Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat. This was a classical Bangladeshi turning track. Everyone knows that if they play in Bangladesh, they will get a turning track. We see Bangladesh struggling outside Bangladesh — this is the only reason. The pitch was so bad that the West Indies bowled all 50 overs with spinners.

Bangladesh started slowly, respecting the conditions, but Saif Hasan got out early on Akeal Hosein’s ball. Soumya Sarkar scored 45 runs, but he also got out on Akeal’s ball. Everyone contributed a little bit; Miraz did not out on 32, and at the end of the innings, Rishad Hossain scored some crucial runs with a strike rate of 278.57 — 39 runs in just 14 balls on that difficult track.

Akeal Hosein and Alick Athanaze picked 2 wickets each. Motie took 3 wickets. Bangladesh put up a total of 213-7.

The West Indies’ start was shaky. Brandon King got out on his first ball. Alick and Keacy stabilised the innings, but after that, the West Indies lost quick wickets. At one point, the West Indies were on 137-7. But Shai Hope and Justin Greaves didn’t lose hope and built a partnership. Justin got run out on 26 runs, but Shai Hope continued with the bat.

The match went into final-over drama. West Indies needed 5 runs, and Bangladesh needed 2 wickets. Saif Hasan bowled the final over. The first 2 balls were dots, then 2 singles. Akeal Hosein got bowled on the 5th ball of the over, and suddenly the match turned towards Bangladesh. Khary made 2 runs on the final ball, and the match went into the Super Over.

Shai Hope and Rutherford came for the Super Over, and Bangladesh chose a fast bowler on this track to bowl. Mustafizur Rahman bowled the Super Over. The West Indies scored 10 runs.

Soumya Sarkar and Saif Hasan came for the Super Over, and Akeal Hosein bowled. Akeal bowled a wide and a no-ball in the first 2 deliveries, but he managed to bowl some good balls after that, and West Indies won by 1 run.

BAN: 93-10 (27.1)

Player of the Match -Bilal Sami

Player of the Series -Ibrahim Zadran

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI was played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 14 Oct. Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first.

Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave a solid opening start to Afghanistan. Gurbaz missed his fifty by 8 runs and Ibrahim missed his century by just 5 runs. Sediqullah Atal, a young talented left-hander, also contributed 29 runs. In the end, Mohammad Nabi, who has been finishing games for Afghanistan for many years, did it again with a quickfire 62 off 37 balls.

For Bangladesh, Saif Hassan bowled just 4 overs but gave away only 6 runs and took 3 important wickets, including a maiden over. Hassan Mahmud and Tanvir Islam took 2 wickets each, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz picked up 1 wicket.

Chasing 294, Bangladesh struggled from the start. Saif Hassan, who also opened the batting, scored 43 off 54 balls [4s-2, 6s-3], but no other batter could even reach double figures.

Bilal Sami, a 21-year-old pacer, took his first five-wicket haul. Rashid Khan showed his magic with the ball, picking up 3 wickets, and Azmatullah took 1 wicket.

Afghanistan bowled out Bangladesh for just 93 runs and completed a dominant 200-run win to seal a 3-0 clean sweep.