Bangladesh was whitewashed against Afghanistan in the last bilateral series. After that series, the Tigers did not get much opportunity to practice. After three days, they had to take the field against the West Indies. This time, Mehedi Hasan Miraz’s team broke the losing streak by returning to their home ground. Bangladesh defeated the West Indies by 74 runs in Mirpur. With this win, the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the series.

Bangladesh lost the toss and elected to bat first in Mirpur, scoring 207 runs in 49 overs and 4 balls. Towhid Hridoy top-scored with 51 runs. Mahidul Islam Ankan also scored 46 runs. In reply, West Indies were bowled out for 133 runs in 39 overs.

Chasing a small target, West Indies got off to a flying start. They added 51 runs to their opening partnership. Rishad Hossain struck the first blow to the Caribbean camp by trapping Alik Athanase, who was on 27, in the leg-before trap. Bangladesh reined in the Caribbean’s runs after breaking the opening partnership.

KC Carty, who was out for three, was playing well, but despite settling down on the wicket, he could not extend his innings. In the 20th over, he was caught at slip by Rishad to Saif Hasan. Before returning to the dressing room, he scored 9 runs from 30 balls.

Rishad returned to his next over and took two more wickets. The first ball of the over went outside the off-stump and Bandon King’s bat touched it. Wicketkeeper Sohan gloved the ball in his second attempt. King scored 44 runs off 60 balls. He returned Sharefan Rutherford in the fourth ball. He was called out after being gloved by Sohan.

Brandon King started well for West Indies, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st ODI, Dhaka, October 18, 2025

Rishad got another wicket in the 24th over. This time his victim was Roston Chase. When Chase returned for 6 runs, the Caribbeans lost their fifth wicket for 92 runs. And all of these 5 wickets went to Rishad. This is the first fiver of his career. Rishad is also the first right-arm spinner for Bangladesh to take 5 wickets in ODIs.

West Indies, who lost 5 wickets before the 100th over, could not recover. Despite Roston Chase and Gurakesh Motira’s efforts, they could not last long.

Rishad nailed the final nail in the Windies’ innings. The leggie returned to bowling in the 39th over. His last ball was caught by Mehidy Hasan Miraz by Jadon Sills. With this wicket, he took 6 wickets in the match. Which is his career best. At the same time, this is the best bowling figure by any Bangladeshi spinner in ODIs.

Earlier, Bangladesh, having come out to bat, scored 7 runs including a boundary in the first over of the innings. However, they could not sustain that start for long. In the second over, Saif Hasan fell into the trap of leg before four. The inform opener could not score more than 3 runs in 6 balls.

Soumya Sarkar also returned in the next over. The first ball of the third over was bowled by Jayden Sills outside the off stump. Soumya wanted to play over cover point while standing there. Due to poor timing, he was caught by Roston Chase at backward point. The opener’s bat scored 4 runs off 6 balls, including a four.

Towhid Hridoy made a 90-ball 51 against West Indies, Bangladesh vs West Indies, 1st ODI, Dhaka, October 18, 2025

Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Towhid Hridoy took charge of Bangladesh, who lost 2 wickets for 8 runs. They added 71 runs for the third wicket. Shanto returned after scoring 32 runs before breaking the partnership.

Hridoy, who returned calmly, scored his personal fifty. He played 87 balls to reach this milestone. Despite batting a bit slowly, Hridoy’s innings was effective considering the wicket. He could not last long after the fifty. In total, he scored 51 runs off 90 balls.

After Hridoy, Ankan batted with one end in hand. The debutant wicketkeeper batsman was out near fifty. He was bowled while slog-sweeping Roston Chase in the 46th over of the innings. He had earlier scored 46 runs off 76 balls.

After Ankan returned, there were concerns about touching 200. However, Rishad Hossain stormed towards the end. He scored 26 runs off 13 balls with one four and two sixes. Bangladesh reached 200.