Jaker Ali and bowlers power to Bangladesh 3-0 sweep over West Indies

Bangladesh completed their demolition of West Indies with an 80-run win in the third T20I at the Arnos Vale Ground.

It resulted in their first 3-0 win in a T20I series in nearly two years as they capped off a tough West Indies tour with a trophy.

After posting 189 for 7, they bowled West Indies out for 109, their lowest total against Bangladesh, with the margin of victory being Bangladesh’s second-biggest in terms of runs.

Jaker Ali continued to be their tour’s MVP, signing off with a dramatic, match-winning performance.

His unbeaten 72 powered the visitors to 189 for 7, their highest score in the West Indies, before Rishad Hossain helped bowl the opposition out cheaply.

Jaker had walked off the ground when he was on 18 after a mix-up with Shamim Hossain.

But the TV umpire Zahid Bassarath instead adjudged Shamim as the one dismissed, as he had placed his bat inside the crease after Jaker.

It sparked a dramatic turnaround, as Jaker struck six sixes and three fours in his 41-ball knock.

West Indies in tailspin

For the third game in a row, West Indies lost half their side before reaching 50. After Taskin Ahmed removed Brandon King early, like in the previous two matches, Greaves was caught at long-on off Mahedi.

Johnson Charles and Nicholas Pooran struck a cluster of boundaries before Pooran fell to Mahedi for the third time in the series, bowled off an inside edge for 15.

West Indies finished the powerplay on 45 for 3. (ESPNcricinfo)