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Bangladesh have taken a 1-Zero lead within the three-match sequence. (AFP Picture)
The win is Bangladesh’s greatest ever in ODI historical past by way of runs
Shakib Al Hasan and debutant Towhid Hridoy each narrowly missed centuries however nonetheless guided Bangladesh to a document 183-run victory over Eire in Saturday’s first one-day worldwide in Sylhet.
Shakib hit 93 and Towhid added 92 to information Bangladesh to their highest ever ODI rating of 338/eight after the vacationers put them in to bat.
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Ebadot Hossain led the reply with 4/42 and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed chipped in with 3/42 to bowl out Eire for 155 runs simply shy of 31 overs.
“The best way we batted was distinctive. Wasn’t the simplest wicket to bat for the primary 20 overs. However Shakib was good, Towhid additionally spectacular,” skipper Tamim Iqbal mentioned after the match.
George Dockrell was the final man dismissed after making 45, Eire’s highest complete.
Stephen Doheny and Paul Stirling placed on 60 runs within the opening stand however as soon as Shakib dismissed Doheny for 34 Eire collapsed to 76/5, by no means to get well.
“We weren’t too dissatisfied on the midway stage because the wicket was good and the very best time was to bat below lights,” Eire captain Andrew Balbirnie mentioned.
“However we stored dropping wickets and didn’t get any partnerships.”
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Graham Hume completed with a profession greatest 4/60 however the hosts shrugged off early stress from the Irish bowling assault.
Shakib and Towhid added 135 for the fourth wicket to elevate Bangladesh from 81/Three after Tamim (3), Litton Das (26) and Najmul Hossain (25) all fell cheaply.
He grew to become the second Bangladeshi cricketer to succeed in 7,000 ODI runs after Tamim.
Shakib is now additionally simply the third cricketer to surpass that milestone in ODI runs and 300 one-day wickets after Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi.
He shifted gears after reaching his third successive ODI fifty and hitting Harry Tector for 5 fours in an over.
He fell seven runs wanting his 10th ODI hundred after chasing a large yorker from Hume to get the underside edge.
Towhid performed the very best debut innings for Bangladesh in ODIs, including 80 runs for the fifth wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim, who struck 44 off 26 balls.
Hume eliminated each batsmen in the identical over earlier than taking the wicket of Taskin Ahmed however the vacationers had been unable to cease the circulation of runs.
The remaining ODIs will probably be performed in Sylhet on Monday and Thursday.
Eire, who may even play three Twenty20 internationals and a Check throughout their tour, final visited Bangladesh for a bilateral sequence in 2008.
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