UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh completed a clean sweep against the West Indies in the three-match ODI series. On Saturday, the visitors won the third and final ODI of the series by four wickets at Guayana.
Taijul Islam, the left-arm spinner, bagged his maiden five wickets in the match— his first in two years— and guided Bangladesh to a comfortable win.
Taijul’s five for 28 is now the record for the best bowling in ODIs by a Bangladeshi spinner. He surpassed Abdur Razzak who scalped five for 29 in 2009 against Zimbabwe in Dhaka.
West Indies batted first after losing the toss and posted a below-par total of 178 with a fighting fifty from captain Nicholas Pooran (73).
Bangladeshi spinners proved to be too good against the hosts’ batters. And left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman was also economic against the West Indies. Taijul, Mosaddek Hossain and Mustafizur bowled 29 overs together and conceded less than three runs per over.
In reply to West Indies’ 178, Bangladesh chased down the total in 48.3 overs with Liton Das hitting a fifty, Tamim Iqbal and Nurul Hasan scoring 34 and 32 respectively.
Gudakesh Motie, the left-arm orthodox spinner of the hosts, bagged four wickets conceding 23 runs in 10 overs. But his effort went in vain as the batters failed to put a big total on the board.
With this win, Bangladesh ended up the long tour that had started with defeats in Tests and T20Is.
