(MENAFN- Arab Times) Tamim Iqbal's maiden Twenty20 century helped Bangladesh storm into the World T20 Super 10s with a resounding 54-run win against Oman via the Duckworth/Lewis method in the last qualifier in Dharamsala Sunday.
Put into bat in the knockout encounter, Bangladesh rode on Tamim's unbeaten 63-ball 103 to post 180 for two.
Oman were restricted to 65 for nine in pursuit of their rain revised target of 120 in 12 overs.
Tamim, who has been in blazing form with scores of 83 and 47 in the first two games, became Bangladesh's only centurion in T20s.
"The next stage is very important for us. The Pakistan game is very important. I hope I can continue the form. I finally got a hundred, that was due," said man of the match Tamim.
The left-handed batsman made sure Bangladesh didn't lose early wickets with the Oman bowlers making the ball move on a moisture-laden track post evening showers.
Making a composed start along with Soumya Sarkar, Tamim switched gears after registering his second fifty of the tournament and there was no looking back.
Tamim, who clobbered 10 fours and five sixes, soon found company in Sabbir Rahman as the duo hit the ball to all parts of the picturesque ground during their 92-run partnership.
Getting plenty of confidence from their batting show, Bangladesh's bowlers picked up regular wickets to flatten Oman's rain-hit chase.
The Sultan Ahmed-led side, which mostly consists of Indian and Pakistani expats, never really got going and the two rain interventions during their stop-start chase didn't help the cause either.
Shakib Al Hasan picked up four wickets while skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, Taskin Ahmed, Al-Amin Hossain and Sabbir bagged one each.
Bangladesh will now meet hosts India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia in Group 2 of the Super 10s.
Monday remains a rest day before India face New Zealand in the main draw opener on Tuesday.
Earlier, Paul van Meekeren bagged four wickets to help Netherlands notch up a consolation 12-run win via Duckworth/Lewis method in their final match of the World T20 in Dharamsala.
Invited to bat in the inconsequential group tie, the Dutch openers had to wait for more than two and a half hours to take to the field with the rain-affected game reduced to 6-overs-a-side.
Left-hander Stephen Myburgh struck an 18-ball 27 to help Netherlands post 59 for five and the bowlers did well to defend the total.
Medium-pacer Van Meekeren (4-11 from 2 overs) tore into the Irish batting getting good support from left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe, who picked up two scalps, to restrict Ireland to 47 for seven.
"It's special, I'm not sure if it's happened yet. We had been preparing for this for the last three weeks, maybe six months, and it worked out well," said an out-of-breath Van Meekeren after the win.
Both Netherlands and Ireland were hard done by rain abandoned games in their respective second outings after losing their opening matches to Bangladesh and Oman.
Scoreboards
DHARAMSALA, India, March 13, (AP): Scoreboard Sunday from the World Twenty20 Group A game between Bangladesh and Oman at the HPCA Stadium:
BANGLADESH Innings
Tamim Iqbal not out"""""""""..103
Soumya Sarkar b Lalcheta""""""..12
Shabbir Rahman b Khawar Ali"""""44
Shakib Al Hasan not out""""""""17
Extras: (1lb, 3w)""""""""""""..4
Total: (for two wickets)"""""""".180
Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-139
Did not bat: Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abu Hider, Taskin Ahmed, Al-Amin Hossain.
Bowling: Bilal Khan 4-0-16-0, Amir Ali 4-0-28-0 (1w), Ajay Lalcheta 3-0-35-1, Munis Ansari 4-0-50-0 (2w), Mehran Khan 1-0-11-0, Khawar Ali 3-0-24-1, Aamir Kaleem 1-0-15-0.
OMAN Innings
Zeeshan Maqsood c Mahmudullah b Taskin Ahmed"""""""""""""..0
Khawar c Mortaza b Al-Amin Hossain"".8
Jatinder Singh c Mithun b Mortaza""".25
Adnan Ilyas run out"""""""""".13
Aamir Kaleem c Rahim b Shakib"""""0
Amir Ali st Rahim b Shakib"""""""4
Mehran Khan c Shakir b Shakib"""""..3
Sultan c Mahmudullah b Shakib"""""1
Ajay Lalcheta c Mithun b Shabbir"""".1
Munis Ansari not out""""""""""..3
Bilal Khan not out""""""""""""1
Extras: (2lb, 4w)""""""""""""..6
Total: (for nine wickets)"""""""".65
Overs: 12
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-14, 3-44, 4-45, 5-50, 6-56, 7-59, 8-59, 9-64
Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 2-0-8-1 (1w), Al-Amin Hossain 2-0-10-1, Abu Hider 2-0-15-0 (1w), Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-15-4 (1w), Mashrafe Mortaza 2-0-10-1, Sabbir Rahman 1-0-5-1 (1w)
Result: Bangladesh won by 54 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Toss: Oman, chose to field.
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney, New Zealand, and Rod Tucker, Australia.
TV umpire: Nigel Llong, England. Match referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.
NETHERLANDS Innings
Stephan Myburgh run out""""""""27
Tom Cooper c Rankin b Dockrell"""".0
Roelof van der Merwe c Murtagh b Dockrell"""""""""""""""""2
Wesley Barresi st Niall O'Brien b Dockrell"""""""""""""""""8
Peter Borren run out""""""""""14
Mudassar Bukhari not out"""""""..0
Extras: (4b, 2lb, 2w)""""""""""..8
TOTAL: (for five wickets)"""""""..59
Overs: 6
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-12, 3-33, 4-58, 5-59
Did not bat: Ben Cooper, Pieter Seelaar, Ahsan Malik, Timm van der Gugten, Paul van Meekeren.
Bowling: Tim Murtagh 1-0-9-0, George Dockrell 2-0-7-3, Andy McBrine 1-0-16-0 (1w), Kevin O'Brien 1-0-12-0, Boyd Rankin 1-0-9-0
IRELAND Innings
William Porterfield c Ben Cooper b van der Gugten """""""""""""""5
Paul Stirling c van der Merwe b van Meekeren"""""""""""""""""".15
Kevin c Seelaar b van Meekeren"""..0
Gary Wilson c van der Gugten b van der Merwe"""""""""""""""""..4
Niall O'Brien not out""""""""""..4
Andrew Poynter c Ben Cooper b van der Merwe"""""""""""""""""..0
Max Soensen b van Meekeren"""""9
George Dockrell b van Meekeren"""..0
Andy McBrine not out""""""""""1
Extras:(4b, 2lb, 2w, 1nb)"""""""".9
TOTAL: (for seven wickets)"""""".47
Overs: 6
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-28, 3-28, 4-33, 5-33, 6-44, 7-44
Did not bat: Tim Murtagh, Boyd Rankin.
Bowling: Ahsan Malik 1-0-5-0, Timm van der Gugten 1-0-17-1 (1w), Paul van Meekeren 2-0-11-4, Roelof van der Merwe 1-0-3-2, Mudassar Bukhari 1-0-5-0
Result: Netherlands won by 12 runs
Toss: Ireland.
Umpires: Nigel Long, England, and S. Ravi, India.
TV umpire: Rod Tucker, Australia. Match referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.
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