DHAKA: West Indies won the third One day international against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla Stadium on Wednesday.
Chasing 227, the W-Indies (WI) reached the target in the 47th over for the loss of six wickets.
Highlight of the WI chase was a brilliant 126 of 149 balls by MN Samuels. He not only held the innings together but also kept the score board moving to keep a check on the required run rate despite loosing partners regularly at the other end. His brilliant knock was laced with 17 fours and a brace of sixes.
For Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza and Abdur Razzak took 2 wickets a piece but in the end the defending total was a few runs short of what they would have liked.
Earlier the WI won the toss and elected to field restricting the Bangladeshi team to 227. This was the third ODI of the 5-match series which Bangladesh leads 2-1.
MN Samuels was declared player of the match for his match winning effort.
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