 153 for seven.
It was a disappointing show of batting from a side which sparkled in the recently concluded Asia Cup where the hosts ended runners up after a keenly contested final against India.
Tamim however remained unaffected with the wicket fall as the left-hander smacked six boundaries and three sixes during his 58 ball stay.
Taskin Ahmed bowled a high-quality last over, giving away eight runs when Netherlands required 17 to win, to help Bangladesh start their World T20 campaign with an eight-run win in Dharamsala. The game had swung in nearly every over as neither team could take a hold of the contest.
Mudassar Bukhari and Pieter Seelaar kept Netherlands in the hunt with a 16-run penultimate over, which also included the wicket of Tom Cooper. Bukhari was run-out in the last over, and neither Seelaar nor Logan van Beek could find the boundaries.
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