Overview
- Ireland posted 181-4 and restricted Bangladesh to 142-9 for a 39-run win in the series opener at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium.
- Harry Tector anchored the innings with an unbeaten 69 off 45 balls after an assertive start featuring Tim Tector.
- Matthew Humphreys delivered career-best figures of 4-13, backed by Barry McCarthy’s 3-23, following early strikes from Mark Adair that gutted the top order.
- Towhid Hridoy offered the lone sustained resistance with an unbeaten counterattack in the 80s, but Bangladesh never recovered from a powerplay collapse.
- Ireland hold a 1-0 lead ahead of the second T20I on November 29 in Chattogram; in India the match streams on FanCode with no television broadcast.