Bangladesh cricket

Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup 2024, read through the bowling

A numbers-first read of Bangladesh's T20 World Cup 2024, from Nepal and the Super Eight to Rishad Hossain's 14 wickets and the batting shortfall.

Updated: 15 April 2026

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Bangladesh reached the Super Eight at the 2024 T20 World Cup, but the cleanest way to read their tournament is to begin with the bowlers. ICC’s tournament review had Rishad Hossain on 14 wickets at 13.85, level with Rashid Khan among the leading spinners. Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s 4/7 against Nepal also made the event’s standout bowling list. The batting story was much less convincing.

Super EightReached after beating Nepal

Rishad Hossain14 wickets, avg 13.85

Tanzim Hasan Sakib4/7 v Nepal

The bowling gave Bangladesh a route

Bangladesh did enough in the group stage to move on, and the Nepal win was the hinge. ICC’s live coverage of that match framed it clearly: the win sealed progression to the Super Eight. From there, the tournament became a test of whether Bangladesh could pair that bowling resource with enough runs.

What changed in the second round

Australia

Bangladesh were beaten in a weather-affected game that still underlined how little margin they had.

India

India won by 50 runs, and the scoreline reflected how hard Bangladesh found it to keep up once the game accelerated.

Afghanistan

The final Super Eight match ended Bangladesh’s semi-final hopes and left them without a win in that phase.

Viewpoint

This World Cup did not tell me Bangladesh lack skill. It told me the side still spends too much of a T20 innings trying to arrive at the match rather than seize it. The bowling can hold a game together; the batting still too often asks for a late rescue.