Bangladesh picked up two wickets inside the Powerplay and starved the West Indies of boundaries in a must-win clash for both teams at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
The defending champions had hit just two boundaries in the first 10 overs, limping to 48/3.
Openers fall early
In a tournament where teams chasing have been most successful so far, Bangladesh were quick to put the defending champions in to bat after winning the toss.
West Indies made changes to their stuttering batting line-up, dropping opener Lendl Simmons, pushing Chris Gayle back up to open and bringing in Roston Chase at No.3 for his T20I debut. However, it didn’t change their Powerplay fortunes.
Mustafizur strikes, Lewis goes for six
Both openers fell early, as West Indies found themselves 18/2 in 4.2 overs, and could only get to 29/2 when the fielding restrictions were in place.
Evin Lewis tried to go leg side to Mustafizur Rahman, only to sky on and hand square leg a simple catch.
The left-hander Gayle, who had survived a run-out chance, was then undone by the off-spin of Mahedi Hasan, edging onto his stumps.
Gayle is removed by Mahedi Hasan for four
Mahedi turns the screw
Mahedi had a chance to cut short Chase’s debut in the seventh over, but he dropped a straightforward catch off his own bowling.
Fortunately for him, the very next ball, he had Shimron Hetmyer, who was keen to up the scoring, caught a few metres from the straight boundary.
Chase, known as an anchor, was holding fort with captain Kieron Pollard at the drinks break.
Both West Indies and Bangladesh both need a win to have a realistic chance of keeping their World Cup campaigns alive.
