What happened to Bangladesh's batting order? 4 wickets were lost for only 176 runs after the 32nd over. I did not expect such poor batting by the Bangladesh team. I hope they recover and put on a decent target of 250 or more for Ireland. The only good news is that Tamim Iqbal is still batting. He needs to continue as long as he can. The need of this hour is that both the Captain and WK should form a partnership.
Bangladesh's innings ended at 274 runs. At the beginning of the game, the run rate was around 7 until the first 20 overs, from there the batsmen could have made this score a little bigger if they wanted. As in the second ODI match, no one could bat responsibly for Bangladesh today.
Although Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan, Liton Das, Nazmul Hossain Shanto made small efforts, the score of Bangladesh finally reached 278 runs. Had Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehidy Hasan not given away their wickets like this, some more runs would have come towards the end.
While Ireland scored 320 plus runs against Bangladesh in 45 overs, Bangladesh scored 278 runs in 50 overs. It remains to be seen how long Bangladesh will fight against Ireland with a capital of only 278 runs.
A dramatic turn of events in this match! Bangladesh were looking strong at 261/5 in 45.2 overs, but then bowled out for 274. They lost their remaining 5 wickets for just 13 runs. It's a really unfortunate turn of events for Bangladesh.
Ireland must be feeling confident as their target of 275 runs. Credit must go to the Irish bowlers, but special thanks go to Mark Adair for his impressive 4-wicket. Now it's all up to the Irish batters, they have a chance to win this match.
Earlier on, Ireland won the toss and opted to bowl, and it's good to say that their decision paid off. Their bowlers executed their plans perfectly, and it's clear that Bangladesh were at least 30-35 runs short in their innings.
