AR: "Gonna be an interesting chase…Ireland have 9 players who can bat. A lot will rely on Tector… been the premier batter for Ireland in recent times." It hopefully will be. Join Sreshth on the other side to follow the action.

Ashiq: "12 shorts from the prediction I made at the beginning of the innings! "

Neel: "This is Bangladesh's highest total in odi" Yes

5:53pm: Bangladesh wanted a good batting wicket to prepare for the World Cup, they got it and used it well after being put into bat by Ireland. Shakib was scratchy and chancy, he managed to get to 93. Hridoy, on ODI debut also fell in the 90s. Their 135-run stand followed by 80 between Hridoy and Rahim, who was on song, helped take Bangladesh over 300. Starts for Litton and Shanto up top and cameos at the end finished proceedings with 338. For Ireland, Hume was the pick of the bowlers, taking a four-for. Adair bowled well up top. Got Tamim but didn't finish well. McBrine finished his quota early, he got Shanto and went for just 47. Delany, Campher and Tector were expensive fourth and fifth bowling options. Shakib taking down Tector in the 35th over for 22 runs was a key point in the game.

Asif: "Bad luck for Bangladesh, I think this is the first time bd create their chance to reach 350 land mark.. but not now"