Bangladesh v Ireland: Hosts beat tourists by 22 points in Twenty20 opener in rain

Bangla desh 207- 5 (19.2 overs): Talukdar 67, Das 47; Young 2-45 Ireland 81-5 (8 overs): Delany 21*, Tector 19, Stirling 17; Taskin 4-16Bangladesh won by 22 runs by DLS methodScorecard< p class="" data-reactid=".1km85gwws9o.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0">Rony Talukdar hit a career-high 67 for 38 balls as the hosts went 207-5 for 19 .2 overs before rain ended their innings in Chittagong prematurely.

When play resumed , Ireland found themselves chasing a formidable 104 from eight overs.

Despite an effort brave, the tourists could only manage 81-5.

Gareth Delany was the top scorer in Ireland with an unbeaten 21 from 14, ably assisted by Harry Tector (19) and alternate skipper Paul Stirling (17).

Taskin Ahmed excelled with the ball, finishing with numbers 4-16.

< p class="" data-react id=".1km85gwws9o.0.0.0.1 .$paragraph-8">Stirling and Mark Adair combined for an opening wicket partnership of 32, but when the latter was bowled by Hasan Mahmud for 13, three more wickets fell in quick succession to leave Ireland 40 -4.

Tector and Delany then went 32 for the fifth wicket but the chase proved too much difficult .

Previously, Rony had made 91 carries in just seven overs in a first pit with Liton Das, who made 47 from 23 balls, after Stirling won the toss and opted to bowl. forced Liton to Stirling halfway through and Tector soon lost Najmul Hossain for 14.

Ireland were hoping to curb Bangladesh's goalscoring spree once Graham Hume beat Rony, who hit seven par fours and three sixes in his first half T20I.

However, Shamim Hossain and Shakib Al's 20-ball 30 Hasan's 20-ball 13-ball helped Bangladesh overtake the...