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Shai stars as Windies level series against Tigers

Wednesday, 12 December 2018


West Indies beat Bangladesh by four-wicket in the second ODI of the three-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in the city on Tuesday, report agencies.
A brilliant century by Shai Hope under pressure guided West Indies to a nail-biting win over Bangladesh.
Chasing 256 to win, the West Indies kept losing wickets at regular intervals but hope held up one end as scored 146* to make sure that series remains in the balance.
A crucial 71-run partnership between Keemo Paul and Hope helped the visitors chase down the target with two balls to spare.
Earlier, Bangladesh posted a moderate total of 255 runs for 7 in stipulated 50 overs in the second game of the three-match ODI series against West Indies with Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal scoring half centuries, reports UNB.
Oshane Thomas, the 21-year-old left-arm fast bowler, took three scalps for visiting West Indies.
Bangladesh added only four runs in the last two overs. That prevented them from going for a higher total passing the 250-mark. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mehidy Hasan Miraz were in the middle at that time.
Bangladesh started the innings in a frustrating manner when they lost Liton Das in the second over of the innings as he sustained a blow on his lower part of the right leg by a delivery from Oshane Thomas. Liton went down due to a significant amount of pain and subsequently, he was stretchered off the field.
Imrul came to the wicket in the second over and got dismissed without adding anything to his credit. The left-hander failed to face Thomas as he delivered a ball that passed Imrul touching his bat to the wicketkeeper. Shai Hope did not miss the chance to send Imrul back to the dressing room.
Bangladesh lost two wickets within four overs, including injured Liton Das who later backed to bat at 44th over after Mahmudullah Riyad's dismissal.