Bangladesh clinch the series with a huge win

Bangladesh took the lead in the series by winning the first ODI. The Tigers lost the next match in the Super Over. However, in the third match, they performed brilliantly against the West Indies and won by a huge 179 runs. With this victory, the hosts won the series 2-1.After winning the toss in Mirpur, Bangladesh elected to bat first and scored 296 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Soumya scored the highest score of 91 runs for the team. Saif also scored 80 runs. In reply, the West Indies scored 117 runs in 30 overs, losing all their wickets in one ball.Bangladesh went on a spin attack at both ends from the start today. Despite having a big target ahead, the two Caribbean openers played cautiously. Bangladesh had to wait until the fifth over to break the partnership. Nasum gave Bangladesh the first breakthrough by trapping Alik Athanase in the leg-before trap.Nasum returned to his next over and found a wicket again. This time, the left-arm spinner's victim was Akim August. This top order batsman could not open the run book after playing three balls.Brendan King was trying to come out of the shell. Before he could settle down, Nasum also returned this opener. He was bowled for 18 runs off 17 balls.Shai Hope is one of the main pillars of the West Indies middle order. He single-handedly ensured the team's victory in the last match. Tanvir Islam dismissed this experienced batsman. He scored only 4 runs off 16 balls. Like Hope, Sharefane Rutherford also failed to bat. After scoring 12 runs, he was caught by Miraz off Rishad.After collapsing in the batting order at the beginning, the Caribbeans could not turn around. Towards the end, Justin Graves-Akil Hossain tried to reduce the margin of defeat. Akil, who came out at number 10, scored 27 runs from the bat. Which is the highest collection by any batsman in an innings.Nasum Ahmed and Rishad Hossain took 3 wickets each for Bangladesh. Miraj and Tanvir also took two wickets each.Earlier, Saif gave a good start by hitting two fours in the first over of the innings. Then Soumya Sarkar also appeared aggressively. The opening pair reached fifty in just 46 balls. Seeing that the spin was not working, Caribbean captain Shai Hope handed the ball to pace bowling all-rounder Justin Graves in the tenth over. However, this pacer could not take advantage either.Soumya touched his personal fifty in 48 balls with great batting. This is his 14th fifty in ODIs, and his sixth against the West Indies. After Soumya, another opener, Saif, also reached the same milestone. He played only 44 balls. This is his first fifty in ODIs.Both openers were running towards centuries in a whirlwind batting. They seemed quite lively. But Bangladesh stumbled for the first time in the 26th over of the innings. Saif Hasan was caught by Justin Greaves at long on while hitting Roston Chase for a six on the second ball of the over. Bangladesh lost their first wicket after 176 runs. The opener returned to the dressing room after making 80 runs off 72 balls with 6 sixes.Another opener, Soumya Sarkar, was on the verge of a century. He too was eventually caught out. He batted 91 runs off 86 balls.After the departure of the two openers, the pace of runs slowed down a lot. Towhid Hridoy and Nazmul Hossain Shanto played several dot balls. Bangladesh came under pressure. Hridoy was out while playing a big shot to reduce the pressure. 28 runs came off his bat in 44 balls. Then Shanto returned before fifty. He scored 44 runs in 55 balls.Mahidul Islam Ankon, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed failed in the middle order. Rishad, who batted well in the previous two matches, was promoted to six. However, this time he scored only 3 runs in 6 balls.Nurul Hasan gave a good finish at the end. He scored 16 runs unbeaten in 8 balls. Apart from that, Miraj scored 17 runs in 17 balls.