Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh won their first-ever Super 12 match at a Twenty20 World Cup Monday, with Taskin Ahmed taking 4-25 as they beat the Netherlands by nine runs in Hobart on Monday.

The Dutch, who battled through the preliminary round to reach the Super 12, held the Asian nation to 144-8 but were all out for 135 on the final ball.

The Tigers could not have asked for a better start in their defence of 145 runs as Taskin picked two wickets in the first two deliveries of the Netherlands innings.

Shakib then introduced himself in the fourth over but was immediately greeted with a six by hard-hitting opener Max O’Dowd.

However, the Tigers’ out-fielding was on song as two run outs in that over placed Bangladesh on the driving seat.

Netherlands struggling at 15-4 inside four overs, Colin Ackermann, in at number four, consolidated with skipper Scott Edwards and stitched a 44-run stand before Shakib came back to dismiss Edwards (16).

Bangladesh struck a double blow soon after, with seamer Hasan Mahmud removing Tim Pringle (1) during a his third over, which turned out to be a maiden over as well, before the right-hander picked the wicket of Logan van Beek (2) in his fourth over to end with impressive figures of 4-2.

Ackermann was left with a lot to do on his own and eventually his valiant 48-ball 62-run knock ended with Taskin picking two wickets in his fourth over, removing Ackermann after Shariz Ahmed (9).