Bangladesh beat minnows Nepal to secure final Super 8s place at Men’s T20 World Cup, where they will next play Australia; Netherlands knocked out after defeat to Sri Lanka, who also exit tournament.

Bangladesh survived a few scares before booking the final place in the T20 World Cup Super 8 stage with a 21-run win over Nepal.

Needing a victory to be sure of securing second spot in Group D, Bangladesh were dismissed for 106 – a total which proved enough as Nepal were shot out for 85.

Bangladesh made the worst possible start in St Vincent, a loose shot from Tanzid Hasan Tamim giving Sompal Kami a simple return catch.

Wickets fell regularly, Shakib Al Hasan top scoring with 17 as only some late blows from Rishad Hossain and Taskin Ahmed saw them to three figures.

Defeat for Bangladesh would have opened the door for the Netherlands to sneak past them on net run rate with a big win over Sri Lanka.

But two wickets in three balls from Tanzim Hasan Sakib – who took 4-7 from his fourth over – dealt Nepal’s reply early blows, opener Aasif Sheikh hitting four fours in his 17 before he fell at the end of the seventh over to leave them 26-5.

Kushel Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee added to Bangladesh nerves with a partnership of 52 brought the target within reach, experienced left armer Mustafizur Rahman returning to dismiss Malla for 27.

Sri Lanka sign off from T20 World Cup with win over Netherlands

Sri Lanka signed off with their first win of the T20 World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by 83 runs in St Lucia.

Charith Asalanka smashed five sixes as Sri Lanka, who had lost their opening three games, equalled the highest score of the tournament with 201-6 – a total which proved well beyond the Dutch.

Needing a big win and a heavy defeat for Bangladesh against Nepal to book a place in the last eight, the Netherlands made the perfect start when Vivian Kingma dismissed Pathum Nissanka second ball.

But he was the only top order batter to fall with opener Kusal Mendis leading the way with 46 from 27 balls.

What’s next?

Bangladesh start their Super 8s on Friday June 21 (1.30am) against Australia in Antigua, with India and Afghanistan completing Group 1.

Netherlands, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all exited the tournament.