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Bangladesh, a favorite to qualify for Super 12, struggled against Scotland's seam and spin and could hit only eight boundaries and four sixes.

Scotland pulled off a major upset against Bangladesh with a six-run victory. (Screengrab/Scotlandcricket)

2 min readOct 18, 2021 02:27 PM IST First published on: Oct 18, 2021 at 02:27 PM IST

Scotland pulled off a major upset against Bangladesh with a six-run victory on the opening day of the T20 World Cup on Sunday.

Chris Greaves first lifted Scotland to 140/9 after Bangladesh won the toss and its spinners had reduced the Scots to 53/6 in the 12th over.

He then picked up the key wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim (38) and Shakib Al Hasan (20) with his leg-spin bowling, eventually restricting Bangladesh’s chase to 134/7.

“It was a great game,” Greaves said. “I’m just glad I could contribute in the way I did. Incredible.”

The “bowlers did their job really well but (our) batting unit wasn’t good enough,” Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah said. “Credit goes to their batters, they had a good finish. We still need to be positive and figure out where we made mistakes, and not try to repeat them.”