Ireland knocked out in washout against Bangladesh

DHARAMSALA: The persistent rain abandoned the match between Bangladesh and Ireland in the first round group A of the World Twenty20 here at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.

Thus, Ireland were knocked out of the World T20, when play was called off at 10:20pm local time, after rain had stopped the game after eight overs in the Bangladesh innings.

Now, the Bangladesh-Oman encounter will decide who goes through from Group A, with both teams on three points each while the Netherlands and Ireland are on one point each.

The match was always at the mercy of the weather after rain forced the Oman-Netherlands game earlier in the afternoon to be abandoned. Rain had stopped at around 7:30pm and allowed the match to start at 9:45pm, but it relented for just over an hour.

The rain first delayed the match and was later restricted to 12-overs-a-side before Ireland captain William Porterfield won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat first.

However, Bangladesh batted at nearly 12 runs per over and when they reached 94 for two in just eight overs, rain again stopped the play and later the match was abandoned. Both teams were allotted one point each in the no-result match.

Opener Tamim Iqbal made 47 off 26 balls, hitting four sixes and three boundaries.