BAN VS NEP - 37th Match, Group D, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024

That wraps it up for Nepal, a campaign of what ifs. Like their skipper touched on, their batting simply wasn't up to the mark and they couldn't back their bowlers up. Bangladesh, meanwhile, will be pleased at having made it through to the Super 8s in what's been a tough group. That's it from us here, this is Anurag Hegde, Saurabh Shankar and Vinod Kumar signing off. Take care and goodbye.

Najmul Shanto | Bangladesh Captain: Very happy the way we played this round, hope we will continue our bowling performance, not our batting. We are not scoring much but we believed that we could defend. The way we've bowled, we knew we could take wickets and defend. The fielders have also been good. We have everything, all the fast bowlers have worked really hard. That's why we've played some good cricket. In this format bowling is very important, hope they can continue. Momentum is very important in a tournament like this, hopefully we can carry it through to the next stage.

Rohit Paudel | Nepal Captain: As a bowling unit we bowled really well. We could have done better with bat. The top order could have batted tighter. Bangladesh bowled really well with the new ball. Losing 4 wickets in the powerplay put us under a lot of pressure. They were always challenging us, they bowled really well in the powerplay. As a batting unit we need to step up, we need to know where to score runs and how to assess conditions. We're up to the mark with our bowling and fielding. This team has great potential, we need to back each and every player, I feel we will do very well in the next World Cup. We have disappointed our fans, we could have won few matches, feel for them. We will try to make them happy in the coming years.

21 dot balls bowled by Tanzim Hasan
- the most by a bowler in a T20 WC spell
- the most by a Bangladesh bowler in T20Is

Best figures for Bangladesh in a T20 WCs
5/22 Mustafizur Rahman vs NZ Kolkata 2016
4/7 Tanzim Hasan vs Nepal Kingstown 2024
4/9 Shakib Al Hasan vs PNG Al Amerat 2021

Lowest targets successfully defended by a Full member side in T20Is
97 WI vs Ire Kingston 2014
106 Zim vs WI Port of Spain 2010
107 Ban vs Nepal Kingstown 2024

Lowest targets successfully defended in T20 WCs
107 Ban vs Nepal Kingstown 2024
114 SA vs Ban New York 2024
116 SA vs Nepal Kingstown 2024
120 SL vs NZ Chattogram 2014
120 Ind vs Pak New York 2024

Tanzim Sakib | Player of the Match: We just wanted to keep things simple. Not panic and bowl in good areas. We were very confident of defending this total. This bowling attack is beautiful. Everyone bowled well. Mustafizur bowled a wicket maiden under pressure at the death. I just wanted to execute my plans and that’s what I was focused on. We’re really excited to play in the Super Eights, we are very confident as well.

22:55 Local Time, 02:55 GMT, 08:25 IST: Bangladesh are through to the Super 8s. A clinical bowling performance more than makes up for their lacklustre show with the bat today. This is the lowest total ever defended in a T20 WC match and Nepal, much like the other day against South Africa, couldn't back up a good show with the ball with a good enough batting performance. Defending just 106, Bangladesh would've felt they were at least 20 short but that said, this pitch had a lot in it for the bowlers. Tanzim Hasan started things off in fabulous fashion as he ran through the top order. Nepal lost 5 in a hurry before there was a good 50-run stand between Malla and Dipendra Airee. They had a lot of work to do still though and they crumbled under pressure as Mustafizur and Shakib wrapped things up by picking up the remaining wickets.

Shakib to Abinash Bohara, out Lbw!! Shakib wraps it up. Length delivery on middle-leg, Bohara went right across his stumps looking to work it into the leg-side, he went too far across and missed, hit him on the thigh pad but he was right back in his crease too. No bat involved and all three reds on ball-tracker. Abinash Bohara lbw b Shakib 0(1)

Shakib to Abinash Bohara, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

Abinash Bohara, right handed bat, comes to the crease

NEP review. This looks plumb

Shakib to Sompal Kami, out Stumped!! He swings for the hills and makes no contact! Tossed up full on off-stump, Sompal Kami ran down the track and had a wild swing at that, it dipped on him and he made no connection, easiest of stumpings for Litton Das. Writing is on the wall now. Sompal Kami st Litton Das b Shakib 0(2)

Shakib to Sompal Kami, THATS OUT!! Stumped!!

Shakib Al Hasan [2.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack

Sandeep Lamichhane, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Mustafizur to Dipendra Singh, out Caught by Litton Das!! A wicket-maiden in the 19th over! It does not get much better. That's a fantastic over, another slower delivery on off-stump, cuts away off the deck, Dipendra Singh took a step down the wicket and opened the face of the bat looking to run it down to third man, he wanted to keep the strike but all he could manage was a faint outside edge. Nepal just made things really hard for themselves. Dipendra Singh c Litton Das b Mustafizur 25(31) [4s-2 6s-1]

Mustafizur to Dipendra Singh, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Mustafizur to Dipendra Singh, no run, make that 5 dots in a row! Slower length delivery pushed wide outside off, out of his reach and completely beating him for change of pace