1st ODI, Bangladesh hammer sorry West Indies in Dhaka: Stats
What's the story
In the first ODI of the Bangladesh versus West Indies 2025 series, the hosts downed visiting Windies in Dhaka. Bangladesh were bowled out for 207 runs in 49.4 overs. Towhid Hridoy was the top scorer for Bangladesh with a painstaking half-century while debutant Mahidul Islam contributed with a steady knock of 46 runs. Jayden Seales was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies, claiming three wickets. In response, Rishad Hossain's heroics helped Bangladesh down West Indies.
Match progression
Bangladesh recover from early blows with cautious approach
Bangladesh's innings got off to a shaky start as they lost two wickets in the first three overs. Romario Shepherd dismissed Saif Hassan with a nip-backer while Jayden Seales sent Soumya Sarkar back to the pavilion. However, Hridoy and Shanto managed to stabilize the innings with a defensive approach, each hitting two fours during the powerplay before going boundary-less for 11 overs.
Steady innings
Hridoy and Shanto resist West Indies's attack
Hridoy and Shanto's cautious approach helped them avoid a batting collapse. They both hit two fours each in the powerplay before going 11 overs without a boundary. However, their resistance was broken when Shanto was trapped lbw by Khary Pierre for 32 runs after hitting three fours in his 63-ball knock. Hridoy reached his half-century off 87 balls before being caught behind off Justin Greaves' bowling.
Final push
Chase's double strike derails Bangladesh's momentum
Mahidul batted cautiously, taking Bangladesh to the latter part of their innings. He hit his first boundary after over 25 overs, with Mehidy Miraz joining him in picking up the pace. However, Chase dismissed both batters in quick succession. First, he had Mehidy caught at deep fine leg before clean bowling Mahidul for 46 runs. Rishad Hossain scored a couple of sixes in his brief stay but Seales's yorker ended his innings.
Hridoy
Hridoy gets to his 11th ODI fifty
Hridoy departed for a 90-ball 51 (3 fours). Playing his 42nd ODI, he has raced to 1,225 runs at 35, as per ESPNcricinfo. He owns 12 50-plus scores in the format, including a hundred. 424 of his runs have come in home matches at 47.11 (50s: 4). This was the first time Hridoy took the field against WI in the 50-over format.
WI bowlers
Summary of WI bowlers as Seales picks three wickets
Seales was the pick of the WI bowlers with 3/48 from 7 overs. In 26 ODIs, Seales has raced to 34 wickets at 31.64. Khary Pierre bowled 10 overs and clocked 1/19 (2 maidens). Roston Chase was solid and clocked 2/30 from his 10 overs. In 64 matches, he owns 41 scalps. Justin Greaves picked 2/32 from 5 overs. Lastly, Gudakesh Motie managed 0/44 from 10 overs whereas Romario Shepherd picked 1/31 from 7.4 overs.
Milestone
Brandon King and Keacy Carty surpass 1,500 runs for WI
Brandon King scored a vital 44 upfront for WI. With this knock, he went past 1,500 runs in ODIs. Playing his 56th match, King has scored 1,512 runs at 28. Versus Bangladesh, he has 177 runs from 7 matches. On the other hand, Keacy Carty hit a 30-ball 9. With this 5th run of the contest, he reached the mark of 1,500. He now owns 1,504 runs from 41 matches at 45.57.
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WI perish for 133 runs
WI were abysmal with the bat and perished for a score of 133. Alick Athanaze (27) and Shai Hope (15) were the top scorers besides King's 44. For the Tigers, Rishad roared with six wickets.
Hossain
Rishad Hossain floors WI with 6 wickets
Rishad picked six wickets for 35 runs from 9 overs. In 12 ODIs, he has raced to 16 wickets. This is now his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs. Rishad has now recorded the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh bowler against WI in ODIs. He bettered Taijul Islam's 5/28 in July 2022. Notably, Taijul and Rishad are the only Bangladesh bowlers with five-wicket hauls against WI.
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Mustafizur Rahman gets to 177 ODI wickets
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman picked 2 scalps from 5 overs. He conceded 16 runs. He has now got to 177 wickets at 26.79. In 17 matches versus WI, he has picked 30 wickets at 21.80.