Ireland beat Bangladesh in 1st T20I:Taste first win of the year; Harry Tector scores 69, Adair Humphreys scalps 6 wickets

Ireland beat Bangladesh by 39 runs in the first T20I played in Chattogram. Batting first, Ireland scored 181 runs for 4 wickets. In response, Bangladesh could only score 142 runs for 9 wickets. With this win, Ireland registered their first win of the year, while Bangladesh suffered their fourth consecutive defeat. Ireland’s strong batting: Harry Tector scored 69 runs* After losing the toss and batting first, the Ireland team got a solid start of 40 runs from Paul Stirling and Tim Tector. Stirling was out after scoring 21 runs. Harry Tector, who came in at number 3, played cautiously and scored an unbeaten 69 runs off 45 balls. He hit big shots in the final overs to take the team to a strong total. Tim Tector also played an aggressive innings of 32 runs off 19 balls. Also Read | Ireland’s Curtis Campher creates history, takes 5 wickets in 5 ball Adair Humphreys’ deadly bowling, Bangladesh couldn’t recover from early setbacks Chasing the target, Bangladesh had a very poor start. Mark Adair took the wickets of Litton Das and Parvez Hossain, giving away just 3 runs in the power-play. Despite the dew making the ball wet, Ireland’s bowlers maintained control. Also Read | Bangladesh beat Ireland by 217 runs in 2nd Test Left-arm spinner Matthew Humphreys took 4 crucial wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs. In the last over, he dismissed Tanzim, Rishad Hossain, and Nasum Ahmed, strengthening Ireland’s grip. Bangladesh came under pressure after losing 3 wickets for 5 runs Bangladesh’s top order disappointed. The team lost 3 wickets for just 5 runs. Tanzid Hasan was out for 2 runs, and captain Litton Das could only score 1 run. Towhid Hridoy played a fighting innings of 83 runs. He made a 48-run partnership with Jaker Ali and then another 48-run partnership with Shoriful Islam, but it was not enough against a challenging target.