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Bangladesh is playing very sensibly in recent matches they have shown some really mature and confident performances.  But in yesterday's match Ireland deserved to win but their batsman couldn't face pressure in last overs which lead to their defeat.
Last ODI match of this series were really interesting because no one can predict the winner till the last ball of the match, Ireland has huge opportunity to dominate the opponent because they have long number of strong power hitter which has ability to chase down the required target but all of Thier efforts crushed by the sunsational Bangladeshi bowler through Thier magical bowling name M.Rahim and M.hassan.
Ireland has opportunity till last ball, because they almost chased the target only 5 runs were left and I think they deserve too. but anyway win and lose is part of the game, at the end a big round of applause for Bangladesh for Thier supervb performance
Ireland could not prove themselves against Bangladesh in white ball cricket, they lost the opportunity. Although Ireland have the most Test experience in this team, they lost the ODI series 2–0 and the T20I series 2–1, and the team has lost all the three Test matches Ireland have played so far in the last five years. Bangladesh played attacking cricket in every match except the last match in the white ball series. Bangladesh set new records in every match.
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It was difficult to guess after first innings that Bangladesh will win the match. However, Ireland team was reach at the close of victory. Most of the time it seemed that the team might confirm the win in this match but failed at the end of the match. The last ODI match was extremely exciting. 274 Run had no big score on that pitch, but it is very easy to understand that lack of experience of the Ireland team. They did well in the beginning but did not hold this consistency. I doubt whether they will get such a big opportunity again.

In terms of experience, there wasn't much difference between Ireland and Bangladesh. Ireland had included most of their senior players, including Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Josh Little and Andy McBrine. The way they lost the two ODI matches was disappointing. In both the matches, they were in winning position, and lost out in the final overs. Team bonding and understanding was missing in their performance, while Bangladesh worked together as a team perfectly. Anyway, they have one more chance to qualify for the ODI World Cup in June this year, and they should work hard for that.
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Bangladesh is playing very sensibly in recent matches they have shown some really mature and confident performances.  But in yesterday's match Ireland deserved to win but their batsman couldn't face pressure in last overs which lead to their defeat.
Last ODI match of this series were really interesting because no one can predict the winner till the last ball of the match, Ireland has huge opportunity to dominate the opponent because they have long number of strong power hitter which has ability to chase down the required target but all of Thier efforts crushed by the sunsational Bangladeshi bowler through Thier magical bowling name M.Rahim and M.hassan.
Ireland has opportunity till last ball, because they almost chased the target only 5 runs were left and I think they deserve too. but anyway win and lose is part of the game, at the end a big round of applause for Bangladesh for Thier supervb performance
It was difficult to guess after first innings that Bangladesh will win the match. However, Ireland team was reach at the close of victory. Most of the time it seemed that the team might confirm the win in this match but failed at the end of the match. The last ODI match was extremely exciting. 274 Run had no big score on that pitch, but it is very easy to understand that lack of experience of the Ireland team. They did well in the beginning but did not hold this consistency. I doubt whether they will get such a big opportunity again.
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Bangladesh is playing very sensibly in recent matches they have shown some really mature and confident performances.  But in yesterday's match Ireland deserved to win but their batsman couldn't face pressure in last overs which lead to their defeat.
Last ODI match of this series were really interesting because no one can predict the winner till the last ball of the match, Ireland has huge opportunity to dominate the opponent because they have long number of strong power hitter which has ability to chase down the required target but all of Thier efforts crushed by the sunsational Bangladeshi bowler through Thier magical bowling name M.Rahim and M.hassan.
Ireland has opportunity till last ball, because they almost chased the target only 5 runs were left and I think they deserve too. but anyway win and lose is part of the game, at the end a big round of applause for Bangladesh for Thier supervb performance
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Disappointed with the performance from Ireland. Despite having the home advantage, they lost the series 2-0 (with the first match washed out as a result of rain).
Ireland had the home advantage, which is noticeable in the result of the match. They lost both matches by getting close to the victory. It was like a home ground for Ireland, but the stadium was filled with the supporters of Bangladesh. Anyway, the performance of Ireland was a lot better than before. They lost the series pathetically when they visited Bangladesh.
Home ground advantage most of the time help teams in hard situation. Maybe Bangladesh have improved its performance overseas. First match and the second match were very near. In the second match we were able to see the home ground advantage, but the fall of wickets made Ireland lose the match.
And in the spin department, both Andy McBrine and George Dockrell failed miserably.
The spin department didn't perform badly at all. Andy McBrine bowled badly in the second match only. McBrine and Dockrell bowled very well in the 1st and 3rd ODI. Ireland fielding section was a bit poor.
In the second match each and every bowler had the regular bowling economy around 7rpo. The worst part they weren't able to break partnership and take wickets at regular time gap. Bangladesh is more experienced than Ireland which too a reason for the lose of the matches.
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Disappointed with the performance from Ireland. Despite having the home advantage, they lost the series 2-0 (with the first match washed out as a result of rain).
Ireland had the home advantage, which is noticeable in the result of the match. They lost both matches by getting close to the victory. It was like a home ground for Ireland, but the stadium was filled with the supporters of Bangladesh. Anyway, the performance of Ireland was a lot better than before. They lost the series pathetically when they visited Bangladesh.

And in the spin department, both Andy McBrine and George Dockrell failed miserably.
The spin department didn't perform badly at all. Andy McBrine bowled badly in the second match only. McBrine and Dockrell bowled very well in the 1st and 3rd ODI. Ireland fielding section was a bit poor.
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I would say Bangladesh won this match only because of Mustafiz's brilliant bowling. But Miraj and Hasan's bowling was good enough in this match. A mere 274 was not enough to win on such a pitch. The performance of Bangladesh's batsmen was poor. Ireland on the other hand collected more than 100 in their second wicket pair. And till 40 overs the match was in control of Ireland. But unfortunately, they were defeated. I would say that Ireland was defeated because of the experienced performance of Bangladesh's bowlers. Otherwise, Ireland would have won this match easily.
Mostafizur Rahman played an important role for Bangladesh team's victory. The talented young cricketer managed to pick up two important wickets of Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker. I saw their batting of 21 overs and naturally thought that Ireland was going to get an easy win. But I could not think that the match would turn later. But it was unfortunate for Ireland that they would eventually lose to Bangladesh by just 4 runs. They had a chance but they didn't capitalize it.
Young cricketer Mostafizur Rahman displayed his talent and had a huge impact on Bangladesh's victory over Ireland in a dramatic turn of events. Rahman put up a spectacular performance to take two key wickets, including those of Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker. At first glance, it appeared as though Ireland would win easily because of their strong batting performance over the course of the 21 overs. However, destiny had other ideas. Ireland was dissatisfied after the game's unexpected turn because they missed winning by just 4 runs. Ireland wasted the chance since they did not take advantage of it so it was a squandered opportunity for them. The result demonstrates how unpredictable cricket is where the tides may shift suddenly and astound both players and spectators.
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I would say Bangladesh won this match only because of Mustafiz's brilliant bowling. But Miraj and Hasan's bowling was good enough in this match. A mere 274 was not enough to win on such a pitch. The performance of Bangladesh's batsmen was poor. Ireland on the other hand collected more than 100 in their second wicket pair. And till 40 overs the match was in control of Ireland. But unfortunately, they were defeated. I would say that Ireland was defeated because of the experienced performance of Bangladesh's bowlers. Otherwise, Ireland would have won this match easily.
Mostafizur Rahman played an important role for Bangladesh team's victory. The talented young cricketer managed to pick up two important wickets of Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker. I saw their batting of 21 overs and naturally thought that Ireland was going to get an easy win. But I could not think that the match would turn later. But it was unfortunate for Ireland that they would eventually lose to Bangladesh by just 4 runs. They had a chance but they didn't capitalize it.

Mustafiz certainly performed really well in that match. But I would say that Hasan Mahmud also performed really well. We are not talking about him enough. The way he bowled the last over was absolutely incredible. But I will actually blame Ireland. Remember Ireland had given 26 extra in that Bangladesh batting innings. Imagine that being anything less like 20. It was going to be a win for Ireland. Both innings took a big turn towards the end. I still have some question marks about the captaincy of Tamim Iqbal.
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I would say Bangladesh won this match only because of Mustafiz's brilliant bowling. But Miraj and Hasan's bowling was good enough in this match. A mere 274 was not enough to win on such a pitch. The performance of Bangladesh's batsmen was poor. Ireland on the other hand collected more than 100 in their second wicket pair. And till 40 overs the match was in control of Ireland. But unfortunately, they were defeated. I would say that Ireland was defeated because of the experienced performance of Bangladesh's bowlers. Otherwise, Ireland would have won this match easily.
Mostafizur Rahman played an important role for Bangladesh team's victory. The talented young cricketer managed to pick up two important wickets of Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker. I saw their batting of 21 overs and naturally thought that Ireland was going to get an easy win. But I could not think that the match would turn later. But it was unfortunate for Ireland that they would eventually lose to Bangladesh by just 4 runs. They had a chance but they didn't capitalize it.
Bangladesh is playing very sensibly in recent matches they have shown some really mature and confident performances.  But in yesterday's match Ireland deserved to win but their batsman couldn't face pressure in last overs which lead to their defeat.
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I would say Bangladesh won this match only because of Mustafiz's brilliant bowling. But Miraj and Hasan's bowling was good enough in this match. A mere 274 was not enough to win on such a pitch. The performance of Bangladesh's batsmen was poor. Ireland on the other hand collected more than 100 in their second wicket pair. And till 40 overs the match was in control of Ireland. But unfortunately, they were defeated. I would say that Ireland was defeated because of the experienced performance of Bangladesh's bowlers. Otherwise, Ireland would have won this match easily.
Mostafizur Rahman played an important role for Bangladesh team's victory. The talented young cricketer managed to pick up two important wickets of Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker. I saw their batting of 21 overs and naturally thought that Ireland was going to get an easy win. But I could not think that the match would turn later. But it was unfortunate for Ireland that they would eventually lose to Bangladesh by just 4 runs. They had a chance but they didn't capitalize it.
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In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.
I would say it was a game must won by Ireland, as they played well to chase the target. The irony with Ireland is that they don't have the capability to finish the game. Ireland collapsed when 44 runs were required on 50 balls with 7 wickets in hands. This weakness of Ireland can only be overcome if they were given more and more chances to play against test teams. Mustafizur Rahman was the hero as he picked 3 wickets at very crucial part of the game.   
You are right that Mustafizur Rahman played a great role in ensuring victory for Bangladesh. On the other hand, Mahmud Hasan managed to take two great wickets in the last minute, all in all, Bangladesh's bowling department made it possible for Bangladesh to win this match.
Mustafizur Rahman really played a very important role to win the match tomorrow. Mustafizur Rahman was not present in the first and second ODIs, but came to the third ODI and showed a great surprise. Mustafizur Rahman bowled 10 overs and took 4 wickets with 44 runs including a maiden over. Mustafizur Rahman came towards the end and took 3 wickets in 3 consecutive overs. Mustafizur Rahman took the first wicket in Ireland's innings. All in all, Mustafizur Rahman won the Man of the Match title after defeating Ireland.

I would say Bangladesh won this match only because of Mustafiz's brilliant bowling. But Miraj and Hasan's bowling was good enough in this match. A mere 274 was not enough to win on such a pitch. The performance of Bangladesh's batsmen was poor. Ireland on the other hand collected more than 100 in their second wicket pair. And till 40 overs the match was in control of Ireland. But unfortunately, they were defeated. I would say that Ireland was defeated because of the experienced performance of Bangladesh's bowlers. Otherwise, Ireland would have won this match easily.
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In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.

I would say it was a game must won by Ireland, as they played well to chase the target. The irony with Ireland is that they don't have the capability to finish the game. Ireland collapsed when 44 runs were required on 50 balls with 7 wickets in hands. This weakness of Ireland can only be overcome if they were given more and more chances to play against test teams. Mustafizur Rahman was the hero as he picked 3 wickets at very crucial part of the game.   
You are right that Mustafizur Rahman played a great role in ensuring victory for Bangladesh. On the other hand, Mahmud Hasan managed to take two great wickets in the last minute, all in all, Bangladesh's bowling department made it possible for Bangladesh to win this match.
Mustafizur Rahman really played a very important role to win the match tomorrow. Mustafizur Rahman was not present in the first and second ODIs, but came to the third ODI and showed a great surprise. Mustafizur Rahman bowled 10 overs and took 4 wickets with 44 runs including a maiden over. Mustafizur Rahman came towards the end and took 3 wickets in 3 consecutive overs. Mustafizur Rahman took the first wicket in Ireland's innings. All in all, Mustafizur Rahman won the Man of the Match title after defeating Ireland.
Tomorrow  Huh  Yes Mustafizur Rahman along with Hasan Mahmud also played a good role in yesterday's ODI match.  Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets in 10 overs and Hasan Mahmud took 2 wickets in 9 overs. they have performed very well in bowling but both of them scored 1 run in batting. Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim did very well with the bat.  All in all, Bangladesh won the match in good way.
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In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.

I would say it was a game must won by Ireland, as they played well to chase the target. The irony with Ireland is that they don't have the capability to finish the game. Ireland collapsed when 44 runs were required on 50 balls with 7 wickets in hands. This weakness of Ireland can only be overcome if they were given more and more chances to play against test teams. Mustafizur Rahman was the hero as he picked 3 wickets at very crucial part of the game.   
You are right that Mustafizur Rahman played a great role in ensuring victory for Bangladesh. On the other hand, Mahmud Hasan managed to take two great wickets in the last minute, all in all, Bangladesh's bowling department made it possible for Bangladesh to win this match.
Mustafizur Rahman really played a very important role to win the match tomorrow. Mustafizur Rahman was not present in the first and second ODIs, but came to the third ODI and showed a great surprise. Mustafizur Rahman bowled 10 overs and took 4 wickets with 44 runs including a maiden over. Mustafizur Rahman came towards the end and took 3 wickets in 3 consecutive overs. Mustafizur Rahman took the first wicket in Ireland's innings. All in all, Mustafizur Rahman won the Man of the Match title after defeating Ireland.
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In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.

I would say it was a game must won by Ireland, as they played well to chase the target. The irony with Ireland is that they don't have the capability to finish the game. Ireland collapsed when 44 runs were required on 50 balls with 7 wickets in hands. This weakness of Ireland can only be overcome if they were given more and more chances to play against test teams. Mustafizur Rahman was the hero as he picked 3 wickets at very crucial part of the game.   
You are right that Mustafizur Rahman played a great role in ensuring victory for Bangladesh. On the other hand, Mahmud Hasan managed to take two great wickets in the last minute, all in all, Bangladesh's bowling department made it possible for Bangladesh to win this match.
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In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.

I would say it was a game must won by Ireland, as they played well to chase the target. The irony with Ireland is that they don't have the capability to finish the game. Ireland collapsed when 44 runs were required on 50 balls with 7 wickets in hands. This weakness of Ireland can only be overcome if they were given more and more chances to play against test teams. Mustafizur Rahman was the hero as he picked 3 wickets at very crucial part of the game.   
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Bangladesh ended on 274 and I have to mention that there are 26 extra given from Ireland. Without that, Bangladesh wouldn't have been able to reach 250. The late middle order and low order absolutely performed badly in this match.
Right now Ireland is doing well to keep wickets in hand. Bangladesh is not being able to get regular wickets like Ireland did. Ireland needs 119 from 17.4 overs. Even though the required run rate is almost at 7, I would say that it is still doable with having 7 wickets in hand.

Ireland are in very good position to win this game and level the series 1-1. They need 49 runs in 44 balls with 5 wickets in hands. After doing all the hard work Ireland are losing wickets in quick succession. Its a game very much in favor of Ireland but if they keep losing wickets like that then they are likely to lose this game. Its a good opportunity for Ireland to draw an ODI series against a test playing side.
In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.

Once again we have a very close match between the two teams and Bangladesh won by a margin of only 5 runs. Batting first Bangladesh scored 274 runs. The captain and the opener lead from the front and scored 69 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim also scored 45 runs and every batsmen played their part in order for them to reach this score.

Ireland also responded well with Paul Stirling 60 runs, Andy Balbirnie 53 runs , Harry Tector  45 runs and Lorcan Tucker 50 runs. They had a very good chance to win this match but unfortunately could not finish. 

It was an interesting series to watch and Bangladesh come out as a winner with 2-0.
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Bangladesh ended on 274 and I have to mention that there are 26 extra given from Ireland. Without that, Bangladesh wouldn't have been able to reach 250. The late middle order and low order absolutely performed badly in this match.
Right now Ireland is doing well to keep wickets in hand. Bangladesh is not being able to get regular wickets like Ireland did. Ireland needs 119 from 17.4 overs. Even though the required run rate is almost at 7, I would say that it is still doable with having 7 wickets in hand.

Ireland are in very good position to win this game and level the series 1-1. They need 49 runs in 44 balls with 5 wickets in hands. After doing all the hard work Ireland are losing wickets in quick succession. Its a game very much in favor of Ireland but if they keep losing wickets like that then they are likely to lose this game. Its a good opportunity for Ireland to draw an ODI series against a test playing side.
In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.
Two batsmen played very poor shots towards the end of the Island team. Scoop short to the back got out two batsmen who were in great form at the time. Had they not made that kind of mistake, I think the match would have been easily won.
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Bangladesh ended on 274 and I have to mention that there are 26 extra given from Ireland. Without that, Bangladesh wouldn't have been able to reach 250. The late middle order and low order absolutely performed badly in this match.
Right now Ireland is doing well to keep wickets in hand. Bangladesh is not being able to get regular wickets like Ireland did. Ireland needs 119 from 17.4 overs. Even though the required run rate is almost at 7, I would say that it is still doable with having 7 wickets in hand.

Ireland are in very good position to win this game and level the series 1-1. They need 49 runs in 44 balls with 5 wickets in hands. After doing all the hard work Ireland are losing wickets in quick succession. Its a game very much in favor of Ireland but if they keep losing wickets like that then they are likely to lose this game. Its a good opportunity for Ireland to draw an ODI series against a test playing side.
In another nail-biting finish Bangladesh triumphed over Ireland securing a thrilling victory by a margin of 4 runs. The win ensured Bangladesh a clean sweep of the ODI series which ended 2-0 in their favour. Mustafizur Rahman emerged as the hero of the match claiming 4 wickets while conceding just 44 runs in his 10 overs. Despite a valiant effort from the Irish batsmen including a formidable partnership of 109 runs in the second wicket Ireland fell just 4 runs short of their target of 274 While L. Tucker scored 50 runs and M Adair 20 runs fought hard but Bangladesh disciplined bowling proved decisive as they maintained control throughout and clean sweep ODi Series by 2-0.
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Bangladeshi players are very confident now. In the last match against Ireland, at one point it looked like Ireland would secure victory. But Bangladesh are able to master themselves with the extraordinary charismatic bowling of Mustafizur Rahman and Hashan Mahmud. A win like this will be a huge confidence booster for the next World Cup.
Well played by the Bangladesh team as I was expecting. First they bowl really well and they didn't give any chance to Ireland to go up 300. And Ireland only made 269 runs and gave 9 wickets. Bangladesh batting was good. By the way I only missing the last shot which was a great six. And the bowling of Mustafizur Rahman( he is the man of match) was excellent. Congratulations to Islamabad. And now Bangladesh won the series with 2-0
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Disappointed with the performance from Ireland. Despite having the home advantage, they lost the series 2-0 (with the first match washed out as a result of rain). All of their main players were available for this series, so there can be no excuse related to player availability. Batting was OK, with Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker scoring decently. But bowling was a big let down. Josh Little was expensive and could not take wickets, while Graham Hume leaked runs. Only Mark Adair was consistent as far as pace bowling is considered. And in the spin department, both Andy McBrine and George Dockrell failed miserably.
I am not dissapointed I am happy that they cam so close to level the series after a disastrous performance in the previous match. They are still building thier team and hopefully in couple of years they will become a good one. I was disappointed with Bangladesh team playing the match casually. Although they won the match and the series they should have won it with a big margin.
In the second ODI match, we saw Bangladesh's bowling disaster and batting disaster in the third ODI match. Bangladesh has been able to overcome these disasters in two matches and win. But Bangladesh should learn from these mistakes. If the bowling is bad in one match, if the batsmen are bad in one match, then any match can go out of hand. There are Asia Cup and World Cup tournaments ahead, there will be competition from teams much stronger than Ireland, if such mistakes are made with those teams, Bangladesh will never win the big tournament. Bangladesh has to be praised for the fact that the winning streak has continued despite England's conditions.
The Bangladesh team makes mistakes, but the team had improved a lot compared to its past years of cricket. For now I'm expecting to see its game on the Asia Cup and the World Cup. Years back when a top team play against Bangladesh we were able to confirm it as a win for the opponent. Now the scenario is different, whether it is India, England, Australia or any of the team we can't be conclude earlier it as a win for them. Bangladesh team have evolved as a tough contender who have got the ability to change the match at any situation.

Now Bangladesh team is much stronger and more organized than before. Bangladesh players are confident and capable of playing well despite playing against bigger opponents. Bangladesh has been able to form an excellent squad. But their opening pair is still weak. Tamim Iqbal is very experienced but he is not playing well. At the same time, Liton Das lost his form again. If Tamim and Liton are in form and playing well, the Bangladesh team is capable of defeating any big team. Bangladesh squad has two excellent pace bowlers like Hasan and Mustafiz. Also Shakib and Miraj are in good form. I will expect a better performance from Bangladesh in the next World Cup. I would like to see this team at least in the semi finals.
Bangladeshi players are very confident now. In the last match against Ireland, at one point it looked like Ireland would secure victory. But Bangladesh are able to master themselves with the extraordinary charismatic bowling of Mustafizur Rahman and Hashan Mahmud. A win like this will be a huge confidence booster for the next World Cup.
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