ICC World Cup

Bangladesh have strengthened their hopes of reaching to the quarter final of ICC World Cup beating Scotland earlier today. The Asian team got better of Associate Nation Scotland by six wickets in the match played at Nelson in New Zealand. Batting first, Scotland made an impressive total of 18 runs in regulatory 50 overs at the loss of six wickets. Opening batsman Kyle Coetzer played an impressive innings of 156 runs for Scotland while Taskin Ahmad picked three wickets for Bangladesh. Chasing a massive target of 319 runs, Bangladesh achieved the feat with 11 balls to spare losing only four wickets. Tamim Iqbal scored 95, Mahmadulla added 62 runs and Mushfikur Rahim got 60 runs for the team. With this victory, Bangladesh now have five points from four matches. Having earned two points beating Afghanishtan, Bangladesh shared a point with Australia in the match cancelled due to rain. Meanwhile, this was Scotland's fourth loss in four consecutive matches despite their impressive batting performance. Defending Champions India go head to head against West Indies in the only match scheduled for tomorrow.