Easy victory over Windies in the first ODI in Dhaka

Bangladesh beats Windies to lead by a point. 

(pic: hindustan times)

After winning the both test matches , The Bengal tigers showed their strength in ODI by winning the first match by five wickets. The first ODI of the West Indies tour of  Bangladesh series, which was played in capital Dhaka gone well for the home side. After winning the toss Windies captain Powell decided to defend the target and wanted to bat first in the game but his decision went terribly wrong as they only managed to put 195/9 on the board when the first 50 overs was completed. In a good batting pitch the Windies batsman didn't delivered their best as the Bangladeshi bowler were well in the top throughout the innings. Shai hope scored 43 in off 55  deliveries for the tourist side as their high individual score of the match and Paul scored 36 off 28 deliveries. For Bangladesh Mustafizur and Mortaza took 3 wickets each and Shakib ,Rubel and Mehedi Hasan took 1 wicket each.

In the second innings Bangladesh batted well while chasing the small target of 196. Their opener Tamim Iqubal went cheaply for 12 in his return match but Mushfiqur Rahim batted brilliantly to hit 55 runs off 70 deliveries with the help of 5 fours. Linton das also played well in his 41 runs knock off 57 balls. The West Indians  bowlers couldn't control the flow of the run and didn't got wickets in regular intervals as a result Bangladesh chased the target in 36 overs of their innings with the loss of 5 wickets. Roston Chase got 2 in his 9 overs. Mashrafe Mortaza got the man of the match for his brilliant bowling. The Bangladesh team are highly confident as they are one nil up in the 3 match ODI series in their home.

Match summary:

WI 195-9(50)

Batting:

Shai Hope 43(59)

Keemo Paul 36(28)

Bowling:

Mortaza 10-30-3

BAN 196-5(35.1)

Batting:

Rahim 55(70)

Liton 41(57)

Bowling:

Roston 9-47-2

Bangladesh won by 5 wickets.