Tigers take series pushing over West Indies.

A superb four-wicket haul by Mehidy Hasan Miraz and a gritty half-century from captain Tamim Iqbal fired Bangladesh to a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the second ODI against the West Indies in Dhaka and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hailed the national team triumph at the battle of willows. After Bangladesh were asked to field on a sunny day in Dhaka, Miraz took four for 25 in a blitz while Mustafizur Rahman and Shakib Al Hasan bagged two wickets each to skittle out the visitors Caribbeans for 148 at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Friday. Chasing a measly target, Tamim sensibly led from the front by cracking 50 off 76 balls, including three boundaries and a six, before Shakib Al Hasan (43 not out) and Mushfiqur Rahim (9 not out) calmly guided the hosts to the series win with a match to spare. The win marked Bangladesh's third straight series win against the West Indies while they bagged 20 points in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, serving as part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. Opener Liton Das looked to set the get off a fluent start with four boundaries but Caribbean orthodox bowler Akeal Hosein trapped him lbw for 22 off 24. Nazmul Hossain Shanto (17) then paired with Tamim for a 47-run stand before perishing to Jason Mohammed with the Tigers on 77 for two. Tamim and Shakib looked comfortable playing on both sides of the wicket and added another 32 for the third wicket. But a delivery after pushing one off the pads to reach his 48th ODI fifty, Tamim edged a Raymon Reifer bouncer back to Joshua Da Silva. His team, however, was well on course by then. Shakib then got in the groove, cracked four boundaries in his 50-ball innings and added 40 for the fourth wicket with Mushfiqur before the team sauntered off to the target with 100 balls to spare. The win also kept Tamim on winning ways as captain while the Tigers stretched their ODI victory run to five straight matches. Earlier, Mohammed won the toss and opted to bat, putting to test the lessions from their disastrous first outing. Miraz led another onslaught by Bangladeshi bowlers to tear through the West Indies batting line up, mirroring the first match. Mustafizur gave Bangladesh an ideal start by taking out Sunil Ambris (6) with one that swung away before Miraz struck twice in an over to remove debutant...