T-20 transformer gave another shock.
The young Bangladeshi team under Mohammad Ashraful sent the West Indies tumbling out of the Twenty20 World Championship by winning its Group A match on Thursday at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
Set 165 runs to win, Bangladesh reached the target losing just four wickets with two overs to spare.
Bangladesh were never in trouble though the first three overs yielded just 12 runs. But once Aftab Ahmed and skipper Mohammad Ashraful got together after the loss of the opening pair, it became clear there would only be one winner.
Both Aftab Ahmed and Ashraful played some cheeky shots to leave make the life of the West Indies players miserable.
Ahmed was the first off the blocks hitting pacer Ravi Rampaul for a six and a four in the fourth over and then Ashraful took over sending the ball past the boundary ropes four times in the next over that was bowled by Daren Powell.
After that it was mayhem with the West Indies bowlers and fielders watching helplessly as the ball kept on crossing the boundary at regular intervals.
Though Ashraful was finally caught by Chris Gayle off Ramnaresh Sarwan but his 61 runs off just 27 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes had made sure that only a miracle could save the West Indies from catching the flight back home.