BAN vs IRE 3rd ODI
BAN vs IRE 3rd ODI 2023: Preview of Series Deciding Match
The Bangladesh team scored a huge record-breaking run in the first two matches of the three-match ODI series against Ireland. Bangladesh broke their own record of the highest runs in the past by scoring 338 runs in the first match. In the next match, Tamim Iqbal's team surpassed the record of the previous match by scoring 349 runs. However, the second match of the 2023 BAN vs IRE ODI Series was washed away by rain, and it was a no result. Now Bangladesh will start the last match on March 23 with an aim to win the series, while Ireland will try to level the series by winning it.
Bangladesh vs Ireland ODI Series Overview 2023
Ireland could not even fight against the power of Bangladeshi batsmen-bowlers in the first game. Tamim Iqbal's team won the biggest victory in their ODI history by playing a 'perfect' match. Tamim Iqbal's team defeated Ireland by a huge margin of 183 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
It is Bangladesh's biggest win in terms of runs in 407 ODIs played in 37 years. The previous biggest win by runs was against Zimbabwe. In 2020, Bangladesh, led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, beat Zimbabwe by 169 runs on March 1 at this ground in Sylhet.
Bangladesh lost the toss and chose to bat first in the first match. Although the start was not good, Shakib and the man of the match, Hridoy, played a great inning with an excellent partnership for the fourth wicket. Later, Mushfiqur Rahim stormed with the bat. Bangladesh scored 338 runs for 8 wickets with the bat of these three, which was the highest collection in their ODI history. In response, Ireland's innings ended with 155 runs in 30.5 overs in the face of the bowling of Ebadot, Nasum, and Taskin.
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Two openers, Tamim Iqbal and Litton Das, started cautiously after losing the toss in the second match. From the start, Bangladesh indicated a big collection. Tamim Iqbal returned to the pavilion from being run out for 23 runs, but Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto picked up the fifties in the second ODI of the series against Ireland. But the end was entertained by Mushfiqur Rahim and Towhid Hridoy’s batting. Musfiqur picked his ninth ODI hundred in 60 balls and became the fastest ODI century record holder for Bangladesh.
However, Mushfiqur Rahim's fastest century and Bangladesh’s highest collection in their history in ODIs was declared abandoned at around 8:30. The cut-off time of the match was 9:33 PM. But it was raining in the field for an hour.
Towhid became the first Bangladeshi batsman to miss fifty for 1 run in the first two matches. Mushfiqur needed 9 runs in the last over to become Bangladesh's fastest centurion. Mushfiqur took two runs after getting a strike from the third ball. Next ball, he scooped a low full toss outside the off stump for a boundary. The record of the fastest ODI century for the country was achieved with 2 and 1 runs in the last two balls of the innings, respectively. Graham Hume took three wickets for Ireland in the second match.
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