A stellar allround show of Shakib Al Hasan and a fearless batting of debutant Towhid Hridoy helped Bangladesh seal their largest ever victory when they annihilated Ireland by 183 runs in the three-match ODI series opener today at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Both of them failed to hit the well deserved century but their effort was instrumental in steering Bangladesh to a daunting 338-8, their highest ODI total in this history, going past 333-8 against Australia during 2019 World Cup at Nottingham.

Ireland were left clueless, jaded and out-of-sort against a relentless Bangladeshi attack, which eventually dismissed them for 155 in 30.5 overs. Bangladesh’s previous biggest victory was against Zimbabwe by 169 at the same venue in 2020.

Shakib struck 93 off 89 with the help of nine boundaries, a knock which was his third consecutive fifty plus knock. He hit 58 and a match-winning 75 against England in the last two ODIs.

The talisman also reached 7000 runs mark as the second Bangladeshi batter after Tamim Iqbal when he was on 24 and became the only third player in the history with 7000 runs and 300 wickets simultaneously. বিস্তারিত