Scotland beat Bangladesh for the first time in history

Scotland did not care about Bangladesh in the previous 6 encounters. The Scots did not care about Bangladesh in the seventh encounter. Scotland started the tri-series by beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets at their home ground in Edinburgh.

Before entering the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh is preparing by participating in the tri-nation series in Scotland. But the start against Scotland was extremely bad. Batting earlier, Bangladesh scored only 133 runs for 5 wickets. In reply, Scotland lost only 2 wickets and reached the port of victory with 26 balls in hand.

After winning the toss and batting, Bangladesh did not have a good start. Three top-order batsmen gave up after reaching double figures. Dilara Akhtar scored 11, Zuairia Ferdous 12 and Sharmin Akhtar scored 10 runs. Nigar Sultana Jyoti is the captain of the team. At the end of the innings, he scored 46 runs from 39 balls. There were 5 fours and 1 six in his innings. Besides, Sobhana Mostari scored 22 runs off 22 balls.

In the end, Swarna Akhter's 22-run innings with 1 four and a six from 15 balls gave Bangladesh the capital to speak of. Jyoti and Sobhana 42 in the fourth wicket and Sobhana and Swarna 33 runs in the fifth wicket saved Bangladesh's standard. Catherine, Gabriella, Christy and Abtaha took 1 wicket each for Scotland with the ball in hand.

Chasing the target, Scotland scored 33 runs in the opening pair. Ritu Moni broke this pair in the fifth over. Medium pacer Ritu dismissed Darcy Carter who scored 23 runs. Captain Catherine Bruce and Catherine Fraser snatched the match from Bangladesh on the second wicket. Captain Bruce remained unbeaten on 54 runs. Fraser was out for 28 runs. The two added 47 runs.

Although Swarna Akhter returned to Fraser, Scotland had no trouble getting the win. Sarah Brace with captain Bruce secured the team's victory by being unbeaten on 23 runs. Bruce scored 54 runs off 32 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. He also won the man of the match award by playing this brilliant innings.

After defeating Netherlands, Scotland topped the points table after defeating Bangladesh for the second time in a row. Bangladesh's next match tomorrow is against the Netherlands.