Recent Match Report – Bangladesh vs West Indies 3rd ODI 2020/21

The careful blows of Tamim and Shakib are followed by enterprising hands of Rahim and Mahmudullah

Bangladesh 297 for 6 (Mahmudullah 64 *, Iqbal 64, Rahim 64, Shakib 51, Joseph 2-48) vs West Indies

Beating first for the first time in this series, Bangladesh did well in setting the West Indies a steep 298 goal with half-century attacks from Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim after more wary fiftieths from Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan. Iqbal’s 64 out of 80 points and his 93-point stand with Shakib set the stage for Rahim and Mahmudullah to launch an attack at the end, when they collected exactly 100 points from the last ten overtaken and recorded their total. highest at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogramme.

The West Indies’ inexperienced attack started off impressively but couldn’t keep up with the pressure as conditions seemed to get easier for the bat. Mahmudullah mustered limits in slog-overs even as Alzarri Joseph kept things tight at one end, but the hosts targeted inexperienced bowlers – Mahmudullah went undefeated on 64 off 43 who had three fours and as many sixes, big hits from newbie Keon Harding and Raymon Reifer. Harding’s None for 88 was a West Indies player’s most expensive number in his debut, surpassing Oshane Thomas’ 1 for 83 against India in 2018.

The real push in the heats in Bangladesh came after losing three wickets, when Rahim joined Shakib after 28 overs when the scoring rate was under five and above. With two back-to-back fours, one a reverse sweep and the other a conventional left-arm Akeal Hosein spinner, in his first ten balls, Rahim made it clear his plan was to propel the total well beyond 250. While Shakib played as much as possible. 41 points in his 51 of 81, Rahim was busy with regulars and both in their 48-race partnership. In his 40s in the 43rd, Rahim beefed up Reifer in the side of the leg for a six and hit his 50s in the next before throwing Joseph over the covers for a four. Two overs later he sent Reifer for another six on the side of the leg, but he fell on the next ball while trying to clear the defender from the cover as Joseph took a catch running to the edge. of the circle.

Bangladesh had passed 250 by that time, and Mahmudullah finished with two straight four-fours that propelled him close to his fifty. Joseph’s last pass only lasted seven and Reifer made a good comeback with his cutters to concede just six in the 49th, but Harding found himself with the big task of playing last on his international debut.

Mahmudullah started with a six on the covers which earned him his 22nd ODI fifty, Soumya Sarkar was eliminated two balls later trying to steal a second inning, before Mohammad Saifuddin hit a four on his first ball and Mahmudullah had finished the innings with a six on long. It wasn’t the end, however, as replays showed Harding had overtaken, and Mahmudullah collected two more runs on the ground to rub more salt into the visitors’ injuries.

The West Indies had played much better earlier after choosing to play. Joseph brought the ball into Liton Das to trap it against a duck and Kyle Mayers, first change, did the same for Najmul Hossain Shanto, who squandered a review as he fell for 20. Shakib and Iqbal played a long one. No-limit 15-overs phase against the precision of Hosein and Reifer, who played stump-to-stump and just outside in the absence of much movement on offer.

Shakib broke the chains when he cut a wide late delivery for a four to a third man and Iqbal followed him with a spectacular six on the covers against Jason Mohammed’s spin in the next to get the rate up. score above 4.50. Joseph briefly gave West Indies a chance to put the hosts on the back when he caught Iqbal in the midwicket with a short ball, but Rahim’s attacking mood didn’t give the visitors a chance. He moved around the crease steadily to collect one and two when limits weren’t offered and his quick innings gave Mahmudullah space for the late push.

The West Indies will also regret the wide seven Harding sent in and the second leg Mayers dropped the first ball Shakib faced, in the ninth in the inning, just past Shanto’s wicket. A leading edge flew to the right of Mayers in his follow-up, but he couldn’t hold out in spite of himself, which would have reduced Bangladesh to 38 to 3.