May 17, 2019 was a remarkable day in the history of Bangladesh cricket, because,
on that day, the men in red and green registered their first-ever major title after
defeating West Indies by five wickets in the final match of the tri-nation
ODI tournament by Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method at The Village in Malahide, Ireland. Bangladesh
national cricket team has become successful in their seventh attempt to win a
tournament final.
Coming to chase 210 runs in the stipulated 24 overs, the Tigers reached
the target with 7 balls to spare thanks to Mosaddek Hossain's unbeaten 27-ball 52 and Soumya
Sarkar’s 66 off 41 balls. Mosaddek also made a 70-run partnership with
Mahmudullah Riyad in the sixth-wicket, which helped the Tigers chase down the mammoth
total. Mushfiqur Rahim also played a useful innings of 22-ball 36.
For West Indies, Shannon Gabriel and Raymon Reifer took two wickets each
while Fabian Allen claimed one wicket.
Batting first, the Caribbean team scored 152 runs losing
one wicket in 24 overs. Shai
Hope, who was awarded player-of-the-series title, top scored for his side with
74 runs while his opening partner Sunil Ambris was not out on 69. The only
wicket was taken by Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
At one point, it
looked like the final match would be washed away due to heavy rain. Even if it
happened, Bangladesh would have won the title for staying on top of the point
table with four wins and one draw. However, the match resumed after five hours
when West Indies was 131 for no loss in 20.1 overs, thus reducing the match to 24 overs. This
victory before the 2019 ICC World Cup has surely increased the morale of the
Bangladesh cricket team. I hope they will continue their winning streak.
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