Tigers’ historic series win

FE Desk | Published: June 22, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: June 22, 2015 01:09:03

Tigers created history by clinching the first one-day series against India at Mirpur in the city on Sunday.
The hosts won the second successive match convincingly in the series against the tourists by chasing a modest total of 200 in the rain-reduced match under flood light at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.
They romped home in 38 overs with the loss of only four wickets and 54 balls remaining off the stipulated 47 overs under the D/L method.
The six-wicket win saw Bangladesh now qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy, edging out sub-continental rivals Pakistan.
The victory gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead, after Thursday's 79-run victory.
Player-of-the-match Mustafizur Rahman had wrecked the Indian innings with a superb spell of 6 for 43, which also came on the back of a superb 5 for 50 debut spell from the 19-year old Rahman.
He again tore through the much-vaunted Indian batting lineup on Sunday to become the first player to pick up 11 wickets in his first two ODIs and thus enter the records book.
With two successive five-wicket hauls, he also equaled the record of Zimbabwe seamer Brian Vitori.
This ODI series win against India follows the ones against Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The Tigers have now won 10 ODI ties in a row and four of the last six ODI series at home.
Shakib Al Hassan played a steady innings of 51 not out to take the Tigers home. He paired with Sabbir Rahman who was unbeaten on 22.
After 35 overs the Tigers' score was 181 for 4. The four batsmen sent back were Tamim Iqbal (13), Soumya Sarkar (34), Liton Kumar Das (36) and Mushiqur Rahim (31).
Soumya Sarkar (34) and Liton Kumar Das combined for 52 runs to steady the chase before the former was trapped leg before by Ravichandran Ashwin.
The hosts were off to a brisk start with the openers looking to play their shots. But Tamim Iqbal departed, when the opener tried to carve to Dhawal Kulkarni's slower through the cover but took an edge for a loopy catch to slip.
Earlier, Mustafizur Rahman's superb left arm seam bowling set up the stage for a relatively easy run chase for Bangladesh. Mustafizur left India batsman clueless as Bangladesh skittled out the tourists for 200 in 45 overs.
India, 196 for 8 in 43.5 overs when rain stopped play, were bowled out for 200 in 45 overs soon after play resumed after interruption for two hours.
Mustafiz (6 for 43) drew first blood scalping opener Rohit Sharma for a duck in the second ball of the match and then ripped through the Indian middle order, just when skipper M S Dhoni (47) and Suresh Raina (34) had looked like making a slow recovery.
"That was great moment for us," says Mashrafe Mortaza. "To be playing in the Champions Trophy is a big achievement for us. Every time we were shaken someone took over. That is a big thing. The way Mustafiz is bowling he has become the big fish. It has been very significant, and many series coming up, hopefully we can keep on performing like this."