100th ODI wins for Bangladesh

October 1, 2016 | SportsGuff Team 920 Reads

Bangladesh wins the decider series by 2-1 against Afghanistan. The series win also made the 100th ODI win for Bangladesh. Bangladesh sets the target of 279 for 8 in 50 overs. The opener left handed batsman Tamim Iqbal scored 118 runs of 118 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes at an strike rate of 100.00, hits his 7th ODI century (highest for any Bangladeshi batsman) and was adjudged Man of the Match and also the Man of The Series. Tamim scored 218 runs at an average of 72.66 with an strike rate of 86.50 in a 3 match series.

Tamim Iqbal (MOM & MOS):Yes, it finally happened. I should have got it in the first game, I thought, but at the end of the day, I got it in the third ODI and I'm happy. It wasn't the easiest wicket to bat on, I thought the ball was spinning a bit early on. The wicket was hard and dry. I took my time and finally got a hundred. Sabbir is an exciting player. That's (England series) a big one. The boys are all pumped up and hopefully we can have a good series.

Afghanistan star batsman Mohammad Shahzad went for duck and Nawroz Mangal made partnership of 47 runs in 11.2 overs with Rahamat Shah for the 2nd wicket and was the highest partnership in the Afghanistan innings. Afghanistan were allout for 138 for 10 wickets in 33.5 overs and Bangladesh won by 141 runs.