Rovman Powell powers Windies to victory over Bangladesh

West Indies started the T20I series on a good note winning the second T20I by a good margin of 35 runs! The first T20I of the series was washed away by rain and the hosts are now leading the 3-match series by 1-0!

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Brandon King sent the tone up front with a 43-ball 57 after Windies opted to bat first! His 74-run stand for the 3rd wicket with Nicholas Pooran (34 off 30) helped WI get to a good start! Rovman Powell (61* off 28) at the end scored at a brisk rate for them to a huge total of 193/5 in 20 overs.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed was very ineffective with the ball having conceded 46 runs from just his 3 overs! Mosaddek Hossain bowled just an over which was a maiden and also bagged the wicket of Pooran!

In reply, Bangladesh only managed to score 158 runs in 20 overs losing 6 wickets. Shakib al Hasan top score for them with 68 runs off 52 deliveries but no other big score from the rest of the team meant that they lost the game by 35 runs!

Among the England bowlers, Romario Shepherd and Obed McCoy bagged 2 wickets each while Akeal Hosein and Odean Smith accounted for a wicket each! Hayden Walsh (0/23 from 4 overs) is the only bowler apart from Mosaddek to maintain an economy less than 6 runs per over!

Brief Scores: West Indies - 193/5 in 20 overs (Rovman Powell 61*, Shoriful Islam - 2/40) defeated Bangladesh - 158/6 in 20 overs (Shakib al Hasan - 68, Romario Shepherd - 2/28) by a margin of 35 runs