Last night, the Tigers faced the West Indies in the second match of the series. Battling to save the series, they batted first but struggled, managing to post only 227 runs. The West Indies chased the target with ease, reaching it in just 37 overs with 7 wickets in hand.
Bangladesh suffered a batting disaster at the beginning of the day. Tanjid Hasan Tamim kept one end of the wicket, but the batters came and went regularly from the other end. At one stage, Bangladesh lost 7 wickets for 115 runs. Then Mahmudullah Riyad resisted with pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
This two batters put on a record partnership of 92 runs for the eighth wicket. So that Bangladesh gets the score to fight. On this day, Shakib became a genuine batter with the bat. Played an amazing innings of 45 runs off 62 balls. Narrowly missed his first half-century.
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Riyad continued to fight at the other end of the wicket after Shakib departed. He picked up fifty in 3 consecutive ODI matches. Shariful Islam also added some runs towards the end. However, the Tigers could not play total 50 overs. Bangladesh were all out with 25 balls left in the innings.
The hosts got off to a good start in chase. Brandon King and Evin Lewis scored a hundred runs partnership in the opening to build the foundation of West Indie’s victory. A brilliant innings of 27 runs from 76 balls by Brandon King. In the end the Caribbean achieved the target by losing 3 wickets.
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