By IANS
Johannesburg : The West Indies became the first team to crash out of the Twenty20 World Championship cricket Thursday when they surprisingly lost to Bangladesh by six wickets here.
Shakib-al-Hasan took four wickets, while Aftab Ahmed scored an unbeaten 62 and captain Mohammed Ashraful made 61 to help Bangladesh register the win with two overs to spare at New Wanderers Stadium here.
Ashraful was adjudged the Man of the Match.
For the West Indies, opener Devon Smith was the top scorer with 51 (52 balls, 6x4s) while Shivnarine Chanderpaul chipped in with 37 (31 balls, 3x4s, 2x6s) and Dwayne Smith hammered seven-ball 29 (1×4, 4x6s).
Shakib wrecked the West Indies innings with incisive bowling. He finished with excellent figures of 4-0-34-4.
SCOREBOARD
West Indies vs. Bangladesh, Twenty20 World Championship, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
West Indies:
C.H. Gayle c Kapali b Rasel 0
D.S. Smith b Razzak 51
S. Chanderpaul c Mortaza b Razzak 37
M.N. Samuels c Shakib b Ashraful 27
R.R. Sarwan st Mushfiqur b Shakib 5
D. Ramdin c Mushfiqur b Shakib 2
D.R. Smith b Shakib 29
D.J. Bravo st Mushfiqur b Shakib 2
D.B.L. Powell not out 1
Extras: (leg byes 2, wides 8) 10
Total: (for 8 wickets in 20 overs) 164
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gayle, 0.3 over), 2-95 (Chanderpaul, 13.4), 3-104 (D.S. Smith, 15.3), 4-126 (Samuels, 16.6), 5-131 (Ramdin, 17.5), 6-155 (Sarwan, 19.1), 7-157 (Bravo, 19.3), 8-164 (D.R .Smith, 19.6)
Bowling:
Syed Rasel 4 1 10 1
Abdur Razzak 4 0 25 2
Mashrafe Mortaza 2 0 16 0 (3w)
Farhad Reza 2 0 22 0
Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 34 4 (1w)
Mohammad Ashraful 4 0 55 1
Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal c Chanderpaul b Rampaul 10
Nazimuddin c Sarwan b Rampaul 1
Aftab Ahmed not out 62
Mohammad Ashraful c Gayle b Sarwan 61
Shakib Al Hasan c Powell b Sarwan 13
Alok Kapali not out 5
Extras: (lb 4, w 8, nb 1) 13
Total: (for four wickets in 18 overs) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nazimuddin, 1.1 overs), 2-28 (Tamim, 3.6), 3-137 (Ashraful, 14.2), 4-159 (Shakib, 16.2)
Bowling:
D.B.L. Powell 3 0 28 0
R. Rampaul 4 0 35 2 (2w)
C.H. Gayle 4 0 21 0
F.H. Edwards 3 0 33 0 (1nb, 1w)
D.J. Bravo 2 0 34 0 (1w)
R.R. Sarwan 2 0 10 2
Result: Bangladesh won by six wickets
Toss: Bangladesh
Points: Bangladesh 2
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)
Umpires Mark Benson (England) and Nigel Llong (England)
TV umpire: Daryl Harper (Australia)
Match referee: Chris Broad (England)