The teams, the venue and the result margin were identical, but Shakib Al Hasan’s performance was the polar opposite and that proved to be the difference as the Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Barbados Tridents by 12 runs in the Caribbean Premier League on Sunday.

Just a day after a lacklustre display from the Bangladesh T20I skipper, Shakib and Jamaica avenged their opening 12-run defeat to Barbados with a clinical performance in Lauderhill.

Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat first. Lendl Simmons and Andre McCarthy took Jamaica to 65 for the loss of their captain in 10 overs, but three wickets in a span of four balls saw them facing another defeat.

That is when Shakib stepped in and changed the course of the game. The lefthander blitzed his way to an unbeaten 32-ball 44 and smashed five boundaries and a six, lifting Jamaica to 154.

Barbados were helpless in reply, thanks to Jamaica's Asian bowlers. They lost their last wicket off the last ball of the match with the scoreboard reading 142.

Shakib took a wicket and gave away 28 runs, while Imad Wasim took one for 20. However, the pick of the bowlers was Mohammad Sami, who took four wickets and gave away just 12 runs in four overs.