Hope conquers Dhaka as West Indies prevail in Super Over
The visitors bowled spin for all 50 overs of their innings in Dhaka, keeping Bangladesh to 213
The visitors bowled spin for all 50 overs of their innings in Dhaka, keeping Bangladesh to 213
Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: @HemantBrar_
That's all from our side for this game. See you soon.
Shai Hope, the West Indies captain, is also the Player of the Match: We say about West Indies cricket that we always keep fans on the seats, so... It was a very good game. Happy that the guys pulled it back. We should have restricted them to 160-170 but they played very well in the back end. But we fought hard with the bat and great to level the series. It was a tricky chase. It was important for us to keep wickets in the hand but we lost quite a few in the back end. Hopefully, we can learn a lot about our batting innings and take those learnings into the next game.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz: It was a new experience for us, the first-ever Super Over. I think it was not an easy surface to bat on. Rishad is doing very good at this moment. All batsmen were struggling but he was confident and batted really well. [On Saif bowling the final over] We didn't have any other option. I was thinking if we could get another wicket... but we didn't get it. In the Super Over, we needed 10 [11] and one boundary could have changed things.
Time for the presentation ceremony.
9.27pm Phew! Finally, we have a result in this spin-fest. West Indies win the Super Over to level the series 1-1. All to play in the third game. On yet another spin-friendly pitch, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat. West Indies used spin for all 50 overs and restricted Bangladesh to 213 for 7. West Indies kept losing wickets at regular intervals in their chase but Hope stood firm. Greaves and Motie made useful contributions and Hosein's six off the last ball of the 48th over brought it down to 14 needed from 12 balls. The pair was still in the middle when five were needed from six balls but Hope hardly had strike and Saif bowled an excellent over to tie the game. But West Indies managed to come out on the top in the Super Over.
Two for another Super Over!
Four needed from one ball. Sammy gesturing about field changes from the dugout
Shanto is the new batter. Five needed from two
Soumya Sarkar c Motie b Hosein
Three needed from five
Six needed from five. But it's right-hander on strike. Hosein continues over the wicket
A free hit coming up
So the target for Bangladesh is 11. Akeal Hosein is warming up with the ball
SE Rutherford c Saif Hassan b Mustafizur Rahman
Around the wicket to Rutherford
West Indies will bat first in the Super Over
DaWolf: "Better to get run out trying the third run than ignore the chance for no reason. Under pressure fielders make mistakes."
Roop: "49.4 why Hope takes single on this ball???????"
So, after 100 overs, we cannot separate the two teams. It's the first-ever tied game featuring Bangladesh in men's Internationals. They played 813 matches before today across formats (453 ODIs, 154 Tests and 206 T20Is).
Two for a Super Over...
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Three required from one. Khary Pierre, without any headgear, walks in
AJ Hosein b Saif Hassan 16 (27m 17b 0x4 1x6) SR: 94.11
Three needed from two? Will Hosein try another big hit?
Four needed from three balls. Saif stays around the wicket
Hope has a chat with Hosein. Five needed from four
Saif to bowl
Five needed from six balls two wickets in hand. Hosein will be on strike but before that there's a message from the WI dressing room. And there's a 12th man out from the Bangladesh camp too
It has been a very eventful last 36 hours for the West Indies left-arm spinner
The visitors bowled spin for all 50 overs of their innings in Dhaka, keeping Bangladesh to 213
Blades, meanwhile, will miss the ongoing Bangladesh tour and the following NZ tour with a back injury
The pitch in Mirpur continues to frazzle the batters, who have to find a way even though they know spinners will call the shots