Liton Das half-century leads Bangladesh to series-tying T20 win over Ireland

CHATTOGRAM Bangladesh AP Captain Liton Das half-century led Bangladesh to a Twenty series-tying win against Ireland on Saturday Liton s off balls helped Bangladesh reach - and a four-wicket triumph after Ireland posted a challenging - The third and deciding T is on Tuesday Despite losing opener Tanzid Hasan cheaply Bangladesh appeared on program for a calm win as Liton and Parvez Hossain took control of the chase They added runs with Parvez contributing before being dismissed while attempting a reverse sweep Liton then received endorsement from Saif Hasan who made Liton raised his th T half-century in style slog-sweeping left-arm spinner Matthew Humphreys for a six over long-on off balls However his dismissal sparked a collapse as Bangladesh lost four wickets for just runs in the next balls Mohammad Saifuddin eased the pressure with a six off the first ball he faced and his seven-ball not out got Bangladesh over the line with two balls to spare Earlier Lorcan Tucker anchored Ireland with runs off balls while Tim Tector made a fluent off After winning the toss and opting to bat first captain Paul Stirling helped Ireland start well with a -ball He was key as Ireland raced to runs in the first six overs Bangladesh clawed its way back into the contest after Stirling fell to pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib Mahedi Hasan removed the Tector brothers and Ben Calitz in quick succession claiming - and leaving Ireland - in the th over Tucker hung around to make the event competitive until he was run out on the last ball by Liton Source