Mushfiqur hits document ton as Bangladesh runs riot towards Ireland

Mushfiqur Rahim hit his nation’s quickest ODI century as Bangladesh scored a document 349-6 within the second one-day worldwide towards Ireland in Sylhet on Monday.

Fresh from beating England 3-0 in T20s, Mushfiqur was unbeaten on 100 off simply 60 balls, whereas Najmul Hossain and Liton Das added 73 and 70 runs, respectively.

This helped the hosts break their document of 338-8 set solely within the earlier match, which they received by 183 runs to present them a 1-0 lead within the three-match collection.

Sent in to bat first, Bangladesh started cautiously in barely overcast situations earlier than Liton and skipper Tamim Iqbal grew in confidence to placed on 42 runs.

Tamim was run out for 23 with a direct throw from Mark Adair earlier than Liton and Najmul added 101 runs for the second wicket.

Graham Hume, Ireland’s most profitable bowler with 3-58, eliminated Shakib Al Hasan (17) and Najmul in successive overs after Andy McBrine took the wicket of Liton.

However, Mushfiqur and Towhid Hridoy then took the bowling by storm so as to add 128 runs in simply 13 overs for the fifth wicket.

Towhid fell for 49, however Mushfiqur continued his terrific batting to deliver his ninth ODI hundred with a single within the final ball of the innings.

He broke Shakib’s document of a 63-ball hundred towards Zimbabwe in 2009.

He additionally accomplished his 7,000 ODI runs within the course of because the third Bangladeshi after teammates Tamim and Shakib.