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Bangladesh's captain Tamim Iqbal on his way to 64 against the West Indies in the third ODI
CHITTAGONG, AFP: Four players hit fifties as Bangladesh (BAN) made light work of the West Indies (WI) to record a 120-run win in the third one-day international in Chittagong on Monday to sweep the series 3-0.
The home side bowled out a weakened WI for 177 runs after half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad and Shakib Al Hasan powered them to 297-6 in 50 overs.
Mohammad Saifuddin claimed 3-51, while Mustafizur Rahman (2-24) and Mehidy Hasan (2-18) chipped in with useful wickets.
WI were all out in 44.2 overs with Rovman Powell top-scoring with 47 off 49 balls. Tamim and Mushfiqur earlier struck 64 runs each, while Shakib made 51 and Mahmudullah Riyad put an unbeaten 64 off 43 balls.
“It has been fantastic for us. The hunger that the whole group showed was amazing,” Tamim said after the match. “Coming to international cricket after 10 months, the effort the boys put (in) was amazing.”
The hosts won the first two matches of the series in Dhaka, by six wickets and seven wickets respectively.
“We were a bit far away in all the three games. The bowling did OK, today maybe 30 runs too many. The batting didn't work at all,” said WI Captain Jason Mohammed.
His team came to the tournament short of at least eight players after several of them skipped the matches over coronavirus fears, while one tested positive for the infectious disease.
Shakib was named the man-of-the-series while Mushfiqur was named man-of-the-match.
The two teams will play two Test matches in February.
