Bangladesh defeat Windies in first ODI
Tamim Iqbal and Naeem Islam scored half-centuries while Sohag Gazi took 4 wickets as Bangladesh beat the West Indies by 7 wickets in the first ODI match.Scores
Iqbal smashed a 51-ball 58 studded with eight fours and two sixes while Islam finished with an unbeaten 50 as the hosts achieved a modest 200-run target with 9.2 overs to spare, for a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Gazi took 4-29, the best figures by a Bangldeshi bowler on one-day debut, to restrict the West Indies to 199 after they won the toss and opted to bat.
Gayle, who hit four boundaries and two sixes during his 40-ball knock, gave the West Indies a sound 48-run start with Lendl Simmons (13) but once the spinners came in to the attack the innings got derailed.
Gayle was smartly caught at long-on by Tamim Iqbal as the left-hander tried to clear the boundary.
The West Indies were in danger of getting out for below the 150-mark but Sunil Narine, who top-scored with 36, added 57 for the ninth wicket with Ravi Rampaul (25) to lift the total.
Gazi, who also dismissed Devon Thomas for 16, ended the innings by trapping Narine leg-before in the 47th over to record the best figures for a Bangladeshi on an ODI debut, improving on Rubel Hossain’s 4-33 against Sri Lanka in Dhaka in 2009.
Darren Bravo also shaped well for his 41-ball 35 which included four boundaries and a six before he was run out as the West Indies lost their way from 100-3 to 133-8.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak dismissed big-hitters Kieron Pollard (15) and Andre Russell (nought) before dismissing Rampaul to finish with 3-39.
Iqbal and Anamul Haque (41) put on a soild 88-run opening stand to ensure Bangladesh, who were missing key all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan through injury, did not spoil the good work by their bowlers.
Iqbal dispatched West Indian spearhead Kemar Roach for two fours and a six in one over to reach his 24th one-day fifty before playing straight into the hands of point off spinner Sunil Narine.
Haque hit seven boundaries off 62 balls before giving a return catch to West Indian skipper Darren Sammy.
Islam, who hit six fours in his sedate 79-ball knock, shared a 45-run third wicket stand with Nasir Hossain (28) as the hosts comfortably registered a sweet comeback win after losing the Test series 2-0.
West Indies 199 (Narine 36, Gazi 4-29, Razzak 3-39)
Bangladesh 201 for 3 (Tamim 58, Naeem 50*)
