West Indies prevailed over Bangladesh in super over after the second of the three-match ODI series ended in tie at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.
After the scores were levelled on 213, the match entered into a super over, which was the first ever tied international fixture involving Bangladesh.
Despite having Sharfane Rutherford in the second ball, Mustafizur Rahman conceded 10 runs in the super over as Shai Hope hit a boundary in the last ball.
Akeal Hosein started the super over with a wide, followed by a no-ball, and gave away another wide in the last delivery. But Bangladesh batters Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar, and then Najmul Hossain Shanto could manage only nine after taking just three runs off the bat.
Earlier, with five runs needed off the last over during West Indies鈥� chase, Bangladesh had to bowl Saif Hassan, who previously bowled just one over.
But after two singles and the wicket of Hosein (16), three were needed from the last, with the last batter, Khary Pierre, on strike.
Pierre skied towards the square leg where wicketkeeper Nurul fumbled the catch as the batters took two runs to end the match in a tie.
A total of 92 overs of spin were seen in the match, 13.4 more overs than the previous highest in an ODI, as the West Indies first created history by bowling 50 overs of spin.
After choosing to bat first, Bangladesh posted 213-7 in 50 overs, as they had a similar approach of grinding it out.
After losing Saif Hassan, Towhid Hridoy and Najmul Hossain Shanto both got the starts but fell for 12 and 15, respectively. Mahidul became Alick Athanaz鈥檚 second scalp when he failed to clear the rope while sweeping.
Soumya, who played the slowest innings of his career (minimum of 50 balls), perished to Hosein to further dent Bangladesh鈥檚 progress as they became 103-5. The left-hander made 46 off 89 with three fours and a six with a strike rate of 50.56.
Nurul first brought some momentum into the innings with his 23 off 24 while hitting two fours and a six.
Rishad Hossain then came with all guns blazing as he smashed the record of the highest strike rate (278.57) by Bangladeshi batters where a minimum of 10 balls were faced. He made 39 not out off 14, where he struck three fours and six sixes. Mehidy remained unbeaten on 32 off 58 while sharing the 50-run partnership off 24 balls with Rishad.
Gudakesh Motie took three wickets, while Hosein and Athanaze claimed two wickets apiece.
In reply, Keacy Carty held the run chase after Nasum Ahmed struck early to remove Brandon King in the first over.
Rishad then broke two important partnerships of 51 and 30 runs鈥攂oth partnered by Carty, who made 35 off 59鈥攖o keep Bangladesh in the hunt.
Tanvir Islam then broke another two promising stands; this time both were partnered by Shai Hope, as he had the debutant Ackeem Auguste and Gudakesh Motie.
After Nasum had Chase, Hope carried the visitors. He had great company from Justin Greaves and Akeal Hosein, as the two partnerships yielded 44 and 34, respectively, before the drama of the last over and super over followed.
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