Bangladesh vs Ireland: Hasan Mahmud takes maiden fifer in hosts’ first-ever 10-wicket win; take series 2-0

Pacer Hasan Mahmud strted in the win as he picked his first fifer to bundle out Ireland for mere 101 runs by the 29th overs. Taskin Ahmed picked a 3/29 as well whule Ebadot Hossain dismissed two Irish batters.

Bangladesh chased down the target by the beginning of the 14th over as Liton Das scored an unbeaten half century while Tamim Iqbal scored 41 not out from the other end.

Among Irish batters, Curtis Campher scored the most at 36 while Lorcan Tucker managed 28 after being dropped at 0 by Liton. But Hasan was effective from his first spell as Ireland were down to 22/3 by the ninth over.

Taskin then removed Ireland skipper Andy Balbirnie for six before Tucker turned up the aggression to hit Ebadot for three fours in one over. Ebadot soon had his revenge, taking two wickets in two balls, and Taskin sealed Ireland’s collapse with a double strike in his seventh over.

Bangladesh won Saturday’s opener by 183 runs, with Monday’s second match washed out by rain. The drubbing was Bangladesh’s first 10-wicket win in any format, with the hosts smashing records in each match.

Saturday’s opener marked their biggest ODI victory margin. Then on Monday, they recorded their highest ODI total with 349-6, Mushfiqur Rahim scoring the fastest ODI century by a Bangladeshi batsman off 60 balls.

Ireland will also play three Twenty20 internationals and a Test during their visit.

With inputs from PTI