T20 World Cup 2022: T20 World Cup ‘Incident’, Bangladesh Also Lost Against Hong Kong: It has been seen many times, the relatively weaker team has defeated the strongest team of the tournament by reversing all the calculations. There have been many such incidents over the years.
Namibia’s 55-run win over Sri Lanka in Geelong is the first upset of the ongoing T20 World Cup. With this, the list of incidents in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has increased. A T20 match has a maximum of 240 deliveries, less than an innings in the ODI format or two sessions in a Test match. It has been seen many times, the relatively weaker team has defeated the strongest team in the tournament by reversing all the calculations. There have been many such incidents over the years.
1. Ireland vs Bangladesh, 2009: It has been almost nine years since Bangladesh got the title of a full member of ICC. Meanwhile, the first T20 World Cup in Ireland’s cricket history. At one time Bangladesh lost six wickets for 90 runs at Trent Bridge. Courtesy of Irish bowler Trent Johnson. Later, the score reached 137 runs with the bat of Mashrafe Mortaza. The O’Brien brothers buried the flag early for the Irish. Newcomer Ireland won the match by chasing runs with 10 balls to spare after stifling the Tigers.
2. Hong Kong vs Bangladesh, 2014: Bangladesh’s loss against another debutant team. The host nation has just qualified for the Super 10 and Hong Kong has been eliminated from the World Cup. Hong Kong’s left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed and leg-spinner Nizakat Khan were bowled out for 108 runs in the regulation match in Chittagong. Shakib Al Hasan brought Bangladesh into the fight in the Hong Kong innings. Under his control, Hong Kong’s score once stood at 50 for 5. It was then that Munir Dar emerged as the Messiah of Hong Kong. What happened next may seem unbelievable. In his second T20I match against Hong Kong, desperate to take the run of Muni, collided with Mushfiqur Rahim. Eat a banana in the field while the medical team arrives and administers first aid. Then something like a mass inside Munir. Hong Kong won by playing an innings of 36 runs off 27 balls with three fours and a six.
3. Scotland vs Bangladesh, 2021: Bangladesh lost this time too. Batting first, Scotland scored 140 runs in the opening match of the 2021 edition. Bangladesh lost quick wickets chasing short runs. Even with Shakib, and Mushfiqur at the crease, the asking rate proved to be a mountain in their quest to keep wickets. The tigers lost the match by 6 wickets.
4. Netherlands vs England, 2014: England had been knocked out of the semi-final race by then. The situation worsened when captain Stuart Broad deducted 15 percent of his match fee for misbehavior with the umpires. Three Lions restricted the Dutch to 155 for five wickets in Chittagong. However, England could not reach the target in the run chase. They were all out for just 88 runs. The lowest score of a full-member team against an ICC associate country.
5. Zimbabwe vs Australia, 2007: First T20 World Cup. As the format changes, so do the situation. Zimbabwe, who have never beaten Australia on the ODI World Cup stage, lost to the mighty Ajid. Batting first, Ricky Ponting’s Australia scored 138 runs. The Aussie bowlers could not stop the Zimbabwean batsmen in a low-scoring match. Zimbabwean opener Brendan Taylor played an innings of 60 runs from 45 balls to reach the goal of victory. The Australian team consisting of Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee, Adam Gilchrist, and Matthew Hayden lost.
