WI vs BAN: Aamir Jangoo's century helps West Indies complete third-highest chase in ODIs, a clean sweep of Bangladesh
Bangladesh has cleanseed the ODI series against West Indies. West Indies won the third and final ODI by 4 wickets against Bangladesh. The hero of this victory of West Indies was Aamir Jangoo, who scored a brilliant century in the match on his debut. Based on the century of this 27-year-old debutant, West Indies also chased its third-highest score in ODI. It chased the target of 322 runs and won the ODI series 3-0.
Bangladesh made two-century partnerships
In the third ODI, West Indies won the toss and sent Bangladesh to bat first. Caribbean captain Shai Hope's decision proved to be correct as Bangladesh lost 2 wickets for just 9 runs. But, then there was a brilliant century partnership between Soumya Sarkar and Mehdi Hasan, both of them added 136 runs to the score board for the third wicket. After this, in the middle order, Mahmudullah and Zakir Ali together made an unbeaten partnership of 150 runs in 117 balls for the sixth wicket. During this partnership, Mahmudullah also broke Tamim Iqbal's record of most 103 sixes hit for Bangladesh in ODIs. Mahmudullah now has 106 sixes in ODIs.
West Indies had a bad start, Aamir Jangoo took control of the situation
Bangladesh scored a huge total of 321 runs in 50 overs by losing 5 wickets on the basis of two century partnerships. Now West Indies team, which came to chase the target of 322 runs, did not have a good start either. Its 3 wickets fell for just 31 runs. The scoreboard had just crossed the 80 mark when the team got the fourth blow. Meaning the shadow of defeat was looming. Amidst that shadow, Casey Carty, who was already settled at the crease, got a great support from Aamir Jangoo.
🧹 Mission Completed!
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Century partnership between Casey Carty and Jangu
Aamir Jangoo and Casey Carty together added 132 runs in 115 balls for the 5th wicket for West Indies. This partnership broke when Casey Carty missed his century by 5 runs. He played an innings of 95 runs. Even after Carty's departure, Aamir Jangoo's attitude did not change. He played as if he was a seasoned player and not a debutant. The result was that he scored an unbeaten century.
Debutant Aamir Jangoo hits a century, West Indies wins the match
27-year-old wicketkeeper batsman Amir Jangoo scored an unbeaten 104 runs off 83 balls, which included 6 fours and 4 sixes. Playing his first match, Amir Jangoo not only wrote the script of a century but also returned after taking the team across the threshold of victory. West Indies won the third ODI against Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the 46th over itself. They scored 325 runs by losing 6 wickets in 45.5 overs. Amir Jangoo was chosen as the Player of the Match for his brilliant and unbeaten century.
West Indies won the first ODI against Bangladesh by 5 wickets. It won the second ODI by 7 wickets and now it has sealed the series by winning the third ODI by 4 wickets. In the third ODI, both teams together scored a total of 646 runs, which is the record for the highest runs scored by both teams in a match between West Indies and Bangladesh.