Dhaka: Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal’s maiden T20I century surged Bangladesh to 180 for 2 wickets against ICC associate nation Oman in their 3rd and last Group-A qualifying encounter at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, India on Sunday.

Tamim’s unbeaten knock of 103 runs off 63 balls, involving 10 boundaries and five sixes, is also the first ton by any Bangladesh cricketer in the T20I format.  

In the match, Tamim also reached the landmark of 1000 runs in his 49th T20I matches, hitting a boundary in the 2nd ball of the first over of Ajay Lalcheta.

Tamim Iqbal, who needed only 11 runs in the day match to enter the 1000-run club, is the highest run scorer for Bangladesh in the shortest format of cricket. He has now 1092 runs in his bag.

Sent in to bat first, Bangladesh piled up the score in 20 overs spurred by the 2nd wicket stand of 97 off 9.1 overs between Tamim and Sabbir Rahman.  

The 2nd pair started from 42/1 in 6.5 overs and departed at 139/2 in 16 overs as Sabbir Rahman was bowled out off a Khawar Ali delivery.  

Sabbir Rahman fired five boundaries and one six off 26 balls for 44 runs.

World famed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored unbeaten 17 off 9 balls with two boundaries and one six.  

Bangladesh reached the 100-run mark with a single in the 12.5 over. Aamir Kaleem delivered to Sabbir Rahman who pushed the ball with soft hands into the gap at midwicket for the single.  

Bangladesh lost their first wicket of Soumya Sarkar at 42/1 in 6.5 overs who was bowled out by Ajay Lalcheta scoring 12 off 22 balls, including two boundaries.  

Bangladesh made a slow start managing only one run in the innings first over delivered by Bilal Khan.

Khawar Ali and Ajay Lalcheta took one wicket each for 24 and 35 runs respectively, both bowling three overs apiece.

If Bangladesh qualify from Group-A, they will play against Pakistan in their first super-10 stage match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Wednesday.

Bangladesh squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Abu Hider, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain.

Oman squad: Zeeshan Maqsood, Khawar Ali, Jatinder Singh, Adnan Ilyas, Aamir Kaleem, Sultan Ahmed (captain), Mehran Khan, Amir Ali, AV Lalcheta, M Ansari and Bilal Khan.