Taijul Islam Stars As Bangladesh Complete ODI Series Sweep vs West Indies

Taijul Islam made a triumphant return to One-Day International cricket with his first five-wicket haul as Bangladesh completed another series sweep of the West Indies, winning the third and final fixture by four wickets at the Guyana National Stadium on Saturday. Playing his first ODI for more than two years, Taijul had a dream start with a wicket off his first delivery to set the stage for an outstanding effort.

He finished with impressive figures of five for 28 as the home side were dismissed for 178 off 48.4 overs batting first.

Bangladesh stumbled along the way in pursuit of the modest target with Gudakesh Motie claiming career-best figures of four for 23.

However, the left-arm spinner could not prevent the tourists reaching the target with nine balls to spare.

Liton Das set the Bangladeshis on the way to an 11th consecutive ODI win over the West Indies with an even 50 while captain Tamim Iqbal played his part with 34.

They seemed determined to trip themselves up with some careless shots though before an unbeaten 32 from wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan in partnership with Mehidy Hasan saw them home.

"I was very fortunate to finally get an opportunity on this tour because I was practising and working very hard and I'm glad I made full use of it," said Taijul via an interpreter on receiving the man of the match award.

His victims included top-scorer Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies captain ending a run of low scores in one-dayers with an innings of 73 off 109 balls with two sixes and four fours embellishing his innings.

Only three other players got into double figures in what was yet another sub-par overall batting effort by the Caribbean team.

"I felt I still left some runs out there but I am happy to finally get a