Bangladesh continued its winning spree defeating Ireland by 22 runs by the DLS method in the first T20I cricket match played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium at Chattogram on Monday. Playing first, Bangladesh scored a big score of 207 losing 5 wickets before the rain disrupted play after 19.2 overs. Consequently, using the DLS method, the target was revised down to  104 to be scored in 8 overs to win the match.<br />'' <br />''Rony Talukdar scored 67 off 38 balls in the impressive score set by Bangladesh. Liton Das made a quickfire 47 off 23 balls and Shamim Hossain made 30 off 20 balls in the impressive total put up by Bangladesh.<br />'' <br />''Ireland started off well scoring 32 runs in the first three overs. The flow was paused when pacer Hasan Mahmud removed Adair in the third over. Taskin Ahmed proved devastating  as he claimed three wickets in the fourth over to knock the Ireland team down. He got another wicket in the next over finishing with 4 for 16.<br />'' <br />''Ireland could reach the score of 81 runs after 8 overs losing 5 wickets conceding the match to Bangladesh by 22 runs.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">With this win, Bangladesh have taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match T20I series.</span><br />