Tigers look to take lead in ODI series against Ireland

Bangladesh hope the rain to stay away and allow them to play the second game without an interruption as they eye to take a lead in the three-match ODI series, to be held at County Ground, Chelms-ford today (Friday), reports BSS.
The first match was washed out due to rain after Bangladesh apparently kept them in a position of dominance. The Tigers who were put into bat first, racked up 246-9, a score that deemed not satisfactory but they reduced Ireland to 65-3 in 16.3 overs before the rain arrived.
According to stat, of the 14 ODI matches between the two sides, Bangladesh won nine and lost just two while three matches were washed out.
Ireland won the maiden encounter between the two sides in 2007 ODI World Cup in Bridgetown, West Indies but last time they beat Bangladesh in ODI cricket in 2010 at Belfast.
Very recently, Bangla-desh won the three-match ODI series between the two sides at home by 2-0 and that too breaking several records. They also put up their highest ODI total 349-6 in the second with Mushfiqur Rahim hitting the fastest century by a Bangladeshi player, smashing ton off 60 balls but the match was washed out.
Bangladesh also won the three-match T20 series by 2-1 and beat Ireland in the one-off Test at home.
Squads: Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury.
Ireland: Andy Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.