T20: Thanks to Shanto, Bangladesh beats Eng

Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 51 runs off 30 balls as Bangladesh defeated England by 6 wickets in the first of the three-match T20I series. Shakib Al Hasan also contributed with a valuable 34 not out off 24 balls. Earlier, Jos Buttler scored 67 off 42 balls as England were restricted to 156 for 6 in 20 overs against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Thursday. Hasan Mahmud was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh with figures of 2 for 26. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan had won the toss and opted to bowl first in the game. Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh captain: The way we approached the game was fantastic, can’t ask more from our team. When we were bowling, we were under the pump but no one panicked. Everyone knew what they needed to do. All the bowlers stuck to their plans. Other than my dropped catch, everyone fielded really well. (No fear approach) That’s what we want to do. In T20s, when you don’t think too much, you perform well. That’s the environment we are trying to create in the dressing room. Hopefully we can continue this. This is a very good start. If you think about 2024, we’ll be playing the World Cup in West Indies. We can build on from here. We can only get better so that we can put a very good team when the World Cup comes. Jos Buttler | England captain: Bangladesh finished the innings really well. We were in a position to really kick on and launch at the end, but we couldn’t manage to get away. We were probably 20 short with our score and we had to chase a little bit in the field. Low bounce and a little bit slow but it played pretty well, it was consistent throughout the game. Bangladesh came out and played with a lot of intent and took the game on. That put us under a lot of pressure. We’ve got a lot of really good all-rounders, gives you lot of options as a captain, it’s a nice position to be in the field.