BAN vs WI 3rd ODI: Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar's Heroics Guide Bangladesh To 2-1 Series Win Against West Indies

BAN vs WI 3rd ODI: Bangladesh had put up a brilliant performance and defeated West Indies by 179 runs in the third ODI, and had won their first series since March last year. Saif Hassan and Soumya Sarkar stitched a match-winning partnership of 176 runs for the first wicket and helped the hosts post a mammoth target of 296 runs. While chasing, the West Indies were skittled out for just 117 runs.

Rishad Hossain was the pick among the bowlers as he had taken a three-wicket haul, and his overall tally in this series was 12, and he had become the first Bangladeshi bowler to take more than 10 wickets in a bilateral series after 2015. Nasum Ahmed also took three wickets, whereas Tanvir Islam registered match-winning figures of 8-0-16-2.

Bangladesh's openers began playing offensively from the beginning on a spin-friendly pitch. Saif and Sarkar took the Bangladeshi bowlers to the cleaners and built their second-highest partnership in this format and also their first hundred partnership in the last 10 years.

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Saif had hit Akeal Hossein for two fours in the first over and then had smashed a six in the next over. Sarkar then hit Roston Chase for two reverse-hit sixes. Saif then played a brilliant shot as the ball went towards the covers in Greaves over.

The Bangladesh batters continued to hit fours. Saif scored his first half-century and brought up the team's 100-run partnership for the first wicket. On the other hand, Sarkar played precisely as he had hit Motie for a six and a four after getting out on 91 runs and fell short of his 4th ton.

The other batters failed to fire. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Towhid Hridoy built a partnership of 50 runs for the third wicket, where Shanto was dismissed by Alick Athanaze on the next ball. The West Indies spinners did put up a late fight, but the host had posted a mammoth target of 296 runs, which also includes 14 sixes.

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The visitors never really got going while chasing. Nasum first took Alick Athanaze and Ackeem Auguste wickets by lbw in the fifth over. Shai Hope had faced just 4 balls, and Tanvir Islam took his wicket, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz then took Rutherford's wicket. Rishad then took the wicket of Chase for a duck and had trapped Motie, which made the visitors succumb against a brilliant spin attack.

Since this series was leveled at 1-1, the hot's brilliant win the third match helped them win the series by 2-1.