Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh will face Ireland in the second One Day International (ODI) match at Chelmsford in United Kingdom today. The game will start at 3.00pm (Bangladesh Standard Time). The first ODI between the Tigers and the hosts was washed out by heavy rain.
Before today’s match, Bangladesh and Ireland played 14 ODI matches. Of them, Bangladesh registered nine victories, while Ireland won two matches and three games ended without result.
The Tigers defeated Ireland 2-0 in a three-match ODI series at home recently. Bangladesh made some records in that series. Bangladesh piled up a mammoth total of 349 for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated 50 overs in the second ODI. It is the highest score for Bangladesh in their ODI history. Ace batter Mushfiqur Rahim hit a century using 60 deliveries. It is the fastest ODI century for a Bangladesh batter.
Ireland faced Bangladesh first in an ODI match at Bridgetown in West Indies in the year of 2007. Ireland won that match. The Irish played against the Tigers at Belfast in Ireland in 2010. Ireland won that match and it was the last win for Ireland. After that Bangladesh won all the ODI matches. Only three ODI matches were abandoned due to rain.
In the first ODI match at Chelmsford, Mushfiqur Rahim scored 61, while Najmul Hossain Shanto made 44.
After the match, Shanto said, ” The wicket acted in favour of batter. But the batters failed to perform according to the expectation. It was possible to score 290 to 300 if the batters batted with responsibility.”
He said, ” Our bowlers failed to bowl well.”
Meanwhile, according to the weather forecast of Chelmsford on Friday there is an every chance of rain.
Squads:
Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal (Captain), Litton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud and Mrittunjoy Chowdhury.
Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker and Craig Young.