A win today will secure the series, a loss will mean a loss. The Tigers' batting disaster in such a tough match. Bangladesh lost wickets in quick succession from the start of the innings and found themselves in a corner.
In such a difficult situation for the team, opener Tanjid Hasan Tamim took charge at the beginning of the innings. He scored 40 runs off 18 balls. Zaker Ali took charge from the seventh over of the innings to 18.2 overs.
Two star pace bowlers, Hasan Mahmud and Shariful Islam, played a leading role in giving the team a moderate score by putting on a 34-run partnership off the last 12 balls.
Bangladesh cricket fans are disappointed with the Liton Das-led team's extreme batting disaster against a relatively weak opponent like the United Arab Emirates.
In the first match of the three-match series, Bangladesh won by 27 runs after scoring 197 runs. In the second match, Bangladesh lost by 2 wickets in a thrilling match despite scoring a record 205 runs in T20Is.
Bangladesh, which played excellent cricket in the first two matches, lost the game in an important match like the unannounced final today.
Bangladesh were in trouble after losing the toss and opting to bat at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Opener Parvez Hossain Emon, who had scored a century in the first match of the series, returned to the team with 10 runs. He hit a golden duck.
Captain Liton Kumar Das returned to the team with 31 runs. Despite scoring 11 and 40 runs in the previous two matches, Liton could not score more than 14 runs in 10 balls today.
Then, before he knew it, Towhid Hridoy returned to the dressing room. Towhid returned to the dressing room after facing 2 balls for a duck.
Sheikh Mehedi Hasan and Tanjid Hasan Tamim returned for 49 and 57 runs respectively. Sheikh Mehedi returned for just 2 runs in 9 balls.
On a day when the batsmen failed, Tanjid, who batted with one end of the innings in front, scored 40 runs with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes in just 18 balls before being bowled.
Shamim Hossain and Rishad Hossain returned with a difference of just 2 runs. Pace bowler Tanjim Hasan Shakib returned as the eighth batsman for the team with 84 runs.
In this procession of batsmen, middle-order batsman Zaker Ali Anik took the lead. When he came out to bat, the team's total was 49 runs for 4 wickets after 6 overs.
Zaker Ali Anik tried to take control of the team by batting at number six. He tried to fight with the batsmen at the tail. But except for pace bowler Hasan Ali for the ninth wicket, no one could give him much company.
They put on a 44-run partnership for the ninth wicket off 26 balls. Towards the end of the innings, Zaker gave up the catch while hitting one boundary after another to increase the team's score.
Zaker Ali scored a top score of 41 runs with one four and three sixes off 34 balls before being dismissed as the ninth batsman for 128 runs in 18.2 overs.
Hasan Mahmud, who was the last batsman to come out to bat, put on a 34-run partnership off 12 balls with Shariful Haque. Bangladesh were able to post 162 for 9 wickets in the end, riding on his effective innings of 26 runs off 15 balls, including 3 sixes.
