Tamim helps Bangladesh survive Netherlands scare in WT20

<div class="detail-img entry-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; float: left; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; width: 740px;"> <div class="entry-thumb" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Tamim helps Bangladesh survive Netherlands scare in WT20" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-09/l_101999_065332_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 740px;" title="Tamim helps Bangladesh survive Netherlands scare in WT20" /></div> </div> <div class="post-138 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nulla entry-box" id="post-138" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 30px;"> <div class="entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">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.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> 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.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> 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.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Tamim however remained unaffected with the wicket fall as the left-hander smacked six boundaries and three sixes during his 58 ball stay.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> 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.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> 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.</div> </div> </div>

Tamim helps Bangladesh survive Netherlands scare in WT20

DHARAMSALA: Opener Tamim Iqbal struck an unbeaten 83 to guide Bangladesh past a spirited Netherlands by eight runs in their first g...

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