Blazing his way to 120 runs off just 47 deliveries, Tilak became only the fifth batter to achieve consecutive centuries in T20I cricket and earned the Player of the Series award.
The game was a dead rubber with England having already won the opening three matches of the five-game series but the crowd at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground were treated to some high-scoring entertainment as West Indies enjoyed their second highest successful run chase in T20Is.
A captain's knock by Charith Asalanka steered Sri Lanka to a hard-fought four-wicket victory over New Zealand with six balls to spare in Saturday's Twenty20 opener in Dambulla.
Bangladesh were bowled out for 127 in 19.5 overs after being asked to bat first.
“Who are you comparing whom with?” Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said when a journalist asked a question drawing comparison between Mahmudullah Riyad and Shamim Patwari.
West Indies opener Shai Hope blasted an unbeaten 42 off 24 balls while Nicholas Pooran clubbed 35 off just 13 deliveries to lay the foundation for the hosts' victory at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba.
Romario Shepherd took 3-15 from his four overs, claiming the key wickets of Hendricks and skipper Aiden Markram (19).
New head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav enjoyed a winning start as India secured a 43-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 series on Saturday.
Murshida Khatun struck a career-best 80 off 59 balls while skipper Nigar Sultana Joty made an unbeaten 62 off 37 balls as Bangladesh national women’s team posted a colossal total of 191-2 in their stipulated 20 overs against Malaysia in their last Group B match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Dambulla on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka are eager to regain some pride after a dismal Test series when they start the limited-overs section of their tour with the first of three Twenty20 internationals on Friday.
New Zealand's players, in individual terms, would be smart not to simply write Bangladesh off as no-hope lightweights. Banana skins abound. They are not without talent and they are learning.
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman wanted to return home in the middle of the New Zealand series, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon told reporters during a press conference yesterday.
Shakib Al Hasan rose to become the best all-rounder in the One Day Internationals and was adjudged the second-best all-rounder in Tests and T20Is in the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) latest rankings.
Bangladesh limited overs captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has fractured his right thumb during the third and final T20 international against New Zealand at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today.
Shell-shocked Bangladesh slumped to a 27-run defeat in the third T20I of the series against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui today.
Bangladesh lost the 3-match T20I series against New Zealand 3-0 after they went down by 27 runs in the third match at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today.
It is a dead rubber in the context of the T20I series but for Bangladesh the third game at the Bay Oval against New Zealand today is one last opportunity for them to come out of that defeatist cycle going into a more demanding assignment -- the two-Test series.
Bangladesh lost the 3-match T20I series against New Zealand when they went down by 47 runs in the second game at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and decided to bowl in their second T20 international at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today.