Soumya Sarkar brought up his maiden One-Day International century to help Bangladesh complete a whitewash over Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday (April 22).
Bangladesh, which won the initial two ODIs by persuading edges, scored up a reverberating eight-wicket win after Pakistan, having settled on first hit, caved in from an incredible position to end on a worse than average 250. Azhar Ali scored his first ODI century and Haris Sohail contributed with 52, yet in the wake of being on 203 for 2, the Pakistani resistance was over.
Everybody's eyes were on Tamim Iqbal as he remained on the limit of an uncommon accomplishment – three successive ODI hundreds of years. Tamim batted well, yet his trusts of turning into the first Bangladesh batsman and just the seventh on the planet to attain to the historic point were dashed when Junaid Khan had him caught before the stumps for 64 in 76 balls.
Tamim may have missed his milestone yet he had set things up flawlessly for Bangladesh. His 145-run opening association hit a nail or two in Pakistan's box before Sarkar, Tamim's opening accomplice, took it upon himself to help Bangladesh through.
Sarkar, the classy 22-year-old left-hand bat who hadn't done much in the initial two ODIs, exploited a knocking down some pins line-up that scarcely undermined regardless of any semblance of Umar Gul and Junaid in the blend. He took as much time as required to get to his half-century however once past that, he verified he made Pakistan's wayward bowlers pay. He stroked some way or another to a century from 94 balls with 11 fours and four sixes preceding finishing the undertaking, completing on 127 from 110 conveyances.
Mushfiqur Rahim, as well, had impact, coming in after Bangladesh lost two fast wickets in Tamim and Mahmudullah, with a 43-ball 49 that guided Bangladesh to triumph in 39.3 overs.
Pakistan will be baffled with the arrangement whitewash as well as with the way it lost eight wickets for an insignificant 47 runs taking after Azhar's thump.
The hurl was a decent one to win and Pakistan appreciated a 91-run opening association in the middle of Azhar and Sami Aslam. Azhar, who supplanted Misbah-ul-Haq as the ODI commander after the World Cup, had scores of 72 and 36 in the initial two ODIs and was in great touch once more. He raised his century from 111 balls with the assistance of ten fours and his relationship with Haris yielded 98 runs for the third wicket and set the stage for Pakistan.
With Pakistan at 203 for 2 in the 39th over, Bangladesh watched out of it, yet its bowlers upped their amusement at the right minute to put the brakes on the scoring. Mashrafe Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Arafat Sunny and Shakib Al Hasan returned away with two wickets each and Pakistan's diversion was over.
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