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Legspinner Rishad Hossain claimed a career-best 6-35 arsenic Bangladesh crushed West Indies by 74 runs connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) successful the opener of their three-match ODI series.
Rishad's figures, the second-best by a Bangladeshi bowler down Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s 6-26 against Kenya successful 2006, helped wrapper up the West Indies innings for 133 successful 39 overs.
He besides deed a 13 ball-26 to assistance Bangladesh station 207 earlier being each retired successful 49.4 overs.
Openers Brandon King and Alick Athanzae batted resolutely connected a typically sluggish Mirpur wicket to springiness West Indies a glimmer of anticipation to pursuit down the total.
But the instauration of Rishad successful the 12th changed the momentum.
Rishad broke done with the wicket of Athanaze (27) but King kept West Indies successful the hunt.
Rishad was relentless and got the reward with the wicket of Keacy Carty (9) earlier baffling King, the top-scorer of West Indies with 44, with a leg-spin.
King’s dismissal near West Indies 82-3 successful the 22nd over.
Rishad, who bowled 8 overs successful a enactment successful his archetypal spell, ripped done West Indies mediate bid arsenic it mislaid adjacent 7 wickets for 51 runs.
Pacer Mustafizur Rahman had figures 2-16 to complement Rishad successful demolishing the Caribbean batting lineup.
Earlier, Towhid Hridoy anchored Bangladesh’s innings aft it was reduced to 8-2 successful 3rd over.
Hridoy scored 51 disconnected 90 with 3 fours and rebuilt the innings by sharing 71-run with Najmul Hossain Shanto (32).
He steered offspinner Roston Chase past screen for a azygous to rise his 11th half-century disconnected 87 balls but soon aft was dismissed by Justin Greaves.
Debutant Mahidul Islam Ankon kept the broadside flowing but Chase (2-30) sent him backmost aft helium scored 46.
Rishad’s assertive batting past propelled Bangladesh past 200-run people and gave a boost up of defending the total.
The 2nd lucifer is Tuesday.
