IRE vs BAN: Nazmul and Mushfiqur give thrilling victory to Bangladesh, beat Ireland by 3 wickets
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IRE vs BAN 2nd ODI: Thanks to the century innings of Najmul Hossain Shanto Bangladesh India recorded a thrilling 3-wicket win against Ireland in the second ODI played at Chelmsford on Friday. Due to rain, this match was reduced to 45-45 overs, after which, batting first, Ireland gave Bangladesh a target of 320 runs to win, which Bangladesh team achieved in 44.3 overs. With this victory, Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. The first match was canceled due to rain.
Harry Tector scored a century for Ireland
Batting first after losing the toss, the Ireland team scored 319 runs for 6 wickets. Middle order batsman Harry Tector played a brilliant 140-run century innings for Ireland. Tector hit 7 fours and 10 sky-high sixes during his innings. Apart from Tector, George Dockrell also played an important inning of 74 runs, due to which the Ireland team was able to score a huge score. Hasan Mahmood and Shoriful Islam took 2-2 wickets for Bangladesh.
Najmul hit his first ODI century
At the same time, the Bangladesh team started off chasing a big target of 319 runs. The team had lost the wickets of its captain Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das at the score of 40. At that time it seemed that perhaps Bangladesh would lose this match, but Najmul Hussain Shanto, while batting amazingly, scored his first ODI century and gave Bangladesh a historic victory by 3 wickets. Najmul played a brilliant inning of 117 runs in just 93 balls at Chelmsford. He also hit 12 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.
Mushfiqur won in the last over
Apart from Nazmul, Tauheed Hriday also played an innings of 68 runs for Bangladesh and laid the foundation of victory. Najmul and Hriday shared a 131-run partnership for the fourth wicket and the match turned from here. At the same time, in the end, Bangladesh needed four runs in four balls, then experienced Mushfiqur Rahim gave victory to his team by hitting a four. Mushfiqur also remained unbeaten after scoring 36 runs. In this way, Bangladesh won the match by scoring 320 runs for 7 wickets in 44.3 overs.
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