Nazmul Hossain Shanta’s great form continues. This top-order batsman is maintaining that consistency in the Ireland series as well, spreading light throughout the England series. He scored a half-century in the second ODI series against the Irish. Shanto had to play 15 ODIs for his first career ODI fifty. But he had to play a total of four matches for the two fifties after the first fifty. The left-handed batsman now has three half-centuries in his 20-match ODI career.

After losing the toss and batting, the two openers of Bangladesh played cautiously in the beginning. The slow pace picked up after the first five overs. Taking a quick single off the last ball of the tenth over, Tamim fell into a run-out trap.

Shanta came to the wicket after Tamim’s departure. Made an impeccable pair of 101 runs with Liton. Along with responsible batting and keeping wickets, runs also came quickly in this pair. Litton scored 70 runs off Curtis Campher. But Shant kept the pace of the run right. Picked up the third fifty of their ODI career. Till writing this report, Bangladesh’s collection is 165 runs after losing 2 wickets after 29 overs. Shanto is unbeaten with 59 runs in 2 fours and 2 sixes. Shakib Al Hasan is accompanying him at the other end of the wicket.